She Walks?!!!

Yes, you read it right! Our barely-eight-month-old is walking! Up until today, she had only been taking a few steps here and there. (And, though Grandma Willie considers that to be enough to qualify her as a walker and continues to assert that she started walking at seven months, we were still waiting for her first "real walk." And, I think this is it.) I started babysitting a boy in our ward. As you can see, he is about double the size of Anya in weight and stands at least a head taller. However, that didn't stop Anya from walking circles around him...literally! She really enjoyed banging on his head and shoving it to the ground. Luckily, he's one tough boy and actually seemed to like it. He can't crawl, so he just has to sit there and take it. I think he was her inspiration, though. She would walk across the room just to beat him on the head. Since he left, she has just continued walking around the house. She's walked across the living room about three times, and here she is walking down the hall. She has a ways to go yet, but I think she's on to a pretty good start!