That Explains it...

I remember hearing stories of my brothers and how the younger one didn't walk as soon as the other one. Mainly because my oldest brother was an "enabler" - He did everything for him, thus not necessitating him to walk.

So when Carissa took a while to crawl and I knew would probably walk a little later too, I figured it was for the same reasons.

No, I think it's more out of fear. Of her older sister.

Well, she's finally gotten up the courage and started walking. Still very shaky and wary of falling (you would too if the ground was hard like ours!). Most of her walking is done on the area rug in the living room, for that very reason. We're trying to encourage her as much as we can, but some people don't know how to do that properly. cough*LEXI*cough

Today, she was being exceptionally brave and I thought, "Hey, maybe I can catch her in the act!"

*Remember this cartoon? This sums up my experience....

So I didn't catch her walking (Sorry), but I did catch something.... many times in fact...

PROOF FOR CARISSA'S LACK OF MOTIVATION

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit C:

Exhibit D:

(Looking at this one, it's kinda funny now... She was sincerely just trying to get her going)

Lexi usually is trying to help (except I don't know what she was thinking in "C"... she's a pill sometimes) and tends to make things worse...obviously. So I can tell you: Yes, Carissa is FINALLY walking.

I just can't prove it.

But now you can see why it's been taking so long :-)