For the last week, Robert has been taking a few steps here and there, but today was really a breakthrough:  He is definitely WALKING!!!  Although he still crawls, I think now he prefers to stay on his feet, and I see pleasure in his face when he is walking and succeeding.  What a rush!

I've also noticed that he's become less of a baby, and more of a child.  We were building a train set with Kubus, and first thing Robert tried to do is break it.  I told him "no", and showed him that trains can go on the train tracks, that it can be fun without breaking.  He seemed to understand, and instead of taking the track apart, he started playing on the tracks with a locomotive.  Such a small thing, but what a difference.  Also, in books when we see food, me and Kubus always pretend to eat it, stuffing it into our mouths.  Just recently, I've noticed Robert doing the same, even without our prompt.  Cool, eh?