This little girl of mine is such a handful!  She is far more adventurous than her sister ever was.  When Ariel was a baby, she did not do anything until she knew she could do it.  She didn’t walk until she was thirteen months old — but she never walked around on the furniture, took a halting step or two and fell down, etc.  She just one day up and walked.  She did everything that way.

Sophia?  No way.  She is crawling all over the place, pulling up on things, and clearly wishing she could walk (or dance!).  I can’t keep up with her.  As fast as I can turn around, she’s into something.  And, wow, that presents some dangers.  Besides the typical “big sister” toys, and normal home hazards like heaters and the hard-edged hearth, we have to keep her in a playpen (or in bed, or in arms) while Michael is working on a project, or she’ll have screws, needle-nose pliers, etc.  It’s a good thing things like safety cutters have retractable blades!  This is going to be the child I have to worry about climbing bookcases.  lol