Taking the Scenic Route

Today she was walking just as fast as her little feet would carry her back and forth through the apartment, just for the sake of walking it appeared.  I think she is on the verge of running, or at least she is working up to it. 

She also really prefers wearing shoes (her little Robez boots) to being barefoot.  I try and leave her feet bare for just a bit after I change her to let her little toes breath (and because I prefered to be barefoot as a kid, and as an adult until I discovered the Birki’s helped my back so much).  The last few times, she has picked up her shoes and followed me around holding them up for me and keeps doing so until I put them on her. 

I wish she was talking, if only to know that she can.  I know we are still in the range of ‘normal’ and that she will likely start working on that when she has this walking thing more down pat, but I can’t help to be a little concerned.  She does babble a lot more than I remember Zane doing, but I am not really trusting my memory either. 

She also seems to be starting to try and build things instead of just ripping them apart, and put thing back into bins/bags, ect instead of just taking things out.  We are now seeing the very beginning of sorting type things, and it is really cool.