Explorer Gloria

Gloria likes exploring. Two weeks ago she explored the land underneath our kitchen table and found a jungle gym just her size (a chair).

"Just playin'."

"It's a maze."

"Hi!"

The same weekend that she explored our dining room chairs, Gloria began to pull herself up to standing by her musical table. We still had to be close just in case she took a tumble, but she was getting up all on her own. She would scoot over to the table, put her hands on the side, pull up to her knees, walk on her knees closer to the table, and then pull herself up.

"On my knees...just have to pull up to my feet now."

"This is my favorite toy!"

"Elmo likes to play too!"

And thus began Gloria's obsession with pulling herself up. She now pulls up on anything and everything that she can grab onto. She pulls herself up on the couch, on the toybox, on her jumperoo (though it's not stable), and us!