Mommy said I'm really close to taking steps.  Tonight on our way to the bathie, I was walking while only holding onto one of mommy's hand.  She said that means I'm getting my balance.  I'm also leaning really far to reach for places to hold onto.  I am standing more and more also.  Tonight I was drinking some water out of my sippy and standing.  Then I'd sit down, then I'd get up and stand again.  While Mommy was doing the dishes and I was playing with all the tupperware lids I was reaching up high and holding onto the shelf with one hand.  I am so much more adventuresome now.  My favorite place to go is Vicky's water dish and all they do is say no.  I don't know why they won't let me play in it.  I get to do all that in the bathie...  they are so weird. 

Mommy said my totsite is full to the brim with pictures.  She ordered a CD of it for her for my birthday.  So get your fill of the pictures before they start disappearing.  Mommy said she's going to make a montage for every month and post it on the video page and start deleting the pictures to make room for my second year.  We have so much planned already.  The wedding, GrassRoots,  San Diego, hopefully a trip to Cape Cod to see our friends from Oregon, and hopefully a few other trips to meet our friends in Philly and NJ.  Mommy said we are definitely going to Philadelphia when the weather warms up.  We are going to go to the zoo there with our friends Maria and Andrew.  We can't wait!!  So see, this year is going to be really busy too.  Oh, and this coming Saturday is the St Patrick's Day parade here.  As long as it isn't raining, we are going.  I'm excited.  We are hopefully going to meet up with our new friends Cara, Sam and Moriba. 

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