I realize many of you have already experienced the momentous occassion of your first childs steps, but to this dad, today was the first.  I was on the road today transporting equipment from our new facility in Frederic, Wisconsin (Oak Forest Center) to Camp Forest Springs, when I received a call from Julie saying that Simon was walking all over the house.  You see for months Julie and I have been encouraging Simon to take some steps and even had several stand up toys around to motivate him.  Unfortunately, with Simon, non of that really matters.  He has always done things only when he knows he can.  None of this, try to stand up, take a few steps and fall on his face.  No, tonight he walked from Julie to me (about 10 feet) and then stood there waiting to be picked up to receive a huge hug from dad. 

Now, many of you are thinking right now that we are going to soon wish that Simon hadn’t mastered this quite yet as now all we are going to do is chase him.  But given Julie’s ever growing belly (next baby - not too much ice cream), Simon being able to walk alleviates a lot for her when I am not home.  I can’t wait to see what the next installment of Simon’s First has in store. 
Until then, keep your stick on the ice cause were all in this together!