Walking!

I'm going to call it - Annie is officially a walker!  Unlike the movies, there wasn't one moment where Annie just stood up and started walking.  It's been more of a gradual process over the last two weeks.  First she took two steps and fell down.  By the next week, she could take about 3 or 4. But today, she is finally getting it.  She improved all day, and right before bed was walking down the hall in our apartment.  Hooray! To celebrate, we went out and walked her firetruck all around the complex a few times.  This was SO much fun.  Annie felt very independent, and kept slapping my hand away whenever I tried to help steer the firetruck.  It was also so much fun that when I declared we had to go in for bath and bedtime, she threw a full on 10 minute tantrum, including screaming and flailing herself around on the floor.

I've got two quick videos here to share - the first one shows a few unsteady steps from Annie (she was much better by just a few hours later).  The second shows her dancing style (she is dancing to music from her cell phone, even though I don't think you can hear the music on the video). Annie loves to dance, and will dance anytime she hears music of any sort, even just my singing.

Walking

Here is the dancing one - it is really quick, because she saw something and had to run after it.  Usually she dances much longer.

Also, my baby doesn't usually go around without pants, despite what these videos show.  She had red pants on to match the cute top made by our friend Amy, but it was hot after nap and she refused to put them back on.