Learning to Walk

So, the baby is doing her best to blow through crawling and go straight to walking, the little stinker. If she keeps this up, she's going to be walking before she has teeth!

She started walking around while holding onto things Friday night after we got home from the auction (we brought home a Twinkie Cake, which is a horrifyingly yummy trifle-like concoction, made with - you guessed it - Twinkies instead of ladyfingers. I do not want to think about how many thousand calories are in each bite.) She rapidly tired of that and spent most of Saturday and today putting a great deal of effort and concentration into learning how to stand unsupported. She's really working on it, too. You can practically see her little mind working as she focuses, then lets go, wavers for a microsecond, then either falls down or grabs hold again. She'll also get up on her feet and hands, then wave one arm in the air behind her, trying to figure out to get up all the way.

The good news is, she's really wearing herself out with all this hard work. She's really happy and excited about all this, too, practically hooting when she gets especially close to success.

So what am I going to call her on here when she starts walking? Toddler #2?