The Farmer Family: BABY STEPS!!!!

Monday, September 26th - Caroline, Katie and I head go to Monkey Joe's for a bit of fun in the bounce houses. It was the first time that my girls equally enjoyed an activity like that (other then the pool perhaps). Caroline had as much fun in the baby bouncer as Katie did in all of them. She squealed, screaming with delight and kept squirming in my arms to go back in. On video I caught her taking her first step from one side of the bounce ring to the other. I wondered, was it a fluke? Did the bouncer perhaps propel her step? . . . .No way says Sissy, she's now a walker!

Wednesday, September 28th - It should have been a beautiful moment. I picked the girls up at three today for a neighborhood play date at our house. We were playing in Caroline's room when she let go of her toy basket and took steps over to the chair so that she could play with the purse Katie was holding. Katie who was tired from school, the play date and a bit hungry wasn't in the sharing mood pushed Sissy away causing her to fall down face first. Adding insult to injury, I, who was also tired, hungry and now mad jerked Katie by her shirt sleeve away from Caroline, therefore causing her to fall. So what started out as a wonderful revelation that our youngest can now walk on her own turned into me holding both of my girls sobbing in my lap . . .sigh.

I will follow up with saying Y E A H S I S S Y!!! We are so very proud of you! Walking at 11.5 months, we always knew you were determined :).

Katie, despite not sharing with Caroline in the story above I was actually extremely proud of you today . . .there were many times that I asked you to share on your play date, both with Chloe and Sissy and your did so each and every instant (even when I could tell you really didn't want to).

These were taken later today so that I could capture her early walking in some capacity.