He Walks!

March 12, 2012


The other day, Tyler and I were talking as Finlay played with puzzles and blocks between us.  It went something like this:

Lyndze: "You know what I can't wait for?"
Tyler: "What?"
Lyndze: "I used to say I can wait for it, but now I'm too excited! I can't wait for Finlay to walk!"
Tyler: "Yeah?"
Lyndze: "Yeah.  I've been having lots of dreams and in them he walks and it is so amazing!"
Tyler:  "You know what I can't wait for?  For Finlay to start saying 'no!'  It's going to be super cute."
Lyndze:  "Ah, you might regret saying that..."

Well, Finlay understands more than we know.  The next day, he started to shake his head 'no' and/or wave his hand in a dismissive 'no' sign.  It is pretty cute.  He is using it a lot to communicate.

And today, while Tyler was playing a new game with Fin where they each hold one end of a spatula and walk around the house, Finlay just let go and started to walk.  And, I just happened to press record on the camera at the exact same time.  What luck?!?

And for the rest of the evening, Finlay walked around the apartment in calculated bursts of a metre or two. He even walked to the book shelf, squatted carefully, pulled "The Grouchy Ladybug" off of the shelf, stood up, and walked the book to Tyler who was about a metre and a half away!

This is so exciting!  Finlay looks so excited about it!  It's as if he heard us saying we were ready for the next steps (walking and no's) and he just decided to deliver.

Enjoy the short video of my dreams coming true!

Video of Finlay's First-ish Steps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_wYtkZd4U&feature=youtu.be