And he's off!!!

My baby boy has offically reached that milestone that distinguishes a toddler from a baby...He's walking!! Caleb has definitely taken his own little time deciding to do this. His progression went something like this: 6 months - rolling tummy to back from one end of the room to another; 8-9 months - army crawling everywhere and pulling up on things; 11 months - crawling up on all fours and starting to cruise furniture, pushing his walking toy around like crazy; 13 months - continuing to cruise furniture and becoming more of a risk taker by attmepting to let go of things and stand on his own; 15 months - finally walking! For about the past 3-4 weeks he would stand and take about 3-4 steps and then fall into your arms, but yesterday we were at mom's house and it just all seemed to click. He and I were the only ones there because we were waiting on mom and dad to get home. He pulled up on one of the end tables and then just decided to walk from the den straight into the kitchen. It was probably about 13-14 steps. It was completely unprompted. He just decided he could do it. Now there is no stopping him! It's so cute to watch. He holds his arms out to the side (for balance) and is so proud once he reaches his destination!! Could it possibly have anything to do with the round of applause he gets everytime he does it?!?! I have to say when he first did it it made me tear up a little. I haven't been emotional about him getting bigger like some people do because I have just loved every stage, but for some reason the walking tugged a little at my heartstrings! He really is getting to be a big boy and I know this is just the start of him being a more independent little man.