Taking a few steps

Aaron is almost 15 months and finally taking his first steps without holding onto me or any furniture. He's still not popping himself up yet, but he has taken a few steps here and there. I am not sure if that counts but I think he might be walking pretty stably when he goes to HK. 

I have been patiently waiting for him to take his first step and it seems like he's so content with speed crawling that he doesn't want to walk even though he has been cruising for months. It might be easier when he's not walking but at the same time I would like to see him walk before the 18 month mark (red flag for autism). I guess he will just take his time until he's ready. 

Counting my blessing

We went to Gymboree @ Oakridge today as usual and I noticed one of the moms looks very familiar, yet I can't quite tell where have I met her right away. I kept looking at her and her kid and thinking that I must have met this mom somewhere before. It finally rang a bell when I overheard her mentioning her son was born prematurely and his name is Henry. Henry was indeed Aaron's roommate in the NICU! He is the first NICU grad that I've seen and he's already walking. It is so amazing to see his development when he was born at 23 weeks.

I still remember Henry left NICU with oxygen and now he's totally off! I am so happy for his family and hope that he will keep growing stronger. Seeing Henry reminds me how blessed I am to have a perfect little Aaron even though we went through some tough times in the beginning. He is truly an Angel to me and I am so thankful that he is totally normal and makes good progress each day. I can't believe I almost lost my baby and I will never forget what have NICU done to save Aaron. I love you Aaron baby.

Standing?

It has been awhile since the last update, Aaron just recently started standing by himself for a few seconds (without knowing it himself).  He doesn't seem to be quite ready to take his first step yet. Will he be a late walker just like he was a late sitter/crawler? Everyone tells me it's actually a good thing that he doesn't walk yet, but I am getting anxious that he might not be walking for awhile.

I am not sure if he will be walking by the time he goes to HK, but hopefully he will so that he won't get bullied by his cousin which has been walking for months. Oh well, Aaron is tough enough already. I think he actually needs to learn to mellow out a little bit.