Take A Walk on the Wild Side

Well my friends, it's official our toddler is now walking. He started this morning and has not stopped. Sasha tends to do things his own way which is why we love him so much. Here's a little recap of Sasha's gross motor development. 


Before Sasha crawled at around eight months he was standing without holding on to anything. This made us think he might skip crawling all together. Nope, not the case, he then spent an entire two months rocking on his hands and knees before he crawled at ten months. Then he was taking steps before pulling up on furniture. So we figured, okay he's going to do a short stint with crawling and go straight to walking. Nope, he took his time at his pace and as a result is quite a sturdy walker.


It all started this past weekend after a visit at the grandparents. Sasha was performing for a large group of family members relishing in the praise. He took a few bold steps here and there to get more "hoorays" and "applause" from his fan club, aka "the grandparents". Then I noticed he was doing squats and in a constant kneeling position. Next up he kept taking steps without me in front of him. And voila, on June 1st, 2012 we have our self a walker. I'm pretty sure we will have a runner on our hands momentarily. 


In other Sasha news, he is really a full on toddler now. He gets, um, how you say, well, PISSED, yeah that's it, he gets PISSED OFF when you remove him from such things as power strips, pots and pans at 6am, taking down curtains and taking the batteries out of remote controls. He continues to talk up a storm and is so happy all the time. He will not sit in the bath, he pretends that everything is a telephone, he still eats as much as I do and he has a great sense of humor. 


Unfortunately I can not figure out how to get the movie to load to show you the little walker, but here's a photo of the handsome fella from earlier today. Have a great weekend.