Big Steps....

Well, Alexa has finally decided to start walking....almost. She's been cruising around furniture for months now and has had great balance for that long too but finally decided to take her first steps last week. We were over at my good friend Rachael's house for a playdate with her little guy, Nathan, and Alexa just decided to take her first few steps. I guess being around Nathan who is 4 months older was good incentive! Anyways, so she had taken a few steps here and there over this past week but still really prefers to crawl. I know she knows how to walk...she gets this gleam in her eye when I try to coach her to walk and then smiles and starts crawling, the little stink!! :-) But then again yesterday, at another playdate with Rachael and Nathan, Alexa took 6 consecutive steps. There must be some sort of magic at Rachael's house!! We haven't been able to get her to do that again...but I know with Christmas right around the corner and us heading off to Arizona, Alexa will want to be just like her older cousins, and will be walking circles around us in no time!!