Baby steps

So. Today my baby decided to start walking.

She started the day off with refusing to take a step on her own (we've been trying to get her to let go of our hands when we walk with her for a few weeks...she wouldn't have it, even though she's barely been using our hands for support for awhile.) I've been telling Andy for the last week that she could totally walk, she just didn't have the confidence in her balance yet. Yesterday she tried moving one foot a few times. but then would give up. I guess that's kind of like a half-of-a-step...right?

I pulled out my camera to take some pictures of her in her cute little pigtails, and she of course wanted to hold my camera...that was when she took her first step to try to get it. Yay - we of course we're thrilled and proud parents to witness our daughters first steps.

That was lunch time. Throughout the day she kept taking one step here and two steps there, but I couldn't get her to do more.

Then suddenly after supper we were all sitting in the living room, and Vienna was just kind of playing by herself when she decided she'd start putting more steps together on her own. Again, proud parents get all excited and pull out the video camera and cheer her on. :)

Within the hour she mastered walking a good ten steps before falling down and had become noticeably faster at it. She just kept doing it over and over and you could tell by the expression on her face that she thought it was pretty cool.

I think that was actually my favorite part - seeing how excited she was that she was learning how to do it by herself.

My predication is that she'll have it pretty well mastered in a week. She was that way with everything else - sitting up, pulling herself up, standing...once she actually tried it she had it down within 1-2 weeks at the most. I'm not sure if this classifies as an official walker, but it'll be interesting to see how far she can get by her 10-month birthdate next week!