This week, we got Maya fitted for her first pair of big-girl shoes. Now that she’s really walking with a vengeance, it was time … and she took to them like a pro!!
We went to a local children’s shoe store that carries all different kinds of shoes. She has been wearing a pair of Robeez for months now (since she began pulling up and crawling, so around ten months) but I wanted something that was good and supportive and also cute and would easily coordinate with most things she owns (yes, that was part of my decision-making process. ;))
We tried a little pair of sneakers first, but though Luis liked them, I wasn’t 100% sold. Then we saw the shoes we ended up getting and I swear, it’s like these shoes are magic. It’s like they injected her with confidence or something — she’s sassy! Since we got them Wednesday night, she has been a walking MACHINE.
Let me just say, if you haven’t had the pleasure of watching a baby learn to walk and explore her world from a whole new perspective … it is ridiculously cute! And, if I’m being completely honest … bittersweet. She will “run” to my arms, but doesn’t want to always stay there. And this is just the beginning … oy vey …
Check out Maya testing out her magic shoes!
Let There Be Light 
She is just so pulled together. “Sure, Mr. Shoe Salesman, you can poke around at my toes. That’s cool.” 🙂
It’s because she wanted those pretty ones, not the boring sneaks daddy had picked out 😉 (kidding, they were adorable and pink, too :)) She didn’t like getting her feet measured though – that device freaked her out!