ELI'S WALKING!!!

We declared yesterday Eli's official day of walking. He was determined to figure it out and would get very frustrated when he fell. I realized, as I did with Alison, that I would cheer when he sat down because I was holding my breath during his 5 or 6 steps. So yesterday I started cheering every time he stood up on his own. It's hard to cheer for several minutes and it ended up sounding like an African walking dance chant. Ben and I were dying laughing, but it worked...he would get a big smile on his face and walk across the room. It was a perfect way to spend a Mother's Day.