Okay, so this is the first of a number of videos and photos from Idaho. I may pop some more in later, but I want to get this section caught up so I can move on to present life back in NYC.
Later in this series you'll see a clip of Noa walking with Ben along Payette Lake - doing her school of funny walks routine and pulling on Ben's arm. We're always looking for ways to to get her to focus on walking with trying our arms off and this turned out to a great solution - pushing her own stroller. It makes for some slow hiking - so we'd walk for as long as Noa could manage along the road to Boulder Lake and then we'd put her back in the stroller and walk back to the car at our own pace (so we'd get to feel like we actually went on a walk too!) We were really impressed with how far Noa could go on her own - as you can see she is wearing her leg braces here which give her some more stability (though probably a bit less flexibility). Some times people wonder if it would be easier to walk without them because they're so heavy and cumbersome, but the advantage is that they make her more aware of her feet and legs and the need to really pick them up. When you don't really have an understanding of space, understanding your body in space take some extra effort. Of course there are advantages to lighter shoes and to going barefoot - so as you'll see in these videos - we're doing it all.
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