As if Thanksgiving wasn’t exciting enough, Sam decided to make it a particularly momentous occasion by taking his first steps! For the past week or so he’s been taking single steps on his own, but then pausing and sitting down when he felt unstable. Finally, on Thanksgiving Day, he started to put those steps together and pretty much mastered walking in a day. As you can see below, we weren’t excited in the least 🙂 I love how both J and I are videoing Sam’s walking from each angle. 
It was fun to watch how Sam approached walking. He’s been cruising along walls and furniture for a few months now, so he was very stable on his feet. However, he didn’t really practice walking on his own much until he felt very stable. He really doesn’t fall very much, mostly because he’s very deliberate and intentional. If he doesn’t feel like he can walk, then he won’t and when he feels a little shaky then he sits down rather than fall. He’s also amazingly patient with it, not getting frustrated but rather brushing off his stumbles and trying again. It’s been an interesting little window into how our boy’s mind works.