The big news in Avaland is that she took her first steps this past week. It happened on St. Patrick's Day, so we like to think she was celebrating being one-quarter Irish (my grandmother on my Dad's side was off the boat). She has a walker that she has used to walk around the house for a couple months now. When she first started using it, we had to stand closely behind her helping her hold on to it. Then she could maneuver it mostly by herself, only needing help with turning it to navigate corners and doorways. Then she had it down pat and really just needed us to make sure she didn't crash.
Well, on the day in question, Ben challenged her by placing the walker a couple steps away and seeing what she would do. Determined to reach it, she took two steps solo from him to the walker. We then kept challenging her in the same way, cheering her on each time she took a couple steps. She only likes for us to do this a few times before she tires of it, but we've made it part of the daily routine to keep challenging her. Here's a video of her first steps.
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