Walkies walkies

So Sumayah has decided to become vertically mobile! And like most experienced parents will tell you, now is when you really know the meaning of the word 'hectic'! She had been showing signs of walking for a while already... cruising along surfaces, getting from sit to stand without holding on to anything, standing on her own for long periods, etc. But whenever we tried to get her to walk she would laugh at us, get down onto the floor and crawl. So even though we knew walking was imminent she still took us by surprise. See with Sumayah it wasn't a gradual process. She took 4 steps one day and then refused to do it again, until last Friday when I visited a friend's house. When I arrived I put her down on the floor in standing, expecting her to sit down and start crawling around. Instead she just started walking toward my friend as though she'd been doing it all along! So there was no 2 steps then 4 steps then 10, then off we go... no it was no steps at all for almost a month and then suddenly off we go! The funniest part was when she was walking and patting herself on the chest and clapping her hands as though congratulating herself on her achievement. Guess that is rather characteristic of our little Sumayah even with the whole coming into the world thing... she will do it on her own terms thank you very much!