First step taken in Banning

I think we can officially say that Nikolas took his first step today. Last week back in Encino he started practicing getting up against a sofa or someone's leg. On Thursday when we came to visit deka (pradeka) Dusko in Banning he was able to stand up by himself, but his knees were still wobbly and he kept looking down thinking of the best way to come down. He was also not quite sure of the best position of his legs from which he would push up.

Today he was already much more confident. When he stood up against the sofa close to me, he took a few steps sideways to reach my leg. By the end of the day his sideways distance stretched to as long as a meter, and coming down and getting back up became child's play :)

Not to mention his lack of interest in crawling: why crawl when one can walk and reach more things that way?

We had a very full and joyful day overall. Baka and deda came from Encino to take us and the family from Banning/Palm Desert area out for lunch, to mark Nikolas' visit. We were joined by baka Rada and deda Pero, Shawna, Dave and Dillan, teta Maca and cika Craig, teta Ankica and cika Kamenko, teta Radojka and cika Slavko, and of course deka (pradeka) Dusko.

After lunch the five of us went to visit baka (prabaka's) grave in the Weaver Cemetary to water the flowers and take photos with her great-grandson.

I need to add a couple of videos of Nikolas in front of a mirror--it's too funny. I wonder what goes on in his mind when he sees his reflection--but he licks it every time....

(Even though the second video below shows up black in preview, it will play when you click on the play button.)