It took almost 15 months, but my little girl is finally walking! I've asked C to get me a video recorder for my B-day since the one on our digital camera is not fit for Beta Max quality film. I tried to upload twice and was unsuccessful.
I also now understand why you want your child to crawl for as long as possible. I don't mind that she wants to get into everything at the house or that she loves to run around in the front yard looking for birds; it's how she behaves when we leave the house. She thinks that because she can walk, she should be allowed to walk anywhere, anytime with no regard for anything but her fierce little wishes. The once peaceful (relatively) errand of grocery shopping has turned into a minefield that I need to race through. She hates sitting in the cart and wants to have free roam in the store. Not gonna happen. So...since Mommy has her strapped in the seat she makes her displeasure known with loud and frequent screeching. If you've met my daughter you know what I'm talking about. She's loud and piercing and relentless. I try to distract her with the free samples, she distracts herself by twisting sideways and pulling items out of the buggy (it's a southern term). I found her today eating cheese through the packaging which I was too distracted to notice earlier since I was running though the store trying to get the items on the list like it was a scavenger hunt and I had to finish before the next eruption.
I'm exhausted. Time for a beer, dinner and bed.
