It's official: She's MOBILE!

I finally got a video of the babe crawling and then she decides THE NEXT DAY to start walking. Eeek! She walks across the living room to throw herself into her Daddy's arms or play with her toy shelf. I thought I would cry the first time I saw her walk. I always cry when I see my friends' babies walking for the first time. There's just something about that wobbly vulnerability and the look on the kid's face that makes it one of the most amazing moments to witness...in someone else's child. With Alice, I was excited for her and happy that she could do this on her own, but I felt no warm and fuzzy "milestone" feelings. In some ways I was scared for her. Or for me? It's hard to tell. The moment I first saw her crawl, I had to call up Bobby and my mom and let them know this amazing news. Now that she's walking, I'm actually nervous and a little tense. There are mixed feelings. When a kid is on all fours, they don't trip and smack their head into pointy furniture or stone walls. They don't lose their balance and end up going FASTER because of it. Or backwards. So, perhaps I'm having trouble being excited about all the painful learning she has yet to do.