Walking!

FINALLY!  At 14-1/2 months old, Abby is clearly on her way to walking on her own.  We were hoping we wouldn't have another Nate on our hands, who preferred to remain my "joey" until almost 18 months old. We should have known this would happen when we used Joseph as this joey's middle name :).  In actuality though, Abby has almost matched Ben's walking pattern to a tee, later than some kids but not noticeably so.  Like Ben, she has basically been walking since about 13 months old, as she would walk all over our house with ease pushing her push toys and her doll stroller with hardly any reliance on these objects for actual support.  The only reliance she did have on them was mentally knowing they were there since she (and Ben before her) would get nervous and fall to the ground once they realized they were "walking." 

So, we did a lot of this around here for the past two months...

...and just over the past few days, we have seen a lot more of this....

Clearly, Abby is on her way to becoming more comfortable with walking, even venturing out to walk almost as often as she crawls at this point.  Yay, I am so excited for this since it is much easier to put girls in skirts and dresses when they do not have to crawl with them.  Soon our little lady will be keeping up with those two silly brothers of hers!!