28 Weeks - Free Standing, Walking, Falling

So what could possibly trump an early Christmas for the weekly blog post?  How about free standing and taking steps?  Yeah that would about do it.  And you did it.  That is right little girl.  The day before you turned 28 weeks old you were standing on your own (for about 5 seconds, or more) and you tried to walk on your own and didn't exactly fail (one or two steps)!

Now the standing thing I hadn't really seen much of before.  You are always so busy looking around that you never have stood on your own.  You lose your balance so fast because your head is turning the rest of your body around looking everywhere you can.  So I certainly hadn't expected steps.  Here's the whole story:

You were standing in the living room at P-Pa's house holding onto your Aunt Ali's leg.  Then you just let go and stood there.  Of course when we all started shouting about it you looked around and fell down onto your bum.  Then you repeated this trick while holding onto your Grandma Perkins' leg.  This time instead of just standing there you decided that you wanted to get going.  So you did!  Of course this caused quite the uproar.  Your Aunt Ali and Grandma started yelling "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" over and over again.  Your mom and I had no idea what was really going on until we finally looked over just in time to see you, one baby step away from your Grandma's leg.  Cra-zy!  You did decide to do this again while holding onto Grandma's leg in the kitchen, too.  This instance your mom was able to get a better view of.

So that is the big story for this week.  Unfortunately I have no photo or video proof of the standing, walking, falling at this point in your development. You will just have to trust me.  A rather rare thing in this age of proof and documentation.  But it is true!

"But what about the picture on top?  That has nothing to do with being at Grandma and P-Pa's house!"  You are so observant!  Like your mother.  That was from the day of your turning 28 weeks old (probably one of several reasons why we didn't get a 28 week picture).  We went to go see the lights at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens.  And they were lovely.  Not "Christmasy" per se, but very lovely.  No more words.  Just enjoy the show.