Ponderings of a Scientist

Addie is walking!…a bit that is.  On Sunday night she was standing about 3 feet away from me holding onto a bookcase, when suddenly she pivoted and walked, rather steadily about 2 feet before diving into my arms.  Since then she has repeated the performance on numerous occasions thanks to parental prodding.

The tricky thing is, she doesn’t really know how to stand on her own for more than 10-20 seconds, so she is learning how to stand unsupported and walk at the same time.  If she gets her balance first by standing and then starts walking she does okay, but most times she tries to walk before adjusting her balance and promptly falls over.

See shutterfly for the last three weeks of photos.  We’ve been busy so there is a lot to look at:  Addie’s second Bruin’s game, our visit to Ikea, our trip to Providence/Newport RI. and our new wagon!  Not included: images of our terrible weekend with the stomach bug!  Addie and I made quick recoveries, Zipy is still queasy.  Hopefully he still isn’t contagious because Addie starts school (daycare) on Monday.  At first she is going only one day a week.  After the summer we are going to send her two days, so I can pick up a few more hours at work.  We visited her school yesterday and I left her in her class for an hour long test run and she loved it.