My back is never going to heal

This time I can totally blame it on my daughter. I've been meaning to post about her new favorite pasttime. She loves to walk. I mean LOVES IT! She can't do it on her own yet, of course, so that means Mommy has to spend a few hours a day hunched over walking her little one. This is the absolute best cure for a cranky Inara right now. She is at the age where she wants to explore everything around her, which currently means all the boxes sprawled about the house. Today her favorite item to walk to was Daddy's X-Box controller. He will soon learn he cannot leave such precious items out in baby girl's reach. She doesn't seem interested in the stairs, so that's a good thing. We do have a walker she uses quite frequently and is rather entertaining as well. However, I have to keep my eye on her because she has now discovered cupboards and drawers. I'll have to baby proof those here pretty soon. I love watching her walk in the "Imperial Walker" as Shawn has dubbed it. (Yes, the Star Wars nerd comes out once in awhile.) She gets booking around this place pretty fast actually. It's funny in the mornings when I'm in the kitchen and she comes right up to me practically taking me out at the ankle. I look down to see the biggest smile on her face as if to say, "Hi mommy. Hope you didn't forget me and how adorable I am." Thank goodness our house has a fair amount of hardwood on the main floor so she has plenty of room to roam. One funny part of her exploring in the walker is when she's going top speed and runs into the carpet. DENIED! Her head bounces forward, and she usually lets out a grunt. However, she's figured out a way to manuever onto the carpet going backwards. Maybe she has more power going backwards. Go figure! I'll take a video of this new skill and, hopefully, get Shawn to post it soon for everyone's enjoyment.