Upwardly mobile

Well, it's been a while since we put anything up here; Olivia's been keeping us pretty busy! As of the last post she was crawling and able to move on her feet some. In terms of the "big milestones" (read- walking), we haven't passed any more since last post, but she sure is getting around these days. She'll use whatever means is right for the job: crawling (she likes to look back and gesture for us to follow), walking holding furniture or the wall, or walking holding our hands or clothes. She transitions between these modes effortlessly, hardly thinking about it. Closest to "real" walking? She's walked 4-6 feet holding only one of my hands. And all these words can't express how well she clambers over just about anything, up anything, and on and on. It almost seems like she looks for interesting challenges of navigation ("I'll walk along holding the coffee table, then climb over papa's chest, then see if I can pull the bookshelves down!"). She doesn't even stop for nappy changes these days, which can be challenging (but we'll spare you the gory details).


And of course she continues to be a joy to be around. In these pictures she really wanted to get a hold of the camera!