Andrea’s Weblog

After holding onto anything and everything for weeks, Elizabeth finally
decided to start walking. I had decided that it must be psychological
when I saw her walking along the length of a limp leash stretched
across the room. The leash was absolutely no support. Literally
overnight she must have gotten over it because she suddenly started
walking. There wasn’t even a period of “step, step, crash into mom’s
arms.” She went straight from couch surfing to walking for most of the
day yesterday.

To celebrate this new phase of life (according to her grandpa the
phases are crawling, walking, getting a driver’s license) we went shoe
shopping. Her Robeez have done their job, and I was just waiting for
her to finally walk so I could replace them. I guess I’m picky about
shoes. After seeing a few toddlers (is she officially a toddler now?)
thumping around on fashionable shoes I decided it was important to get
her foot measured and buy shoes designed for walking. She is now
sporting some Stride Rite high top style shoes. At first she didn’t
want to take her old shoes off, but by the end of the shoe fitting, she
was prancing around the store quite proud of herself. There’s nothing
like a nice new pair of shoes to make a girl happy!