Walking

"So is he walking yet?"

We've been getting asked that question since Chipmunk was 9 or 10 months old. I guess if a baby starts to crawl and cruise early, walking seems like the next logical step. Apparently, it's not so.

His first birthday passed and still he insisted on crawling and being carried.

"He's still not walking yet?"

We weren't worried. We figured that the later he walked the better for us.

"Oh, he's cruising...he'll be walking any day now!"

Well, he's been cruising since 8 months old...he's been cruising for almost 6 months now.

So Matt and I joked that Chipmunk probably already knew how to walk, he was just choosing not to. That's also the joke we told everyone who questioned us about why he wasn't yet walking.

Apparently we weren't that off...

This morning he woke up, played a while, ate breakfast, played some more and then around 11 o clock he decided that it was time to move on. Not just one or two steps, but full on walking from one room to another without any assistance. It's like something just went off in his head and today was the day he would become a walker...

Perhaps tomorrow he will decide to run...