My Monkey Child

Listi climbs into her changing table





She started out innocently enough... she cleared out some space on her dressing table so that she could climb into it at 11 months old... I also have a picture of her climbing up a Lil Tikes slide at 12 months old... just never scanned it in.




Listi climbing up highchair









Then it progressed to her trying to climb into a highchair at 14 months old...notice her feet are completely off the ground...she's really, really trying to do something here...her face is red... her cousin, Racquelle, is watching gleefully in the background :D


















No fear at all! She does this often, still! She's on her daddy's hand, in the air, fearlessly. Yes, the mirror in the background bares her handprints... hehehe another thing she still loves...the mirror! Nah, not my child... Oh but now, she loves not to just look into the mirror, she has to 'paint' it with soap... she'll climb up on the bathroom countertop and do this... always have to watch her! hehehe


















Monkey child!












Are you seeing my point yet about Calista being my monkey child??? This was taken when she was a little younger than 2. Yes, that's Jeremy she's hanging from... she still does this a lot, esp. when I'm on the computer, she hangs from my arm.













climbed in my drawers!

climbed up on her dresser

This was taken days apart... had a fixation with climbing in and on top of dressers! Taken May, 2001... she's 27 months old.




sliding down pole

Sliding down a pole at my sister's house. Taken June 10, 2001...she's almost 28 months old here.

just hanging..





June 19, 2001... hanging from a swingset next door to our house in Opelousas.



































handstand on bed

side view of headstand

This is her headstand...notice, not handstand... she, for some reason, steadies herself against the wall or sofa, whatever and then raises her hands! lol July 2001...29 months old.




holding herself up




Balancing herself between the coffee table and the sofa...loves doing this as well. Taken August 8, 2001... 29½ months old.

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