Watch out - we have another walker!

For you tech-un-savvy people out there, click on the arrow at the bottom left of above box to play the video clip of some of Charlotte's first steps!

For a while now, Charlotte has absolutely refused to walk. She can stand on her own, and will often go from sitting to standing up in the middle of the room. Then she looks around and sits back down to crawl, usually after uttering a few whimpers. She would also let go of our leg, a table, etc. and take just one step to get to another leg, chair, etc. But never more than that one step.

Wednesday, Tony picked the kids up from daycare and said that Charlotte took 2-3 steps towards him. I said I'd believe it when I saw it myself :) The rest of the night... no steps.

Thursday, I was home to take Lucas to the dr for essentially no reason - must have been FATE! April 22 was the day she decided to walk! In the morning, multiple times she took 3-4 steps before falling. Every time I grabbed the video camera, she acted like she couldn't even stand up. After naps, we were out back playing and she was doing even more steps. I managed to catch a little clip (not her best effort, but better than nothing). Notice how she will fall, bang her head, and act like it never happened...

After walking a bit, she rode around on Lucas' tractor.
Typical CRAZY Lottie moment: Next thing we know, she has both hands on the handlebars and manages to get BOTH feet up under her to try to stand on the seat. Guess she figured if she could take 5 steps, she was ready to take over as the next Evil Kneivel - crazy girl. We're gonna have to watch that one!!!