big steps

...Just over a week ago now that our little boy made his first BIG STEPS - not his first steps without support ever, but clearly and certainly the first time he WALKED. Playing with his dad, crawling backwards, peek-a-boo from behind the table, and then: standing up on his feet, leaving the table and tiddle-toddle, tip-tap, back to daddy...
Now he knows he can walk and isn't going to stop any more. And though I knew this would somehow be a big moment, I hadn't expected it would make me feel so proud, and glad... It really is a BIG thing for a little human being to learn to walk!
Then yesterday, one week after his first ever walk, he had his first walk outside: straight away into the snow and on the ice of the frozen canals! My little gnome standing on his own feet in this big, wide world... So many things ahead - and such a big step made already!