Standing by

So we discovered Jamie's latest trick on accident. She was straddling Daryl's leg while he was sitting on the couch at my parent's house when Jamie starting pushing up with her legs. My dad saw her and said "Is she standing?" Daryl looked at her and sure enough, she was lifting herself up. Over the next week, we have SLOWLY been seeing whether or not she can really "stand". After researching and making sure it was okay for her to put weight on her legs, we finally came to this picture last night:

She will put all of her wieght on her legs, we just have to keep her balanced. She LOVES standing! She just smiles and giggles the whole time and will start crying when we try to sit her back down, but will go right back to laughing when we let her stand again. .

Today, while she was sitting in my lap, I asked her if she wanted to "sit up" which I always do and I know she understands me because when I say that, she will lock her arms into her sides and lift up her legs so she can pull up to a sitting position. Well today, when I starting lifting her towards me, she pushed off of my stomach with her legs to a standing position and just laughed and laughed. I was shocked! She did it 5 more times so I called to Daryl and he video taped it for me. When we get some more video on the tape (he just downloaded the last full tape today) I will get him to download it for me and I'll post it.

. They grow up so fast!