What we all have been waiting for.... He Walks!

I was getting a little anxious about Erik J walking, especially when I discovered that every single one of his friends were already cruising around on their own. I know that every kid has their own timing, but you know I am a little competitive. I don't like being last.... We knew he could do it, he just didn't know he could yet.

Then our friend Janice showed us a new way to support him so he would feel more comfortable on his own. The Sunday before the 2008 presidential election we started trying to hold on to his hips instead of his hands and sure enough, just like Janice said a few days later, while we were watching the election coverage he walked from Erik to me. WOOHOO!

I managed to get this video the very next morning. It is still not his automatic first choice, but he is doing it more and more everyday of his own accord. Today when Daddy was saying by to him from the hall outside his room, he walked all the way across his room to the hall to give him a hug and say goodbye. They both were so proud.