Look mom, no hands!

It's been awhile since my last post.  Things have been busy and I haven't had anything too terribly exciting to blog about, but it's time for an update.  My little man is growing so fast!  On Friday, 2/18, less than a week after he turned 10 months old, Chase took his first steps, yay!  I unfortunately didn't get to see them as I was walking down the steps when I heard Joe yell out what sounded half like, "HE'S WALKING!!!" and half like "FDJFLLDSFJSDFKLDS!!!"  He was a little excited to say the least!  It was 3 quick steps, going from the sofa to his toy box, but he did it!  Later that night he took a few more steps that I got to see with my own eyes.  It's still a little crazy to me that he is actually attempting to walk!  Chase has always been a climber and a daredevil, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but I still feel like he is growing up very quickly.

Since this past Friday Chase has definitely become more confident in his walking.  For the past few weeks he had been standing up in the middle of the room, testing his balance, but hadn't attempted any steps yet.  Now, he is becoming more and more daring about it.  What's really neat is that over these 4 short days he has gone from quick, almost running (and trying not to fall down before he gets to his destination) steps, to slow steps where I can see him using his body to balance himself.  Tonight Chase slowly walked from the middle of the room to Joe, and from Joe to the toy box.  He is getting so good!!  I think he will definitely be using walking as his main means of getting around by his 1st birthday.  I wish I had some pictures or videos of Chase walking, but I haven't been lucky enough yet.  Maybe I'll have it for my next post...

Not much else is going on around here.  Chase still only has 2 teeth, but he is getting SO much better about table food.  Currently he loves mandarin oranges, black olives, puffs, and cheese.  We are still working on using a sippy cup though, he understands how to suck to get the water out, but doesn't seem to understand that he needs to tip it for it the water to come out...but he is FINALLY holding his own bottle!!  He has also become a crazy man in the bath tub.  He splashes and plays like a maniac, stands up, slides down the back of the tub, makes crazy baby noises, and attacks his toys.  My sweet little baby is definitely turning into a BOY!

Some recent pictures of my munchkin.......