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Sunday, June 24, 2007
The boy must have seen the pride flowing through me as Leia garnered the lion's share of attention during the weekends ceremony. Not wanting to be out done, he decided to lay down the trump card and take his first steps.
Deuce never really seemed too keen on walking until this morning. He motored around wherever he needed on his hands and knees for months before even thinking of walking.
Knowing that out vacation to the beach may do even more damage to his poor, roughed up little knees, Renee and I began really pushing the walking subject with the little guy.
Dragging Joshua around the house dangling from our grip, he put up with our "lessons". Hardly interested, Deuce hung rather limp, not moving his feet very much until we finally released him back to his duties of drooling, screaming, and generally destroying things (hence the Godzilla nickname Leia and I dubbed him with).
For about two weeks, every time Deuce stood up on his own, we waited axiously and called for him to just take one step towards us. He was happy to comply, on his terms though. Plopping down on his hands and knees, he would scurry over with a massive grin.
This morning, going almost unnoticed, 1, 2, 3 steps. After alerting Renee to the big news happing right before our eyes, she screamed, Leia jumped and little Deucie clapped for himself after he dismounted. Over the next hour, stpes 4 through 50 occurred. Having realized the power of walking, nothing else was on his mind. Stumbling everywhere, he is determined to master this thing we call walking. That sand is gonna be hot in a couple of weeks buddy, so keep on practicing!
Daddy is proud of you.
I think the picture pretty much explains Proud Papa Moment #3.
