Lily at 13 months!

Lily is our bright and shining little girl.  She is everything in our life, and in a month she will share that spotlight with her new little brother.  The last few days Lily has been practicing to overcome another milestone... Walking!  She is now walking, not all the time, but she is practicing.  At first she would just let go of furniture and take a step to the other piece of furniture.  Then a few days ago I watched as she would stand up in the middle of the floor by herself.  Then she would take a few steps, when she thought I wasn't looking.  Yesterday she would let go of what she was holding onto and walk to me, and I knew that we were there.  Last night when Greg came home I couldn't wait to show him what she had done.  I put her on the floor and she walked to her Daddy!  He was so proud.  Today she is continuing to practice, so far today when she falls before she gets to where she wants to go she will stand up and keep going.  If she wants to go somewhere fast she still crawls, as that is faster than walking still.  I will try to take a video of her and post it.  

She is fighting her naps, becoming less interested, even though I remain very interested in them.  She still needs them, they just tend to be shorter, and she isn't happy to go down.  Lily really likes it when we go and see other children, she likes to watch them play, or to see new toys to play with.  It is fun to see her when children come over here to play with her toys, she watches them and goes from one to the other to see what they are playing with.