On The Move

Time to re-enter reality. Things have been absolutely wild around our household lately, as the summers often go. We just returned from a week at the beach and the entire week before was spent packing every single one of our belongings for the trip, so the blog was placed on the back burner. And so much has happened!
Most exciting, is that Ms. Anna has finally decided to let go of my finger and take a few steps on her own. It started last week when she discovered (while "dancing" by bouncing up and down on her rear) that she could stand up. After a day of perfecting that skill, she decided to tackle the actual walking. Although she is still mostly crawling, she is walking more and more. True to her personality, the mere fact that walking places her smack-dab in the center of attention with cheers and applause should have her completing marathons by the end of the month.
I didn't catch the actual first steps on video, but here is a snippet from a few days later at the beach house...