We've Got a Walker!

Cooper has now officially entered the world of walking!  He is by no means ready to hit the road by himself.  But he can take several steps without assistance.  He first started taking steps at our Small Group Sunday night, and ever since then, he has gotten better and better!  It is really amazing at how fast they catch on once they figure things out!

I decided to take you through Cooper's walking process.  He first started with pushing objects around.  This first video is of him pushing his highchair across the kitchen.

He also has a toy lion that plays music whenever you push it.  He LOVES this lion.  He would literally push this lion for an hour if we had the stamina to keep up with him!  And he can go so fast with it now!  Practically runs with it these days!

This video is of him "cruising" from the fireplace, to the recliner, to his activity table which he then pushes around like a walker.

This video was taken last weekend when we were at the zoo.  He loves to push his stroller around.  We did this for about 20 minutes while we were there!

Matt had the great idea of taking his lion out to the road in our neighborhood.  At first I was kind of nervous.  Number one, he had to wear shoes since he was walking on the road, and he has never done that before.  I thought for sure he would fall alot.  And number two, I thought that the lion would get away from him, which would cause him to fall and skin his knees.  Neither one happened.  He had very good control of the lion!

Here he is taking his first steps.  As you can see he can't go very far without falling.  This was taken on Monday.  Already, he can go so much farther!  It's scary to think what he will be able to do by his first birthday!  He might be running.  :)  Sorry for the bad lighting!

The youth group comes over every other Wednesday night, so last night several of them were at our house.  Cooper decided to show off for them.  He was so excited to have visitors to walk to!  He gets really excited in some of these and tries to run to them!  So cute!

I took these last two videos today.  He is already improving so much!  If he can't keep walking, he will slowly sit down.  He still hasn't just stood up and started walking.  I always have to pick him up or he has to pull up and then walk.  But I know it's not far off!

Hope you enjoyed the videos!  I know it is a lot for just a kid walking, but it is so weird to see him doing it!  It just seems like he is ready to be a little boy and not a baby!

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