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Adlai is On the Move

Before last week, Adlai had only taken one step at a time on his own before crashing down on his nappy-cushioned bum.  We even got excited one evening a couple of weeks ago when, as we were Skyping with my brother and sister-in-law, we tried to get him to show them his one step and he surprised everyone with four in a row.  Show-off.

After that, we expected him to start walking on his own, but a week or so went by with no movement from his chubby legs.  Until last Wednesday, when I got a text from Faith at work:  “Adlai just took about a million steps!

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