Almost Walking!

Gaining confidence and balance

11 days ago we celebrated James' first birthday.
Except Aki, who was present in the means of a lovely personal letter to him, everybody that has been important in his life so far were there to celebrate this wonderful event; Grandma England (Cate's mom), Oma & Opa (my mom and dad) and his own mommy and daddy.
There were plenty of cards and presents, and although he wasn't too bothered about all those giftwraps, once he saw what was inside them, he seemed genuinly pleased.

Since that milestone passed, it seems like James is taking giant leaps regarding his growing-up process... He seems to be babbling a lot more, and in a month time he's grown 3 extra centimeters (he's a full 80cm now!). But the most significant change is that he's really cruising around the livingroom now, while holding on to furniture, cats and human bits for support.

It's really amazing to see the process of how he went from sitting, to rolling over, to crawling... and now actually almost walking on his own.
He can actually do it already... for about 3 or 4 steps... but I guess he then gets scared, or over-enthusiastic, before he lets himself drop to the floor, or in your arms, whatever is nearer :-)

I can't describe how exciting these weeks are for me and Cate...it's like it's going to be any minute now, that he'll come dashing towards us! His freedom is coming... and ours will vanish :-)

Almost there!