It's official! Dirk took his first steps tonight. And we've recorded it — check out the video on the right. He's been scooting around furniture and walls for a couple of months, but he's been terrified of walking without help. He still seems to prefer crawling, but I suspect that will change over the next couple of days.

Technical note: You must have Adobe Flash Player installed to view this video. Chances are you already do. The movie will play best on high-speed connections — sorry to those folks that are still on dial-up. Hey, at least you can still look at all of our swell photos above!