Stand up, baby stand up...

Stella was definitely weird tonight, but in a sort of manic/cute/borderline hysterical way. At one point Jen and I were sitting on the floor in the basement and she was crawling from me to Jen and then back, stopping each time to rest her head on our legs. Very sweet but weird! She definitely seems to be getting more cuddle-y, which is a nice change. But her big moment of the night was when we had her up in her bedroom just before bed. We let her crawl around and play before the always exciting/dramatic change into her pajamas. Tonight she was crawling around with Bear-y when she suddenly stopped and stuck out her leg. We call this her "peg leg" crawl, and she does it when Jen puts her in a dress and she gets her knees caught up in it when she crawls. To avoid this, she sticks one leg out and just sort of pushes along like that. It's quite funny. Anyway, she puts her leg out tonight like she's done in the past but instead of pushing forward she sort of pushes up, and next thing you know she is rising up to her feet. Jen and I were on opposite sides of her and both of us gasped. She got all the way up but it only lasted for a millisecond, and then she was back down. But it is a HUGE step (no pun intended) in the right direction and I wouldn't be surprised if she's standing on her own on a regular basis in a matter of days and then walking. Yay!