Walking – well it’s a long road to hoe as any father knows when you have a little person crawling quicker then lightning around the floor but is also pulling herself up and wanting to walk. She is in the in between stages again, she knows what she wants to do but can’t do it straight away and gets very angry with herself for not being able to do it, so what we did do is go to the Salvation Army Toy Library, you pay a membership fee around $50 and you get to use all these difference ages and stages toys for free basically, they are great and it means that you don’t have to worry about having a swing and slide set in your home for 20 years wha hoo! But any way we manage to find this basic trolley for her to push and therefore it’s just tall enough for her to be able to stand up and for one of use to make sure it doesn’t go too fast and her fall over.

She loves it to pieces and the big smile on her face says it all, she is so proud of herself for walking and she smiles and laughs for being able to do so. Soon she will be able to walk by herself and I can’t wait for that day to happen she is going to be going into a whole different stage of her life.

- Scott

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