The Big Day is Finally Here!!!

After several weeks of Luke walking on his knees, he has finally started walking on his feet!!! (Yes, all on his own.)

The day started out with him wanting me to hold his hands to help him walk. I was quickly able to convince him he could do it with my holding only one hand. Shortly after that, he decided to stand himself up and walk across the room to Emily! All of us witnessed it!!! This evening he has continued to practice walking. He's learning to balance himself through straight lines as well as turns. We keep giggling and making comments of him resembling Bambi when he first started to walk.

Luke is also getting on and off of his push toy... and at this very moment has figured out how to shake all of the punched paper out of the three hole punch! Gotta love him!!!

And... let's not forget Emily!!!

She is swimming like a fish! She is so comfortable in the water. She swims across the pool on top of the water and under the water, taking breaths as needed. She's even diving, a real dive! No one showed her how to do it, I just happened to notice her doing it when she was practicing her jumps. It's amazing! (This is her picture... demonstrating to Luke how easy it was to smile for the camera. Thought I would include it.)
Emily's new frequent comment is, "Luke's walking again... "