Category: Firsts

So like every child, Mason is beginning to identify things. I mean he has been able to identify things for quite a while now, in that you could say “go get lion” and he would go get his stuffed lion, etc….

But now he is spitting the words back at you… You can point to a ball in a book and he will say “baaa” (baaa can also mean bottle)… other things include “burrr” (bird), “caaaa” (car, the is is like aahh), “caaa” (cat, the a is like AAAAAple), “mom”, “daaa”, etc…

It is pretty cool to watch…

And by fool, I mean he is getting a BIT cocky and not paying attention and falling, but such is the life of a baby I guess. Let me backtrack here… on Tuesday, March 13th, I went, for the first time in like a year, out drinking with the Audi people. And robyn and rebecca were hanging out, and low and behold Mason got up and started walking. (Rebecca needs to finish that post up).

Sure, I missed it, but that is ok, cause he has been walking ever since. By that friday (my birthday) I had the new camcorder and everything up and running, so I have video footage somewhere. He began walking slowly and cautiously… but time has passed and he is more and more… confident… and thus he has taken a few falls… a bruise here or there and last weekend he managed to scrape up his nose by falling on the sidewalk while out with grandma and grandpa Dugan… poor guy.

So he is a walking fool, which is fun. It would be nicer though if he would be willing to hold your hand… he will have nothing to do with that, and thus it is hard to walk with him. He wants to go whereever he wants… be it the street, right in front if people, etc.

If there had been any question that his previous first step was not ENOUGH to be considered a first step, and there was a bit on contention, today he was up in our room… again standing, and he took about 4-6 steps in a row. Sure, he only moved about 1 foot to the bed, but that was TOTALLY walking.

So I would argue it is official.

So technically, mason took his first step tonight. I was walking around with him (he was walking, holding on to my hands) in the kitchen. Lately, he has been able to STAND on his own without issue, but he hasn’t stepped. We have attempted to lure him into walking, but he usually plops down on his but, crawls the distance (as little as 12 inches) and stands back up again.

So while he was standing there, on his own, I stood just out of his reach with my outstretched hand. He looked at it for a moment and took 1 step with 1 foot to get close enough to grab my hand. Once he had my hand he took the next 2 steps to hold onto my leg.

When he walks holding your hand, he actually doesn’t put that much pressure on you in any way, which leads me to believe if he WANTED to, he could walk on his own, since I am not acting as a very large support for him. But for whatever reason, he isn’t there yet. I am sure he will get there, and he did seem happy with himself that he took a step on his own immediately after he did it. So perhaps I will have more to report soon?

following his new found love of standing up, which he is repeating on darn near anything he can get his hands on…. this evening mason crawled up the stairs. Sure, mom was right behind him making sure he didn’t fall, but he did nearly all the work. He needed a bit of guidance around the turns in the staircase, but he was laughing and having a blast.

Sure, this may become a problem, we may need to get those gates up quickfast, but it was still fun to watch.

So Mason has been crawling around and whatnot, over thanksgiving week, he began rolling from a laying down position up into a sitting up position. Then, he began getting up on his knees… and this morning, when rebecca walked into his room after he woke up, he was standing in his crib. He repeated the feat a couple more times and now can do it without issue. Combine that with his love of having his hands held while he ‘walks’ around, I am sure he will be walking soon!