the cheese stands alone

yesterday, while at mom and dad's house celebrating mom's birthday and mother's day, talan took his first 2 steps all by himself.
all day he kept letting go of things to stand by himself, usually for much longer than normal. at one point i was feeding him pieces of cake. he'd crawl over to me, stand himself up, take a forkful, let go of my leg and stand by himself. then he started getting braver and eventually took a step. a bit later, 2 steps.
no steps today, but i did convince him to stand alone for a photo op first thing this morning.