AS3 - How to Cycle States of Character Animations (moving & stopped) - actionscript-3

Question

I have a D-Pad for my mobile game, when it's pressed the character should move, the animation should swap from State-1 to State-2, and keeps repeating.
I do not know how to have the stationary animation switch to movement, then after a delay so the user can see it, it switches to stationary, back to movement.
This process should keep happening until the user lets go of the UP D-Pad or hits the stage collision barriers I have set up.
// NOTE: 1 means standing still, 2 means moving in that direction
var down1_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Down1;
var down2_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Down2;
var left1_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Left1;
var left2_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Left2;
var right1_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Right1;
var right2_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Right2;
var up1_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Up1;
var up2_anim:MovieClip = new anim_Up2;
function moveUpTouchDOWN(e:TouchEvent):void
{
stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END,moveUpTouchUP); //listen for mouse up on the stage, in case the finger/mouse moved off of the button accidentally when they release.
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveUp); //while the mouse is down, run the tick function once every frame as per the project frame rate
}
function moveUpTouchUP(e:TouchEvent):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveUp);
stage.removeEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END,moveUpTouchDOWN);
// when FINGER LIFTED play up1_anim (stop movement animation)
if(up2_anim.stage)
{
removeChild(up2_anim)
addChild(up1_anim)
up1_anim.x = charPosKeeper_mc.x
up1_anim.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y
}
else if(up1_anim.stage)
{
// IN NO CASE, SHOULD IT REACH THIS, IF IT DOES, THAT'S A BUG.
// not sure why i have this then hm
removeChild(up1_anim)
}
}
function moveUp(e:Event):void
{
if(area1 == true)
{
if(charPosKeeper_mc.hitTestObject(barrierRoof1_game))
{
//maybe play a collision sound here?
}
else if(charPosKeeper_mc.hitTestObject(barrierRoof2_game))
{
charPosKeeper_mc.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y - walkspeed;
}
else{
if(up1_anim.stage)
{
removeChild(up1_anim)
charPosKeeper_mc.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y - walkspeed;
addChild(up2_anim);
up2_anim.x = charPosKeeper_mc.x
up2_anim.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y
}
else{
charPosKeeper_mc.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y - walkspeed;
addChild(up2_anim);
up2_anim.x = charPosKeeper_mc.x
up2_anim.y = charPosKeeper_mc.y
}
}
}
// This else statement is a short term fix, when you add more regions
// this else becomes else if checking if your in area2,area3,etc.
else{
}
}