Mobile and on a mission

The past month or so has seen my boy take his first tentative steps. It started with him holding both my hands and standing for a few seconds before his legs buckled, then it progressed to walking with both my hands/his baby walker without falling over. Then he let go of one hand and walked although I quickly realised he couldn't walk without waving his free hand about like he was trying to flag down a passing plane.

Last week I let go of both of his hands and he took two or three steps to me before falling on his arse. But today, oooo, I went to pick him up from his granny's and not only did he start barking "DA DA!" when he saw me coming, but I put him on his feet and he walked across the livingroom to me! Oh god was it a brilliant feeling :)

It's funny, I still remember him being a tiny, hungry baby who could fit along my forearm and now he's walking about.. well.. toddling about but let's not argue semantics. So now comes the part where I have to nail everything down and put all my action figures, ornaments, etc up higher. Also, he's developed a fascination for opening and closing drawers which sees me finally embrace the "parental panic" part of being a parent.