Stand For Something

This is it. This is the actual moment. Today at 1:55 pm, Karissa made her first successful solo stand upright. She's been grabbing onto things and getting up on her knees for a couple of weeks now. But today, after church, as Kat and I were essentially minding our own business knowing that she was in a little safe play area in the back of our living room, we first noticed her taking the assumed position with hands on the toy box. Without watching every moment, we turned our attention elsewhere. A few moments later we check on her and - boom - there she was, standing up.
Her first official pull-up comes at the age of 9 months, 18 days.
Kole's first pull-up was at 8 months, 24 days.
But, Karissa pulled another milestone of sorts - two on the same day. She's now cutting two more teeth. The two teeth on either side of her bottom two front teeth began poking through today. It's more than a relief to see, since Karissa has been going through some fairly uncharacteristic stuff the past week or two. One day she barely ate a thing, barely taking 10 ounces of formula through the day - though she does now also eat some solids, cereal, etc.
Still, an exciting twist to a pretty average day.