Let me do my 1,2 Step...

On Thursday, May 15, RJ took his first independent steps. I was in the process of dropping him off at school and trying to show his teachers that he could stand independently for a few seconds (at the time the record was about 15-20 seconds), when he not only stood, but took two steps toward his teacher Ashley and then promptly sat down.

I'm just happy that I got to witness it, although I am a little jealous that he walked toward Ashley first! I suppose that is just one of the many things that sucks about being a working mom.

Since those first tentative steps, he has been building more confidence becoming bipedal. Now at one year, RJ is capable of crossing a room from one object to another. He still chooses to crawl as his primary mode of locomotion but my prediction is that when he discovers he can get to a standing position without use of a prop (couch, table, cat, fun zone, parental unit's arm) then he'll be running full speed.

Here is a video from June 7 of him practicing walking to Daddy: