Houston ... we have walking!

She's not walking miles or anything yet, but I think it's close enough to consider true walking. Last night, after weeks of dropping to her knees when more than a foot away from anything she could hold on to, she walked about 10 feet between Ryan and I. I think she shocked herself more than anything ... and then it was the slow realization that "Hey, this is pretty cool!" She spent the rest of the night walking around the living and family rooms ... with a few trips DOWN the stairs mixed in too (going down was new as of last night as well ... she's been going UP them since Grandma Knudson taught her when we were at their house over Labor Day weekend).

We also did a little dancing last night, which both Riley and her enjoy quite a bit. Daddy brought his iPod player up and I danced with the kiddos to some swinging Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas music while daddy did the dishes. Riley was "twisting" his little butt off and Paige was bouncing up and down. It was just the cutest thing to watch the two of them. A few times Paige had her head swaying and arm going wild ... ha ha ... I'm laughing now just thinking about it.