Walking.

That's right, Sophia is walking.

Just in time, too.  Since she was around 6 months, all she wanted to do was stand.  She wanted anyone and everyone to hold her hands so she could stand up.  I made the proclamation that she would walk before she turned 11 months.  It was a clever guess, because I wasn't sure if she would start walking at 9 or 10 months.  Even on the eve of her 8 month birthday, I wondered if she would skip crawling altogether and go straight to walking... but she proved that theory wrong the very same night.

So, when Sophia wasn't walking last week, one week before she would turn 11 months, I worried that once again she would prove me wrong.  Until last Friday afternoon...

I was on the phone with my Mom and Sophia let go of the cabinets and started to walk, which she had been doing quite a bit, but only taking 4-5 steps before falling.  When she did it this time, I counted aloud.  20 steps!?!?!  I then texted a friend {who I always go to for parenting questions} and asked "When do you call it officially "walking"?  Her response... "Probably when you have to ask if it's official!!!!"

I loved that response and so it became official.  Sophia walked at 10 months {3 days before she turned 11 months}.

Now she's walking everywhere.  Well, after she falls a few times.  She's not got it completely down, but I can just see her running around at her Birthday Party.  She's an active little girl and isn't letting the little tumbles slow her down one bit.