Here we go again…

On July 3 – at 8 months, 13 days old – Evelyn walked.  She followed in her brother’s footsteps 10 days later than he did, and with about the same degree of capability.   She pulled herself up on the dresser, turned to me, then let go and took about 5 steps in my direction before falling down.   She was willing to try it a few more times, but has really decided that crawling is the quicker, more efficient choice.  9 times out of 10 it seems, she’ll drop down to crawl over instead of walk.  But she is gaining more confidence daily and is getting steadier on her feet!  I think it will still be a while before she is a proficient walker.

Here are a few videos taken today of her walking.  We actually took a couple of videos the day she first walked… but – thanks to a nasty diaper rash, she was pant-less.  And I don’t think she wants her walking achievement to live on in that bottomless infamy through the blog, so we waited to take these ore G-rated videos of her today!