Well, just as I was preparing to leave for my trip, Elsie began to take her first unassisted steps. She's been doing it all week, a step here and a step there. A friend noted that she only walks until she realizes that what she's doing, at which point she gets down and crawls. Right before I left for my red-eye flight east I decided to grab to camera and try to document this stage. And Elsie obliged with a brief saunter across the floor. So here you go, a few shakey first steps:
