Ready, Set, Walk!

On the afternoon of Friday, April 1st, we were sitting in the living room, trying to decide where to go for dinner.  Nola was playing in the floor.  I didn’t think too much about it when she crawled over and pulled herself up to standing by holding onto the coffee table.  She’s been doing that for months.  I did take notice, though, when she decided to let go.  She stood there for a few seconds before she put her hand back on the table.  Rudy was closest to her, so I suggested that he see if she would walk to him.  He did and – lo and behold - if she didn’t let go of that table and take a couple of steps!  We spent the next half-hour having her walk back and forth between us, laughing and enjoying the moment.  Here’s some video of her first afternoon of walking:

Nola right after taking her first steps on 4/1/11