Progress!!!

Paige took her first steps tonight. We all saw it. We were gathered in our bedroom, Claire jumping around our rug like a gymnast and mom and dad lingering on the bed.

It went down like this: Paige stood up, raised her hands in the air and made a "Tah!" sound. She's been doing that for some time. Then, she dropped her hands, looked at the end of the bed, brought her right foot forward without much of a wobble and followed a second or two later with the left foot. Then she lunged forward to the end of our bed. We all clapped. Paige herself clapped for about a minute. She has been quite pleased with her own progress.

Last night, Paige stayed up until 11 p.m. in the kitchen, practicing peek-a-boo, gabbing and walking. She outlasted her sister and mom. I caught a half-step on video. You'll miss it if you blink. Here it is: