Hug Twice

Sunday, Alexa decided not to immediately drop to her hands and knees and crawl when she couldn’t reach anything to hold onto. I know I have recently started complaining about how I don’t think she’ll ever bother to walk, but I don’t think that had anything to do with it, promise. I haven’t been complaining directly to her.

She first took four or five steps right past me when I was only half paying attention, and it didn’t immediately register in my head. But then, all of a sudden, I thought to myself - she’s walking! At which point she started crawling.

I picked her up and carried her upstairs to where Matt was and said “Look!” like she was a trained circus animal. I put her down on her feet, and she immediately turned to jelly and sat down. As well she should. I did eventually convince her that she should stand though, and she happily demonstrated walking 6 or so steps at a time, stopping, grabbing onto things, and then doing it all over. She got bored in a few minutes of being exclaimed over and went back to crawling. She is a super-fast crawler.

But I think… I think… she might be a walker. We’ll see if she remembers tomorrow.

She doesn’t fall down. I hated the falling down with CJ. He fell all the time, for weeks and weeks. It made me a nervous wreck. I don’t think I’ll have the same problem with Alexa. This slow and steady attitude might be a very good thing for my sanity.

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