walking!

one day before eric's bday and heidi turning 14 months, she took her first real steps......and mommy and daddy were gone! from the start, heidi has seemed to have taken to big papa, and guess she wanted to prove her point by taking her first four steps for him! mommy and daddy were out looking at trim, leaving the kids with big papa who is up here putting in a built in shelving unit in the basement with papa. this is how it went down - big papa was playing on the floor with the kids. heidi was a little ways away. she stood up, and walked four steps toward big papa. just like that. no fanfare. no coaxing. no prodding. just decided she'd rather try walking to big papa instead of crawling. big papa just nonchalantly brings it up at supper that night. eric and i both thought he was joking at first. took her out of her high chair to prove it. yep. it was true. she is doing it more and more now. afraid it won't be long till she is running..... we have yet to catch it on tape. will try to soon and get it posted!