New Accomplishments

It seems that Ella is changing rapidly on a daily basis.  It is as if each day is a month now in terms of her developmental milestones and accomplishments. 

Yesterday she:

• climbed the entire staircase by herself at Grandma Carolyn and Grandpa Art's house!  
• started freestanding for about 3-5 seconds.  This started a couple days ago, but was extremely noticeable yesterday!
• climbed into her stroller and turned herself around into the sitting position as if the say, "I am ready for a walk"!  

She is so much fun!  Ella also went for her first ride on a box swing at the local park!  She absolutely loved it.  She kicked her legs, and giggled uncontrollably!