Tenacious:  adj. persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired.

Aaaaand that was the last night Ellie slept in her crib.  In that single evening she also mastered how to climb down from the top bunk and use door knobs.

Tenacious, I say.

*Papa Chris, notice the use of her toes.  They made this possible.  Guess she’s one of us after all. (And by ‘us’, you know what I mean.)