Eleven Months

It's been quite a month!  Anna has gone from a step here or there, to walking between the coffee table and the couch, to taking ten full steps all by herself.

She is so busy.  She goes through about two dozen different toys in an hour.  She still has her favorites, but she plays with all her toys.  Anna is a whiz at climbing the stairs.  She is even getting down them on her own, but in her own way (of course).  She refuses to scoot down them backwards, because mom and dad don't go backwards so why should she.  She sits down, and scoots down one stair at a time. 

Thursday when Joe came home from work, Anna threw herself into his arms to welcome him home.  Then she decided that she needed me, so she wiggled out of his arms and took a few stutter steps, and then full steps back to me.  It was awesome!  She can walk!

Last week she woke up in the middle of the night every night, and would not go back down easily.  On Saturday, I noticed that there was something sharp on her upper gum-line, so I investigated further.  She has a tooth! No wonder she was miserable.