We have a walker

Well what ever semblance of a nice, quiet, simple life that I had is now GONE! Aiden is quite the accomplished walker. He is now in to everything, and he does so at an astonishing pace. He still crawls, but he is realizing that he can go faster with walking. He enjoys chasing Sydney around the house, both screaming at top volume (see no more P&Q). All of this started about 3 weeks ago when he would take 5 or 6 steps, with quite a bit of prodding. Now he can go as far as he wants, he usually stops and stand for a second looks around then sits down....sort of a "this is as far as I feel like walking" sort of look to it. Anyway, each day he gains confidence and gets faster. My friends at playgroup and run club are amazed by how fast he picked it up and how sure on his feet he seems to be. One lady seems particularly impressed as her 19 month old just started walking, but we all know each kid is different and walks at different ages.

I don't quite know how I feel about it. On one hand it will be nice not to have to carry him around in a few months when he is efficient at it. On the other side he really does get into more trouble which requires a closer eye on him now. And not to mention that it is one more validation that my baby boy is growing up! He's not really a baby anymore....could he be....gasp....a toddler? Better have another one, the current models are growing up!