Chase at 10 months!

In the blink of an eye, Chase went from 9 months to 10 months old. He's become quite the little speed demon on all fours and is getting more comfortable cruising, although he still prefers to crawl to his desired location. He's getting into EVERYTHING. He's funny- he does a fake laugh- and can say "wruff" like the doggie. Chase is loving the independence of finger foods now and even prefers to put the spoon in his mouth HIMSELF(of course there is nothing on it after he shakes it around!). He's also started sleeping through the night (sometimes), which is a very welcome development in the Lamont household.

At 10 months, Chase:

-Is an expert crawler and can scale the two stairs into our dining room in seconds.

-Just started walking while pushing his cart! He also loves to play "no hands" where one of us holds him in standing and then lets go for 1-3 seconds till he falls back into our hands. He's cruising somewhat, but with the coffee table blocking the stairs, there isn't very much for him to cruise between.

-Has 5 (!) teeth. His bottom middle two are fully in and the top left one is almost fully in. His smile is kind of hilarious. A few days ago we noticed that his other top center tooth is coming in (phew) and that the next left tooth was coming in. No wonder his hands have been in his mouth so much.

-Saying "wruff" when we show him a dog or ask what the doggie says. Stephen said that doesn't count as his first word since it's a sound. He says hi, dada, baba, and rara. He still hasn't said mama...if he knew the reaction he'd get, I'm sure he'd say it.

-Sleeping better through the night. He doesn't sleep through the night every night, but more often. The last few days he has not wanted to go down for his naps, but he may be starting to transition to one (or at least a later) nap. The newest difficulty is getting him to sleep; there have been several nights where he has cried for upwards of 45 minutes before he finally gets to sleep.

-Using us as "home base." He eventually warms to new people, but he has to be able to see one of us, and usually its his mommy!

-Flirting- He especially likes when you look coy at him and cracks up laughing. We've shared many giggles over this.

-OBSESSED with the remote control. Wonder where he gets that from?

-Wants to feed himself. He loves sliced cheese (in small pieces for him) and rotini pasta, sometimes enjoys puffs, cheerios, and mmm mmms (a rice cracker snack for babies). He LOVES the Gerber graduates cheese/veggie puffs, but they taste like Cheetos and Doritos so we (Helen) try to keep them to a minimum. He's also tried meatballs (Daddy got a special recipe) this month. All of this finger food has made feeding him vegetables and fruits much more difficult, however. We're hoping the Dr says this is normal.

-Sleeping with his butt in the air. So funny.

-Wearing 9-12 or 12-18 clothing. His legs are too long for many of the 9-12 pants, and the 12-18 pants have to be rolled up. Either way, we're looking forward to shorts season!

-SO expressive. He makes the funniest faces.

-Practicing to join the Duke basketball team:

Loving (and looking like) his Daddy:

We have loved watching Chase's personality develop over the past month and are looking forward to getting to know him even better in Month 11. We love you, sweet, funny boy!