So, just a few days before Thanksgiving (Nov 24th to be exact), Noah stood up and took his first real steps on his own with no prompting or support from anyone! Actually, I almost didn't notice it. Our friends Amanda, Jack & Miles were over visiting. We hadn't seen them in a few weeks due to various illnesses in our family and theirs. But they were headed out of town for over a month so they stopped in to say goodbye. Miles, who is 3 weeks older than Noah had started walking in the weeks we hadn't seen them. Always careful, Noah had been cruising from furniture to furniture for months and months, but would very cautiously make sure to have a firm grip on the next location before he let go of the last. But, after Miles had been here only 45 minutes and was getting ready to leave, Noah stood up on his playmat in the corner and took his very first steps on his own! It was as if he'd thought to himself, "well, if Miles can do it, so can I!" When Jeremy came home from work an hour later, I held Noah on the rug, and let him go once Jeremy opened the door. He walked right to him, surprising Jeremy with his new skill!
That night, we packed up the car and headed north to Jeremy's brother, Josh & his wife, Jennie's house. We drove through the night letting Noah sleep in the car. Two days later we were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with much of Jeremy's & Jennie's of family, and even my brother, Brad, who lives nearby. We ate a table for 20 with the most amazing turducken prepared entirely by Jennie's sister, Ashley. While in the Bay Area we were also able to visit our friends Pauline & Darryl and their little girl, Caitlyn.
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