These shoes are made for walking...

So...Channing turned 10 months old on September 19. He had an ear infection so we got to find out his weight and height at the doctor's office...22 lbs. and 29 inches long. I can't believe how much he's grown! He has been pulling up on & cruising around the furniture for a while now so we thought it would be just a matter of time before he took those first steps. He would try to take a step and fall. My mom bought him one of those walker and he can really move with that thing!

Well...he officially started walking on Sept. 24 and I got to see it! Too bad I didn't have my video camera. I went to pick him up at daycare and he took about 10 steps straight towards me! That was on a Thursday. My mom and dad said he should not be walking around barefoot...with the weather starting to get chilly and all. They took him that Saturday and got his first pair of "real shoes"--some Stride Rites. He wears a 6 W...big feet. They are so cute. It's been a couple weeks and now he is walking all over the place! He gets so exciting walking too...sometimes a little too happy and he falls down. He just gets right back up and starts walking again. Everyone keeps saying things like, "now he'll be into everything" and "you'll wish he hadn't started walking soon", but I love it! It's amazing to watch him and I enjoy him walking. He is such a character!