Evie took her first steps on August 18 at Aunt Katie and Uncle Sahil's house....while my back was turned hanging streamers. Doh!! Ever since then I watched her like a hawk to see if I could catch a repeat. No dice. It seemed the strength of my gaze prevented her from doing any meaningful steps. Jeremy very sweetly reframed it as her being too excited to see me and wanting to use her quickest way to get to me. OK.
Then she started walking long stretches with the babysitter. I had to do lots of work to be ok with this, and to not interpret it as working too much and missing all her milestones. But I am. Ultimately I'm glad she is so comfortable with her sitter, and that she is helping her to grow while I do my thing at work.
She finally started walking long stretches for me last Friday, when we had lots of extended time together during Willa's Little Gym class. I love to see how excited she is with herself, and how completely she throws herself into every new task, even if she has fallen before.
This girl is going to go far!
