She is on the move

Around 11 months Maryssa let go of daddy's fingers and was off.  She really didn't like to fall but Mommy and Daddy were so happy to see her achieve a milestone...or so we thought.  The next day she wanted nothing to do with walking.  She would only walk if she had a finger to hold onto.  Of course she wanted to walk, so we would spend hours walking circles around the house together.  This went on for a couple months and finally at the beginning of January she took off on her own.  Now we are both happier because we can do waht we want.  Maryssa plays int he other room, while mommy cleans or does laundry.  We still have lots of play time together, but it's nice to be able to do our own thing two.

Here is a video from her first day of walking before she gave it up.

Here is when she really was ready to go at the beginning of January.