10 Months

I can hardly believe that this tiny little baby. . .

is now this cute little guy!

Above: 6 weeks

Below: 10 months

Those are a whole bunch of pictures I snapped of him while we were in Utah last week and during the journey getting there and back. This little boy really is the sweetest little thing and Ben and I just love him. At 10 months he:

• Weighs 17.5 lbs (5th percentile- WAHOO! He's up to the 5th percentile!) and is 28 inches long (40th percentile- also a big jump for him from the 5th at 6 months)
• Will eat almost anything we put in front of him. His favorite foods are bananas, broccoli, black bean soup, tortillas, bread, scrambled eggs and puffs.
• Really discovered cookies while we were in Utah. My mom made pumpkin cookies and he knew that he wanted some and insisted on getting a bite whenever anyone near him started eating a cookie. When my mom put a plate of cookies on the table one night after dinner his eyes got really big, he leaned for the plate and stared at it intently until my dad took pity on him and gave him some. Needless to say, Chase has a sweet tooth.
• Pulls himself up on everything and is cruising
• Loves to pull everything off the kitchen shelves
• Will give high fives and wave good-bye
• Loves to crawl through "tunnels" (ie- the space under the bar stools, between pieces of furniture, etc.)
• Now plays a game where he crawls away from me really fast while I say, "I'm going to get you!" and he giggles the whole time. Half the time he stops and lets me catch him while he just smiles up at me. It melts my heart every time.