More walking..

In the past week or so Ella has continued to become more outgoing about walking and demonstrating more skill at it than ever before. This is good because for a while she had regressed, at least in what she was willing to do, but as of today she matched her previous distance record. (down the hallway and around the corner to the bathroom, which she last did mid march)

She's now walking without merely concentrating on where she's going and quickly walking there. Instead she's looking around or down at her feet, playing with her hands, etc. She's also picked up the cute habit of walking around with her hands clasped behind her back. I need to get a photo of this because it really is very cute :-)

She's also doing a lot of turning without touching things. When she's walking back and forth between me and Karla, more than half the time she'll come up to you and without touching you (or just poking you on the nose with her fingertip) she'll turn around and head back to the other parent. I can also get her to follow me around corners without touching the walls, at least some of the time.