Plop Her Down and Watch Her Go

Yes. That is precisely how it happened.

July 29, 2014 we were visiting in Montevallo.  It was late.  No afternoon nap.  You were behaving rather well.  You were socializing with Deli, Anna (Psycho), Victoria and Kristie.

Anna (she was one of my students in Middle School), who might I had doesn't even like kids, was holding you.  You started to get squirmy.  I was standing just a few feet away, as were the other girls.  Anna apparently forgot the minor detail that you can't walk alone yet, much less stand on your own.  A slight indication of where the nickname Psycho came from, perhaps!!!

MINOR DETAILS.

She stands you on the floor and lets you go.  Doesn't even think twice about it.  Just plops you right down on your own 2 feet.

PLOP AND RELEASE.

You immediately take off.  I mean, you didn't hesitate.  You just went.  You went fast too.  Like you were an old pro at walking.  You didn't stumble.  You didn't cry.  You didn't fall to the ground.

YOU JUST WENT.

You took roughly 5 steps before we all realized you were "alone."  I quickly swooped you up and reminded Anna that you can't walk yet.

Then it hit all of us.  You JUST walked.  I mean, really walked.  You likely would've kept on going, had I not freaked out that you were alone, standing there, taking steps-ALL BY YOURSELF. 

It was such a fun moment for all of us.  We got a good laugh out of how your first steps came to be.  I don't find it ironic that they happened in Smitherman's either.  We all know, if you are related to Samster, you will one day be employed by him.  Its in our blood.

I was soo very proud of you.  You didn't freak out.  You didn't cry.  You were just PLOPPED DOWN AND WE WATCHED YOU GO!!!!!

Sadly, I don't have any video of it (we were definitely NOT expecting it) nor did I even think to take a picture to capture the "day."  Dada wasn't there either :(.

Although a different day, this was the same outfit were wearing.  First steps taken in those shoes!!!!

Photo from ACTUAL day!!!