Milestone: Walking!

Another milestone was reached last week on wednesday (just one day before he turned 16 months, although I have no idea what the significance of that fact is... :-)). Tobias can now walk all by himself! I was so worried that this milestone would be reached while Tobias was in the US... I so wanted to be there to see it. Well, I wasn't.... and Lisa wasn't either.... Opa was there, and he loved it.... he was probably the proudest Opa in the world when I talked to him on the phone!

What happened? Well, on wednesdays Tobias is at the daycare. This past wednesday, May 17th, it was a special day at the daycare: Opa and Oma day. They invited Opa's and Oma's to come over and see what their grandchild is doing while at the daycare. A very interesting proposition, so my dad went to check it out. They had a great time with all sorts of activities, like story telling and dancing and stuff. After that was over Opa took Tobias home with him so that we would not have to drive over to their place to drop of Tobias at night. Very convenient, right?

Well, that afternoon it happened, at my parent's place, with just Opa there... Tobias started walking by himself. Just a few yards at a time, but he did it! That was last week. Now he is getting more comfortable and he can do more than just a few yards at a time. Also now he does not need much encouragement anymore, he just starts walking whenever he feels like it. As you can see he holds his hands up in the air and even though he is smiling in this picture I can assure you that it takes all his concentration and energy to walk. He is still a bit shaky, but getting steadier every day.

I am proud of my little baby.... oops, I mean my little boy :-)