11 Months Old

Our girl turned 11 months old in October (3 weeks ago. . . so her birthday is next week!) Since about that time -- and she's especially progressed in the last week -- she can:

• "Give me five"
• Hit her own mouth a few times while saying "ahh," -- usually someone else has to do it first
• Stand on her own for up to about 20 seconds before falling down
• "Walk" to someone or something by taking 1-4 steps and then falling or grabbing.
• Walk much faster than she used to, holding onto furniture.

The other day (between Oct. 13 and 31) I saw her in front of our open closet. That's normal. Then I noticed she was on top of the chest:

At D's dad's house she crawled (with me behind her) all the way up a flight of stairs and seemed pretty proud of herself.