We convinced Steven to take his first step on Feb. 6th. He loves to cruise around furniture and he is very good at walking when he holds one of my hands, but he won't let go! Rob and I sit a couple feet apart and try to get him to walk to each other, but he just stands there and laughs until he falls! Yesterday, he took 2 steps. Tonight he took three steps! He was very proud of himself. We all clapped for him, so he stopped and clapped too- and then fell over! Each of his brothers is so excited to help. They try to get him to walk to them... so many people to walk to! And they walk around with him. Here's a video Andrew took (The best part is the very beginning. You can stop watching after that. I couldn't figure out how to cut the movie! Sorry about the quality!!)
Watching him walk reminds me of something someone wrote about cheering for our children. We get so excited watching our babies attempt to walk. We cheer even when they "fail". We need to remember that our older children are still learning new things all the time. We should cheer for them in the attempts that they make- even if at first they fail.
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The other thing I like to learn from kids learning to walk, is they fail SO many times but they keep trying. But as adults we are afraid to try new things because we'll fail at first. But we need to be like a child and try over and over again.
SO CUTE! I recently downloaded VideoSpin to make movies with -- it makes it really easy to cut and splice videos.
What a sweet post. Not just to see your baby boy taking his first steps, but also the sweet thoughts you shared with it. Such a good reminder!
That is so fun! And to hear his brothers in the background encouraging him so lovingly! That is priceless!
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