Walk This Way....(Talk This Way)

After a miserable night with Lexi last night, and after she woke up from her nap this afternoon coughing and then puking all over me (don't you just love the smell of puke....not), I decided to bring her to the doctor's office to have her ears checked. Sure enough, her right ear has an infection. Wonderful. Not 2 weeks after we stopped giving her the preventative antibiotic she comes down with an ear infection. This is not a particularly good sign.

In much more exciting news, Lexi decided to start walking today. And she doesn't fool around. Most kids (I think - at least both boys) will pull themselves up to a standing position, and then may let go and take a few tentative steps toward mom (or dad or whoever/whatever). Not Lexi. No siree. That's too easy. She decides that it is much better to be sitting in the middle of the room, with nothing to grab onto and get to a standing position from there. She is soooo proud of herself - she immediately starts giggling. Stands there and giggles like a maniac. Once she did it the first time she was determined to practice, practice, practice for the next hour or so, even after I could tell she was getting tired.

She even attempted a few steps - and got up to 4 steps before falling down. We are so proud of her and she is all smiles as she is doing it, clearly quite proud of herself as well (as she should be!).

And yet a teeny tiny part of me is a little sad as this is such a significant milestone - our baby is growing up so quickly right in front of our eyes.