About the walking

It must have been to impress his old cousin but he was crazy about walking yesterday. So we finally got and nice videos to send to Jon’s side of the family. But I can’t help myself to share here. It’s such a nice memory!

He took his first independent steps at 9 months, but has not been this courageous ever and he kept doing it, but only really walking towards his cousin. He’s 10 months now so he’s pretty early to be walking. (Although our neighbours boy started walking at 8 months, I think they said, so it’s not extraordinary early in any way) Jon also started walking at 10 months.

Of course no one knows when I started walking. I don’t mind, I know my parents and I did not expect them to remember. I’m the same you see, just thanks to all the photos and the blog and instagram, I can get the information relating to Aiden. This wasn’t the case in 82 though. But then yesterday mum said that she did record it on that sheet. I knew what sheet she meant and I have it! So I started going through my little secret box of memories and found it! In pencil was some scribbles of my age when holding my head steady, giving them my first smile… But then, nothing! About 3 months in they’d forgotten about me! I guess I was too quiet as a baby. Mum insists I was under a year when I started walking. But I guess it could have been any age really. Oh well, it did happen, I’m walking now so that’s how I know.

When we stopped for a break when out cycling a few weeks ago, I was walking around with Aiden holding his hand and this man started chatting to me:

“He’s around a year, I guess?” he said.

“10 months yesterday” I said proudly.

“Oh he’s early! Give him a month and he’ll be walking all by himself. This one (pointing at his late teen, early twenties daughter) she started walking at 8 months already. Her younger sister was way over the year though. But as I always say – they are equally good at walking today!”