talan walks!

whenever someone sees you have a baby and you mention ANYTHING about wanting said baby to walk, they will all say "oh, just you wait. you'll wish you didn't say that. just enjoy the crawling because it will all be over when he learns to walk" and i just don't understand that. why is crawling better then walking to most people? it's not. they can get anywhere by crawling just the same as walking only it scrapes up their knees, puts holes in their pants and shoes. so why wouldn't i want them to walk?
talan has been loving the outdoors, but since he's crawling he finds EVERYTHING on the ground and ends up trying to put it in his mouth. pebbles, preen gardening fertilizer, dirt....you name it. if he were walking, at least he'd be that higher up off the ground and would miss at least some of those things to put in his mouth.
after having ZERO interest in walking, even when holding on to someone's hand, talan has jumped right in and is now able to walk from couch to couch. yeah!!! obviously he prefers to crawl since he has crawling turbo jets, but hopefully he'll keep practicing and realize he can soon get around as fast walking as he can crawling.
after giving him a few drinks, i was able to con him into stumbling for me and the camera today. enjoy!