David, Michele and … Piper

Piper has been taking some wobbly, unassisted steps here and there for the past couple of weeks. They were just little teensy tiny steps–and usually only one step or two.  The first one was at the in-laws’ house on February 3rd in the guest bathroom while I was drawing her nightly pre-bedtime bath. Piper was hanging out in her birthday suit, looking like the cutest thing that I have ever seen and practicing two of her new favorite maneuvers:

1. The “Practice Stand” where she literally just stands there for sometimes a couple of minutes or more, usually with at least one item of interest in each hand, and
2. The “Easy Up” where she goes from sitting to standing without using anything to pull herself up.  She usually sits down after a Practice Stand and quickly goes back into an Easy Up.

But that night, she just put one foot in front of the other and took a step.  It was magical! Unfortunately, I was the only one to witness it but David has since seen a couple of itty bitty baby steps himself. Lots of clapping and cheering happen after a step is taken.  Daddy likes to scream “The roof! The roof! Raise the roof! Raise the roof!” while pushing his hands up in the air. That’s usually a big hit. (Sidebar: He also has a football ditty that he performs for Pip that is ALWAYS a crowd pleaser. It’s call the Pick Six cheer and I can’t even begin to explain it but it involves some running in place and what looks like an in-place diving motion. I actually get a good laugh out of it too.)

And that leads us to today…  After too many days of being cooped up from the snow and cold, Piper and I ventured out to what is probably her favorite place in the whole wide world: The Play Area on the 3rd floor of the Galleria Mall. It has been a few weeks since we were last there and her crawling and assisted-walking skills have improved dramatically since then. She really tore it up today. She took three unassisted steps in a row and then stopped because another little kid was in her way. So I texted David and he came home early from work. After dinner tonight, he got on the floor to play with Piper (*sigh*) and yelled for me to get the video camera. Below is the video of her first real walking extravaganza–baby steps aside–which also includes turning around!

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