Nikki rises

Once Nikki Deborah was merely able to sit... but today, August 6, 2005 -- 2 days before GrandPa's birthday the girl decided it was time. After looking at the table for 2-3 minutes she pulled herself up. She stood there shaking on her little knees, Maureen and I watched from 3-4 feet away in awe. We then saw what motivated her as she went for the gold -- the cup of thee -- and pulled it over as we were still figuring out what was going on. So much for having it easy.

Just three days ago she started a crawl that would make a marine proud. Her she was purely elbow-elbow and absolutely no butt-up. We are a bit scared of what chaos her new found mobility will bring... to her, to the environment and to Mamma who now has to chase her a bit more... and to Pappa who has to decide to cover Luke or Nikki.