Don’t tell Mom and Dad but I can secretly walk already. I have total control and strength when I walk assisted. Even if I only have one hand of held, I am great. No problems. But when you let go of my hand or when I let go of my walker, its like I am a newborn giraffe. Collapse right to the floor. So Mom and Dad think that its a confidence thing. But what I’m not telling them is that I can already walk when they aren’t looking. I just want them to think I need their help. It makes them feel needed.
So, I’m thinking that I will start taking some steps without their assistance pretty soon. Like within a couple of weeks. I’ll give them a little more time thinking that I am still the baby. But after that-watch out! I will be forever on the go.
Other things I’m up to now: I still copy everything that Emmett does. He makes up words for things and I say those words. I will repeat what he says instead of saying the real word for something. I copy the sign language he uses. Its nice that we are both on the same page with that. It’d be awfully confusing if we were using two different words (or signs) for the same thing.
I’ve got some new things that I do in my carseat. I like to try to hold Emmett’s hand when we are in the car. We sit right next to each other now and I like to reach out and grab his hand. He giggles, but we both think its nice. I also will help Mom and Dad with Tessa while we are driving. They are all the way in the front seat, so I like to make sure that Tessa has her pacifier. I will even taste it to make sure that there’s nothing wrong with it and then I will give it right back to her. When she has a blanket on, I like to take it off because that would totally make me overheat so I’m sure that Tessa doesn’t like that either. All helpful things.
Maybe by my next post I’ll let the cat out-of-the-bag about the walking thing. I’ll gauge it by what Mom and Dad do. We’ll see…
Riley
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