Walking Tall

Olivia can now walk quite well when holding our hands, and frequently enjoys a little excursion. She's still working out how to transition from, say, walking along the wall holding on, to down on the floor crawling, but she's getting better at that, and now pretty much has the run of the house (ground floor only!). One of us will be in the kitchen and she'll suddenly appear in the doorway; a nice surprise!


When she gets to the kitchen, as it seems most babies this age do, she "gets into everything". We've tried to keep as many cabinets accessible to her as we can, and have consolidated the breakable and dangerous items behind doors that have been safety-latched. Phase 1 baby-safing is under way.


As she romps around, it's particularly nice now to have some overalls she fits into- most pairs we've tried don't have enough room for her cloth nappies (considerably bulkier than disposables). This pair, though, does the trick- another in a fantastic and long line of hand-me-downs from second cousins Megan and Sarah. Thanks Vicki!