A couple of milestones

We've had a couple of milestones to brag abut really quickly. Both happened on Wednesday...

First mommy and I were each on one of the couches in the living room, when Aiden stood up on his own, and took three hesitant little steps. He hasn't repeated the performance yet, but we count that as his "first step" all on his own. Next week he'll be running... Yikes!

He also made it up the stairs completely on his own for the first time Wednesday, a feat he has since repeated several times. Now each time he goes up the stairs one of us is standing behind him very cautious to make sure he doesn't fall. But yesterday morning I was sitting and watching television while he played in the middle of the room. I saw him head over toward the front door (to pull the dog's tail) so I turned back to the tv. I look back in that corner, and no Aiden. I start looking around and Oh dear, he is halfway up the steps. So we're having to put the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs to make sure he doesn't go on any field trips on his own. For the most part he doesn't try to go up the stairs if one of us is not upstairs for him to go find, but yesterday for some reason he thought it would be a great idea.