First steps!

I can't believe it - I'm in shock!!! She has been walking holding on to the furniture for a while now, but still seemed pretty unsteady, so I thought it would still be a while. Well, I guess not! These past few days I noticed that every once in a while when she let go of the furniture, she would sometimes would stand up for a few minutes before plopping down. So, I knew that she was starting to get better balance, but I still really didn't think she would take steps on her own yet. But today after her bath, we were hanging out in her room, letting her have some "naked time" before getting in her jammies. She was standing up holding onto my hands, and when I let go she kept right on standing. So I backed up a little bit, and held out my hands to her, bribing her with her little Ernie bath toy - lol. And completely unexpectedly she took about 3 or 4 steps, grabbed Ernie, and then plopped down into my lap. I clapped for her and gave her a big kiss, and she giggled and it was a great moment! :) I figured maybe it was just a fluke, but when I tried it again, she did the same thing - only about two steps, but still, they were steps all by herself! My baby is growing up! So we continued to practice some more and she was so happy and excited, she would take a step or two and then plop down into my arms and smile and laugh. It was so sweet! What a great night - this was definitely one of the best mom moments so far.