J&M got Maui'd!

Last Thursday when I woke up Elsy in the morning to feed her, she grabbed the bottle from my hand and shoved the nipple into her mouth! Whoa! Way to go girl! We knew that she was getting a handle of drinking from sippy cups and bottles with those side handles, and she even started holding a bottle by herself at my parents' place but this was the first time she proactively fed herself with one of these bottles. She drank the whole thing too. I think the hardest thing for her was to lift the bottle so that the liquid would come out. She would flip her head back in an exaggerated manner because it worked the first time and that was what she was used to. Now she does it all the time. Ah well, one less thing for me to do..

So Elsy finally took her first steps today. I was there when I saw this sudden look of determination on her face as she stood up and tried to shuffle her feet forward without any aids. She has been cruising pretty confidently for the past week and had been walking while holding onto our hands (or hand) so this day was expected to come soon. I wanted Maggie to grab a camera, but she was out of reach so I relished in being the first and only person to witness her new skill. Mind you, she did fall down after a couple of steps, but with encouragement, we were able to get her to attempt it again, and again, and again this evening (with a camera this time) until she got tired of falling down so often. She leveled up! New skill: Walking!