The day after Thanksgiving, Emma decided she was ready to really walk on her own and took a couple of short trips that were five or six feet long. Then she decided that wasn't enough and started traveling the length of the whole room and then the house. It was also about that time that she decided it was lots of fun to climb on things. She's been a fan of climbing all over Mommy and Daddy for a while now, but now anything is fair game. She particularly likes climbing onto an ottoman and then up onto the couch, into her little rocking chair, up the stairs, and anything really. (She'd love to try going down the steps, if only Mommy would let her!) She has also attempted the heart stopping feat of standing up in her high chair when Mommy wasn't looking and is now required to wear safety harnesses at all times while seat more than a foot off the ground.
And without further ado, here she is speeding down the hallway at home...
And here she is climbing in and out of her little rocking chair. (This chair was a gift from her great-grandmother Hastings who received it as a Christmas present herself as a little girl in 1930.)
Here are a couple of quick videos of Emma having fun. If the video seems a little choppy, hit pause and wait a few moments for the little red and gray bar at the bottom of the video to fill up a little bit before hitting play again.
In this video, she is boogieing to the beat with her little radio. She's not a fan of the country music track and whenever it comes on , she keeps pushing the yellow button to try and get a better song to play. She got a little distracted in the middle of this video when one of the cats walked by, but this has become one of her favorite toys lately and she'll keep hitting that yellow button to listen to music for quite a while.
She's really started enjoying peekaboo lately and here she is all her cuteness.
