esta caminando, por fin

well, like i said in the previous post, pilar is walking now, at long last! she started on january first, what a great way to start a new year, quite a big accomplishment! she had been testing her abilities for a few weeks, taking steps between me and sergio, you know one two three, catch. one two three, catch. sometimes she would take up to seven or eight steps, but she was always expecting someone on the other side to catch her. we actually stopped this game for a while to see if she would just do it on her own, and it took a while, she didn't seem interested in walking too much. I mean she was an excellent crawler!

then one day sergio and i noticed her in the corner of our eyes (we were in the middle of discussing something) suddenly stand up, and just walk across the room. we asked each other "did she just WALK across the room?" I think she did! when we realized what she had just done, it was too late, she had already ducked back down to the floor like nothing had happened, and crawled away to the kitchen. we saw nothing for a few more days, then suddenly we were at kate and mike's and she decided she was ready, and spent a good hour walking back and forth across the room between sergio and I, and even walked to mike a few times (mike is the chosen one, she doesn't let many people touch her or pick her up, thank god, she's not too trusting).

anyway, now she's a pro. she almost never crawls. in fact she spends hours and hours walking around our apartment. she walks around and around the kitchen, up the hallway, in the bedroom, and back again. but her favorite, is walking up and down the hallways of our building, knocking on everyone's doors. she is obsessed right now with doors, she knocks, and tries to reach the knobs. it's so cute.

here are some walking action shots!