Dear Maya,
I think we can officially call April 10, 2013 as your first day "walking." Just under 13 months. On that day you took your first 5 - 7 steps solo without holding on to anything. Up until then we could get you to take one step or two if we were lucky but no more than that. After that you would tumble to the ground and kick it to your comfortable hyper-speed crawl.
I came home from work that Wednesday and you took like 5 steps to me . Then 7 back to Mommy. Then crawled the rest of the night. For the rest of the week that is pretty much how it went.
The following weekend is when you started to really get your walking feet down but as Mommy but it: "She's not real good at it."
You probably already understand this but you're going to need some tough skin to hang with this family.
You're still pretty cautious with it but walking is definitely your preferred method of travel these days.
The other day you started into a sprint. You fell but got right back up and were at it again. To paraphrase Rocky Balboa, That's how winnings done Mai. It's about getting back up and moving forward.
Love,
Daddy
P.S. I can't help to think of the Walking Dead every time you Mommy calls you "a walker." Just don't ever try to eat my brains.