She's standing!

She officially pulled up to standing on Mother's Day!  She'd been using us to pull herself up for a couple months (grabbing our hands or grabbing onto our knees while we're sitting on the floor), but this was the first time she used a piece of furniture to pull herself up.  The best part was that we both got to see it!  What a great Mother's Day present!  

She now uses anything and everything to get herself to standing: the tv stand, the bookshelf, the baby gate, and even Audrey!  It seems like she wants to be on her feet all the time now.  Mid-crawl she'll stop and put herself onto her hands and feet.  It's like she's trying so hard to stand herself up.  

I was afraid that once she started pulling herself up she wouldn't be able to get back down and would either cry until we helped her down or fall and hurt herself, but she's done surprisingly well.  She's pretty good at lowering herself as far as she possibly can and then plopping down on her bottom.  She's mastered the art of the controlled fall. Oh, and don't worry her fluffy little cloth diapered bottom has plenty of cushion. :)

(Don't worry, there's nothing in her mouth.  That's just the glare of a spit bubble!)