Major step

Yesterday, Markus came home and said the daycare teachers said Willa has started taking steps - without being goaded or forced!! She did it at home, too. We stood across from each other and Willa walked to me from Markus' arms!!! She only takes a couple steps at a time, but I think we're moving in the right direction.

Some of you know, but the reason we were so anxious for her to start walking is that the CHOP neurologist said they would discharge her at her next visit if she was walking by then. Her next visit is in November, so we were getting down to the wire! But now it seems like she'll definitely be walking (if not running) by then. We're so excited!

The other thing the daycare teacher said to Markus is that Willa was very happy yesterday and said Willa was dancing all day long. She asked "Does Willa dance and shake her butt a lot at home?" Markus told her, all the time. Last night, she came home, stood against her high chair, and promptly started marching her feet for a few steps and shaking her hiny back and forth. She's pretty good at the hiny shake now, so we're going to take some video.

I know we keep saying it, but we really will post some video sometime soon. There are too many funny moments now.

This morning, Willa started dancing in our bed right after she woke up. She was sitting up and starting moving her hands. We turned the radio on and she pointed. We said "radio". She said "way-doe". New word!

We'll post some pictures of the bathroom, too. In two days, our bathroom has been demolished - there isn't even a floor anymore! I opened the door yesterday and was glad I didn't take a step or I would've fallen in! They're doing the rough-in today, moving some plumbing, etc - we should see some major progress this week and cannot wait. It's a very exciting project for us - good bye to the yucky, ugly, outdate bathroom. Hello to a bigger, cleaner, more modern and stylish bathroom.

Oh, Willa is making the hungry word/sound now. Gotta go!