How to take along your toys.......

 ...when you can't quite walk yet. The last couple of weeks, Amelia has decided that using her mouth is an effective way to transport her toys. She does it with anything she can get a good grip on, no matter the size. Here she is carrying her turtle bath toy.

I just had to take the photo above. She was having an especially great hair day. Lots of volume!

To the right she is standing all by herself. She's gotten really good at it and can stay standing for a couple of minutes before she falls or decides to crawl somewhere.

Oh, and SURPRISE Amelia took about 5 steps tonight on her own. I just back from my trip to Boston last night and she waited for me to get home before she started walking. So she made it by her first birthday!