Steps!

Hooray for Lucy, she took her first steps tonight! Let me try to capture for you the joyous little moment that Ellie. Lucy, and I shared tonight.

After school we went to get some dinner at Pick Up Stix, where the girls behaved beautifully and ate good too. Ben was working late, so we stopped by Barnes and Noble so Ellie could pick out a few books to give her friend Tabby for her 3rd birthday this weekend. (Ellie was insistent that Tabby wanted books, not toys, and Ellie picked out all the books herself). Finally we got home and  were playing in their room before getting ready for bed. Ellie was jumping in Lucy’s crib, which she loves to do, while I played with Lu on the floor. Lucy was holding on to the crib, looking up at Ellie, when she let go and stood there. She’s been doing this more and more lately, standing for 10-15 seconds, but has never taken steps. She smiled with delight, very proud of herself for standing for so long. I think she knew that she felt steadier than usual. When she started to sit down, I encouraged her to stand back up. Ellie cheered her on too from above. Lucy really liked this and smiled and giggled more as we applauded. Then I pointed to her foot and said, “Move your foot Lu. Take a step.” Ellie echoed down, “Move your foot Lu. Step.”  Then Lucy giggled, thought about it, giggled some more, and stepped. Hooray! Ellie and I went wild, we cheered, clapped, and hugged Lucy. She ate it all up, quite pleased that we were so thrilled with her. Then I stood her up again, and this time, obviously eager for more cheering, she took three steps. Again, her fans went wild. That was all the steps we got for the night because Lucy wanted to go up in the crib to play with her sister. Ellie hugged her and said, “Good job sweetie. I’m so proud of you.”