This girl's goin'

You won't completely see it from the videos below, but Paige is walking on her own. Freely. She practically runs at times. She kinda lunges forward and uses her momentum to get her legs moving fast so she doesn't fall flat on her face.

She has taken huge strides physically and in other ways in the past 10 days. Tonight she climbed our little wooden slide backwards. She made it all the way up on her third attempt, and kept repeating the feat. She was very pleased with herself. She's signing a bit more. She understands our words, even if she can't yet verbalize one herself.

Here's more walking chronicles from where we left off last post.

April 28th:



Note the hand-flopping, like a bird. Claire did the same thing when she started walking. It must feel like flying to them.

On April 30th, Claire helps her sister out. Paige doesn't want help.




It all comes together May 1st, with more arm-wailing. Gives new meaning to "May Day":





It's a whole new chapter.