Standing up for herself

Akemi has been dabbling with the vertical posture with mixed success. Sometimes I practice walking with her. I think she was doing better in the beginning because I was sliding her feet forward with my own. It could have been a dance exercise for me to learn how to lead. Anyway, now she steps by herself, but she takes such huge steps so that her leg protrudes 90 degrees in front of her.

Sometimes she tries to climb up the stairs. She sits on her bum, lifts her foot to the stair, and tries to pull herself up. Today we were pretending to go up the stairs. It was so funny. She was kicking her feet up to take each step. One time she lifted it enough to take two steps!