it’s official. as of monday night, monkeybeef is finally walking for real. 15-1/2 months old. yay, caution! he walks 5-10 steps, lands on his butt, then stands right back up and walks some more. also? he walks backwards as steadily and quickly as he walks forward. as you might imagine, a huge shit-eating grin accompanies that trick. this morning, 12 hours after he suddenly decided to start walking, i picked him up out of his crib, put him down on his feet, and he took off across the room skipping. seriously. hopping, jumping, skipping – and cackling – all the way down the long upstairs hallway, without falling once. then he walked down the stairs without holding onto anything. prm figures he’ll be sprinting and breakdancing by thursday or so.
