She's starting to walk

It's the end of May. For those who can't count, Autumn is a little over 11 months. She'll be one soon. And for the last few days, we've been having her walk between us. She can stand on her own now. That's no problem. She can even take a few steps. But she's at the point where as soon as she realizes she's walking on her own, she falls. It's actually cute to watch.

At dinner last night, we were wondering how long until she walks for real. We both kind of thought that one day she would get up and just start walking. It seemed logical. She would be crawling one day, look at one of us, smile, and get up. And that would be that. Turns out though, it's a little bit more complicated.

Step one is walking with help. She can do that. She walks across the floor with her walker. Even turns herself around. Step two is standing. She's really getting the hang of that. She can stand without holding onto something now. In the tub, she'll just stand there. We're pretty sure she's almost got that down.

Which pretty much leaves walking. And so now, here's the thing. People talk about the first steps. My little baby took her first steps. We're meant to think of that as a huge moment. But like I said, she's walked on her onsie already. She's taken a couple of steps. But is that really walking? Are these the steps they talk about? If that is what they mean by her first steps, then she took them a couple of days ago. However, I like to think that soon, she'll be walking alone. Really soon. We'll keep you posted.