First steps!

Rye's standing-and-splatting game has evolved into a standing-run-into-splatting game. So, he's basically figuring out walking! He had a few good steps before the camera was running, and now here are some clips. The whole thing is making him excited and a little hyper. Then shortly after the camera stopped, he took a lunge for Mommy, who wasn't quite ready, and he dove right into an open door. He has quite the souvenir goose egg over his eye, ouch. He had a quick recovery—Daddy still had to do the calming walk to convince him to get to sleep tonight.

We think it's pretty incredible that he's basically nailed the concept over three days or so. He now wants to stand anywhere; the more heart-stopping for Mommy, the better: on the edge of the bed, in the bathtub, on the tile floor, next to the wall, near a door. With a tremendous grin each time.