And so it begins . . .

Yes, Ella has started to climb.

The first time she pulled herself up onto a dining room chair, Mark and I sat and watched in horror. With our mouths hanging open.




She likes to get up onto things and sit on them. Her favorite is this little step ladder at her Uncle Steve's house. She sat on that ladder the whole time we were there.

She does take the occasional tumble. Just yesterday during our neighborhood holiday open house she fell off a dining room chair. Who knew being the parent of a toddler was such an adrenaline rush?