walking, dancing and yummy milk.

Matilda has been flirting with the idea of walking since she was 8 months old. A couple of weeks ago, she was taking up to 10 steps at a time and loving it. Well after a few little bumps and falls, she's decided she wants to hold on to a finger while she walks. She's all about walking all the time, just with her security blanket of one of our fingers in her little hand. Here is a video of her walking to Franma when she was in her walking prime:

She has also become fascinated with the stairs in our new house. She climbs up them many times a day...with one of us keeping a hand on her at all times of course. When she gets to the top she is SO excited...it's adorable.

 Matilda has also started dancing all the time. As soon as you start singing to her, the dancing starts. One of her favorite places to dance is in her highchair...here is a little video of her grooving while Franma sings:

Being vegan, I was very nervous about what to start Matilda on to begin weaning her from breast milk. I'd like to be able to stop pumping once she is a year old, so I wanted to replace one of her 3 bottles a day with a substitute to get her little tummy used to it. 

It took a few tries, but she is now loving almond milk, which makes me so very happy.We call it yummy milk to her...I swear she's trying to say it now. :)

I'm starting to think about birthday plans for her- I cannot believe she will be a YEAR old in just 2 months...crazy.