Owen took her out of her booster seat after she had finished eating set her on the floor standing up (she mastered standing up on her own over a month ago w/o assistance) and then took a few steps back and said "Come here Kate" and the little monster did, she took 2 full steps before she started to lose her balance and sunk to her knees. Tasha got excited, I got excited and we all cheered for her. It was a bit of an emotional moment for us all. I think more that all of us had witnessed those first steps together, where as with Tasha I saw her walk first and then it was a couple of days before she walked again in front of Owen.
I was able to get her to take a few steps again a few minutes later to come to me, but I don't see her running by next week. :P Her balance is still a bit precarious and I imagine it will be a few weeks before she's mastered her new "talent". No video yet as she's just taking a couple of steps into our arms, but I'll post one as soon as she will walk to one of us that is further away then a couple of feet.
Life will never be the same around her now that little miss mischievous is starting to find her footing. Owen says he sees no difference between this and crawling but I see it differently. She's a fast crawler as it is, I can't imagine how fast I'm going to have to be to keep up with her once she's walking confidently.
Tashee took her first tentative steps exactly 2m after her first birthday and Kate's first steps are exactly 3 days later. Those damn overachieving 2nd born kids. :P
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