you are sure growing up!!

i totally forgot to write yesterday about how you took a couple steps all by yourself! not at the same time, but a couple steps nevertheless! the first one was when i set you down in front of britney, and she coaxed you into taking a step towards her before you decided to get down and crawl the rest of the way. you didn't fall, though; you sat down on purpose. and then later on, you took a step in between britney's hand and the turtle you wanted to get to, at the little playground at the mall. you're getting a lot more adventurous and stand up without holding onto things a whole lot more often in the last few days, so i think you're warming up to the whole idea of walking. i'm surprised you haven't figured out yet that you could have much more freedom and get into much more trouble if you were walking (and running) away from me... maybe it's good that you haven't. i'm sure you will soon enough, though.

also, in the last week, i've put your hair in little pigtails a couple times. i think it's super cute. you're not a big fan of getting your hair done, as is evident by the kinda lopsidedness.

you also like to sing along with me on the "clap clap clap" song. you clap your hands at the right time, and then tap your feet together at the right time and sing "tap tap tap." and all this time i thought you weren't paying attention at the library!

it was your grandpa's birthday and your cousin daniel's birthday yesterday, so happy birthday to them!

you are a lot of fun!
love, mom