Day: November 16, 2006

Leilani Walks

First Leilani took a few steps between us, then she learned how to stand up, and today she did both, meaning that she walked all by herself.

After breakfast, she was playing on the dining room floor, practicing her standing. We were watching her because she was getting good at it, and then without warning, she just started walking across the whole kitchen. I ran after her because she was leaning from side to side, but I actually didn’t catch up with her because she was going so fast. She reached the refrigerator and sat down and we cheered her. I measured later and she went 15 feet (5 meters). I think she walks fast to keep from falling: since she doesn’t have the muscle control yet, she moves the other leg quickly forward before she has time to fall outward.

Later today, we filmed her doing it again: