Friday, January 30, 2009

Maybe he's closer than we thought...

Last night I was telling Paul about James' little friend, Becca (who is the same age as James) and how she's been taking 5-6 steps at a time lately. Her mom (my friend, Kristin--Hi, Kristin!) was telling me yesterday about how they were playing the "walk back and forth between Mommy and Daddy" Game the night before.

Paul and I happened to be sitting on the floor of our living room with James at the time, so I jokingly picked up James and said, "Hey, you want to play that game too, James?" I set him down next to me, and he--I'm not kidding--walked to Paul! We were so shocked! We burst out cheering and laughing so loud that it kinda scared James. Oops. ;) It was only three steps, but he has never even successfully taken one step, so we were rather surprised.

It really was a fluke. James doesn't have anywhere near the balance needed to walk. We kept trying to get him to do it again, with absolutely no luck. Oh, but it was funny. :)

3 comments:

Christy said...

Ahhh! Come on Kayla! You let a boy beat you!
:)

NW Harbert's said...

Hi Jennie, I hope you don't mind I crashed your site. I found it through Christy's site. James is so adorable. I remember each of my kids first steps, they were all so different and exciting.

The Grahams said...

Yeah James!! Next thing you know he will be running! That is such a fun age when they have those huge milestones!