Rose is walking....

I will hesitate to end this with a resounding Finally!!! She is 14 months after all, I truly wondered if she would ever move about on those two legs of hers. One could argue why should she walk when all the world is brought directly to her....(it pays to be the youngest in daycare and in the family) It's not like we didn't try, holding her hand and walking her thru the house, of course when she tired (after moments, it seemed) she would plop down on her bottom and refuse to move. Let's not forget the placing her between us and cheering and encouraging, (one would think we were cheering an Olympian) she was unimpressed. Bribery worked, occasionally, she was quite selective on what she would "perform" for and it could work one day and then never work again. Lately she has been displaying a readiness to walk, sometimes I think much to her own dismay, she knew a good thing happening, but the signs were there, pulling herself up, cruising around the furniture, crawling up and down the stairs, (what is that???? Won't walk but she can fly up those stairs and down with little effort) ect, ect.... But she liked to play us, never would she walk when we wanted to show someone, and then when least expected it she would take a few tenative steps....Which left you wondering "did she just walk?" or am I imagining it? Last Friday she took several steps, ones we witnessed, ones that could count as steps, and then she wouldn't do it again...No matter how much encouraging, bribery, attention we gave, she refused to move. On Tuesday she took some steps, some plopping down and standing up in the center of the room moves, real random....(guess she needed to to rest up after her first attempt, said as I roll my eyes here) (if a baby could fight walking, I believe rose is a prime example, she truly doesn't want to give up her status if you will.) On Wednesday she took off, motoring everywhere, doing it like she has done it all her life, over carpet, linoleum, cement, grass, you name, she could navigate it...We of course just stared like idiots, not able to process that she was actually walking, on her own, no bribery necessary...How cool is that???? Wednesday night we tried to capture this on film, I took pics, Kevin video taped...I think we annoyed her a lot! She got a bit crabby with us. So it's official the baby in our family is walking, somehow I'm sure I will be wondering why? Did I want her to do this? But for now loving watching those little feet carry her everywhere, love watching her stand up and take off....Love that cocky little grin she gives us as she cruises by, as if to say, this is a piece of cake....Just simply love having this little wonder in our lives.