On Thursday, Amelia’s babysitter called in sick with a migraine and I ended up working from home so I could watch her. Working from home with her at this age is only medium difficult, compared to when Amelia was colicky (shudder), but I still end up feeling that I’m cheating her AND work by trying to attend to both simultaneously.

Perhaps it due to my slight inattention that Amelia attained another developmental milestone that day, a day before her 8-month birthday: she pulled herself up into a standing position! Granted, she hasn’t done it since, but she was SO pleased with herself that I am sure she’ll be back at it soon. See the play-by-play here:

Pardon the fuzzy photos – not trying to get all 1974 Sears baby portrait on you – all I had handy was the old iPhone.

After she finally got tired of standing in the crib, I sat her down (getting up is easy compared to getting down) and I swear on my soul that she just sat and giggled at me for two minutes straight.

One more piece of evidence that the child will walk before she crawls. Our little girl is growing up so fast!