"I walk, I walk!!!"

I'm a stay at home mom.

So my life isn't all that "exciting."

But I do wait around for those special moments. Like first words, first roll-over, first peas...first STEPS.

And, of course, Iris decided to take hers for two ladies, not even blood related, at the YMCA nursery.
Oh, don't worry, someone caught the second and third set of steps on THEIR cellphone camera, so I was able to see those.
Oh Iree...me and you are gonna do this stuff for the rest of our lives, aren't we?

Anyway, by the time I pried other people's 4-year-olds off of me (I work at the Y in the childcare VERY part time for those of you who have no idea) and jogged down to the nursery she looked at me and yelled:

"I WALK, I WALK!"

Worth the seventeen month wait to hear her excitement, I think.

No 11 month old even knows what they are doing. But Iris did. She's been working on it for a while now. Standing up all by herself and clapping so hard her hands almost fall off. Saying "yay!!!" when we hold her hands and walk her around the room. And finally, "I WALK, I WALK!" As if she couldn't even believe it.

Thank you Lord, for almost-missed blessings.