Taking Steps

Jake is just over the 10 month mark and he is still our little wild man. He has four teeth and I can feel one more starting to make the move to pushing through. As you will see from the video he is close to walking. He is getting pretty good at pushing his truck around and can stand hands free for a good amount of time now. Erik and I are a little scared to say the least because when he takes a spill it doesn’t seem to bother him much. In fact last night when we were playing and he took a fall that made Erik and me nervous Jake started to laugh. So I am very excited that he is close to walking but I think I may have to ask my doctor to put me on blood pressure medicine. To all my friends out there with fearless little ones I welcome advice as to how to stay as calm as possible because you all know that I am by no means calm on a regular basis. Jake and Hank continue to be BFFs. We installed a gate in the living room to keep the dogs out and give Jake his own space (well I really wanted to have one floor that was easier to keep semi dog hair free)……Well neither Hank nor Jake could handle being separated so Hank is always in playing with Jake. Jake would shake the gate and Hank would wine and paw at the gate until I let Hank in. Seeing these two together is really one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Hank just puts himself right in the middle of Jake’s toys and hangs out with his little buddy. Jake also continues to “house” his food. Yes I know, no big surprise considering his parents. The only thing we have found that he doesn’t like is peas and I don’t blame him there. Jake keeps us busy, but life gets more fun everyday with him as he gets more active and continues to develop his personality.