Ambulatory
Lillian started walking (lunging, technically) a week before her first birthday. She has also acquired another skill that may prove just as important, viz., drinking through a straw. She showed it off to Laura and me at the neighborhood cafe this weekend, acting all casual like she’d known the trick all her life but just didn’t elect to use it until this particular banana-strawberry smoothie appeared. She is pretty clearly talking to Laura now (“Wuh wah! Wuh wah!”) and calling for a drink (“A-wah! A-wah!”) and pointing out things she wants (“Meh-meh! Meh-meh!”) and experimenting with a wide range of other sounds to see which ones will get us to do things. Among her best toys are some of spice bottles on the rack behind the kitchen door. You give her one of the noisier ones, like cloves or peppercorns, and she shakes it a few times and breaks into a huge grin.
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