FFF: Karis is standing and walking (with a little assistance)

Over the past 2-3 weeks, Karis has taken some huge leaps developmentally!  This has especially been true with her gross motor skills, like standing and walking.  She has also increased her oral skills too though, like imitating our intonations and really being passionate and animated when talking. Our Speech therapist commented this past week that she thought some of the gross motor and oral skills were improving because Karis isn't the baby anymore and is no longer getting the majority of my time and attention - giving her more incentive to voice her opinions and to gain some mobility.  Whatever the cause, we are thankful and so proud of our hard working girl!!  Now, onto the details...

Karis has just begun pulling up to stand really well in her pack n play (where she sometimes plays while I rock Alaythia to sleep).  She loves standing up in there and yelling, and as of this week she has also learned how to throw her toys out, a favorite game of hers.  ;)

Karis pulling up to stand in the pack n play


She has also just discovered how to really get around in her walker.  Our PT let us borrow a graduated walker a few weeks ago, and that really helped her practice walking so that she could learn the left, right, left, right concept.  I think when she finally figured out that moving her feet could get her some mobility, she had even more incentive to move (and to keep up with Mommy and Enoch!).  Now she just loves chasing us down the hall, she often goes to bedroom doorways to look for people, and she can usually get herself unstuck in a tight situation.

This a common sight in our house these days!

Karis walking in her walker

Karis even gets to use her walker outside sometimes, like when we garden.  She loves this option much more than being put in the stroller, though we do have to watch those little hands carefully because she loves grabbing big handfuls of dirt and leaves out of the raised garden bed and silently shoving them in her mouth... and let's don't get started about her new ability to reach our trash can inside the house...  ;)