Finley is FINALLY a walker!

The day after we returned from our trip, Finley decided that she was going to start walking as an actual mode of transportation instead of just a trick she would do only on occasion (much encouragement and cheering required). She has been pulling herself up on furniture, climbing on anything that stands still, and taking unassisted steps for months now, but something FINALLY just clicked and now she is a bona fide walker! She went from taking a few steps to walking all over the house! When she falls down, she gets back up and continues walking rather than falling and crawling quickly to her destination to make up for lost time! It is so fun to watch little ones work so hard on something and then finally "get" it and reach the milestone they have been working toward.

Finley is 14 months old, which makes her kind of a late walker (we must just make them that way- Avery was 15 months when she finally started), but people that see her walking around are just amazed that this little "8 month old" is toddling around (this is a comment that has been made by a surprising number of people). Yes, she is on the bitty side, but to mistake her for 8 months old, really?! She is not THAT little, is she!?

Anyway...here are a couple of video clips of our new little walker girl...

What a difference a week makes... now Finley is MUCH more stable on her feet- she doesn't even fall down when her sister is running circles around her! What a BIG girl! Side note: Avery loves to dress up and now Finley wants to get in the game too! In addition to showing off her walking skills, this next clip also documents Finley's first dress up session with her big sister.