Walking !?!

When I got home from work on Friday Grandma Ruth told me Reese had walked from the kitchen to the dining room all by herself. Grandma was trying to distract Reese from playing in the pantry and said "Let's walk." Reese then let go of Grandma's hand and after standing and flapping her hands all about she took off into the dining room. I was so excited and hoped she would do it again for me. Reese was happy to oblige. I stood her up in the kitchen and backed into the dining room. She stood there for a few seconds and flapped her hands around and then she walked towards me taking at least 10 steps. She even managed to cross the threshold without stumbling. I've uploaded a video at the end of this post to prove it.

Reese walked a few more times on Friday, but really hasn't done it again since then. With that said, I don't know if I can officially announce that she is walking, but we'll say she took her first 10 steps at 13 months. We now know she can do it!

Reese still loves playing in her container cabinet, placing the lids in the containers and stacking them on top of each other.

Matt was out of town this weekend, but Reese and I kept busy. On Friday night we went to visit Amanda, Pete and Baby Elizabeth for dinner. Elizabeth is 5 months old. A few other friends were there and we enjoyed catching up, playing with the girls, tasting a new Cabernet wine called The Happy Camper and eating pan seared Tilapia. Reese and I didn't get home until 10:30. Luckily she went right to sleep.

Saturday morning Reese, Grandma and I got ready and headed out to run a few errands. Later in the day we went to Mom and Sam's to hang out, shop and eat dinner.

Grandma Ruth bought Reese her first ball. Reese loved to watch Mommy dribble left handed and roll the ball back and forth to her.

Reese seems to enjoy multi-tasking while her shaking Cheerio maraca and rolling her Elmo ball.

After another late night, we had to move the clock forward 1 hour for daylight savings time, so we ended up in bed around 11:00 p.m.

Sunday was a day full of chores that went by too quickly. I would have rather not spent so much time doing things around the house, but I have realized there is always something that needs to be cleaned, put away, cooked, thrown out, etc., etc. Reese entertained herself while I folded laundry. She must have played with these boxes for at least 30 minutes just talking and climbing away.

Reese and I were both getting cabin fever about 2:00, so we headed out to wash the Volvo and do our weekly grocery run at Kroger.

She hung in there just long enough to get home, take her bottle and crash. I prepared dinner while she slept on Grandma Ruth.

Matt got home around 5:30 and we took a nice walk to the park while the casserole baked.

Reese made the sweetest faces on the way to and from the park. I was like the paparazzi as she and Matt walked down the street.

Reese walked all the way (holding Daddy's hand) to the swings when we arrived at the park.

Daddy held her up high before letting go!

Time to head back home for dinner.

See those cute faces she was making.

The cutest baby girl.

Tonight, we took advantage of the light and took another walk around the neighborhood and to the park. We ran into many of our neighbors and their kiddos, and we finally got home around 7:00 to eat leftovers. Reese walked a long way with Daddy.

She even walked up the stairs to the porch!

Time for bed little Reese. Let's go read a book with Daddy.

For the big finale...here is Reese, The Little Walker!