Stella is Walken

And we thought crawling was bad...Stella's parents come quickly to the realization that they will never sit again...

In all seriousness though, with walking, comes mental milestones as she develops a whole new level of understanding, a sense of humor, and talking. So far, she's saying her versions of "Choo choo", "Truck", "Bye bye", "Dada", and "Baby". Scott feels that Stella has truly graduated from 'creature' status to become more of a human being. He has more fun with her.

During this Stella goes through a pretty severe phase of mommy-itis. She wakes several times in the night inconsolable and very much afraid (of wandering too far?). Needless to say, she has gotten over this and now wanders further than mommy's comfort level will allow.

And here's to chasing...