That's "Mister Independent" to you

Not sure if we've mentioned this before, but about a fortnight ago, somebody flicked a switch in our little boy from "baby" to "independent toddler".
The transformation was really that marked: Suddenly he has to do things for himself if he can.

This includes holding his own bottle in the morning and at night (and very nonchalant he looks, too, propping the bottle in one hand, Beattie clutched in the other), climbing up and down stairs (no matter how much of a rush we're in) and walking at various intervals to be determined by his whim (and how tired he is)... this morning he walked out of the front door (he's still holding onto someone, he's not yet that independent) and instead of heading for the car and off to nursery, he decided that he wanted to go and see the cars go past and wouldn't be guided back to the car until he'd seen them!