Our new little doll now walks and talks!
She sings the "pop" in "Pop Goes the Weasel. She calls the tabby, our kid-friendliest cat, by some approximation of her name, Raptor. She is calling JieJie something consistent, and responding when JieJie calls her Yingamalaska or Uncle Jerry. (don't ask, but I hope Uncle Jerry ends before kindergarten.)
She has taken as many as five consecutive lurching steps, to thunderous applause.