themckibbens.com » first step http://themckibbens.com/blog Come see the proof that our family is better than yours. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Walking Tall http://themckibbens.com/blog/2010/01/walking-tall/ http://themckibbens.com/blog/2010/01/walking-tall/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:28:26 +0000 Leigh http://themckibbens.com/blog/?p=1972 A few days before Christmas, Roark took his first steps, by which I mean, he started walking. When Edie was learning to walk, she took a couple of steps one day, and then didn’t try again for weeks. Roarkie, on the other hand, decided one day that he was ready to walk, stood up, and started walking. He’s a determined little guy and has been practicing every day since. He’s to the point now that he rarely crawls anymore.

He reminds me of Maggie Simpson, and even though he falls about every tenth step or so, he gets right back up and keeps going. He is so proud of himself that as he walks towards me he’ll giggle and clap. It really is one of the most adorable things I’ve ever seen, and I can’t help but kneel down and cheer him on with every clumsy step.

To celebrate Roark’s new skill, Ken made a new video. Enjoy!

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