The last time we felt REALLY thrilled about Bryan was when he started using American Sign Language to communicate with us (his first sign was, not surprisingly, “milk” ). But this week we were thrilled again when Bryan was finally able to consistently free-stand for a few seconds at a time. Even though we know this is a sign of more “troubles” to come when he is finally able to walk and roam around on his own with an unprecedented freedom, the very sight of him being able to do it still excites us nonetheless. Even more interesting is that Bryan seems to understand what it means now that he is able to stand up longer than ever without help — he shows off this newfound skill every chance he gets.
I may have mentioned this before, but Grace thinks that kids who are able to speak early seem to walk later. And the opposite seems to be true as well as she observed. We will see if this “theory” continues to hold up with the growth of 5 other kids in our immediate circle of friends — Kevin, Tai, Prestin, Xinee and Ella (pretty international names, huh?).