Ma-Ma

FINALLY!! Lakely has said the magic word! Given it has only been once, but I'm sure within days it will be rolling off her tongue! This morning she saw her Daddy for the first time in 6 days (due to him traveling for business), and I SO wish that I had had a video camera on when he went into her room this morning to get her. It was probably the sweetest thing I have seen yet. Her jaw dropped, she looked at him, then me, then back at him with the largest grin you've ever seen! Arms flapping, he picked her up and she laid her sweet little head on his chest and hugged him so tightly! I could shed a tear thinking about it! Ha! During this past week, Lakely and I have practiced walking A LOT. She will now walk holding on with just one hand, and she'll take a single step alone before she sits down. Since she sits on her own, and doesn't fall on her bum, I really think she'll be walking on her own within a week or so. We also practiced the stairs. She loved it! Sometimes she would forget that she couldn't lean back, but she remembered quickly when she started feeling off balance! All I did was stand behind her and she figured it right out! She really is such an angel. I can't believe she'll be 10 months Sunday; time to start planning her BIG 1st BIRTHDAY!