On the move

I'm way behind on my blog posts, but I will try to catch up if I get a chance this weekend.

Chase turned 7 months old at the beginning of November and is sitting, pulling himself up to a standing position, clapping (which is the cutest thing ever!), and crawling.

He started crawling a couple of weeks ago and is really getting fast now. We have to keep a close eye on him! We still have some baby proofing to do, but the stair gate is in. It ended up being way more complicated than it should have been but after we had installed the first gate we decided it wouldn't work because there was a metal bar that ran across the bottom of the gate and it happened to be 4 inches above the top stair. You had to step over that bar every time you went up or down the stairs and I knew someone was going to trip over it and break their neck falling down the stairs. So Derek tried moving it down closer to the floor. The screws ended up getting stripped and he had to do some major alterations just to get the screws out. He was almost done installing it in the lower position when we found that one side ended up being in between the top of the railing and the thick part of the railing and it wouldn't stay in place. So that gate was uninstalled, and Derek put in our old gate with the help of a stair railing kit. We thought we were set until Derek ran to get the door for trick-or-treaters and the gate got caught on his pants. It swung open wider than it was supposed to and one of the attachment plates cracked in half and the top of the gate came off. So we ended up getting yet another gate. While he was installing the third gate one of the screw heads broke off in the railing and ended up being impossible to remove, so he had to move the gate over a bit. It was unbelievably complicated but we finally have the gate installed and workable. Now we just need to put in cabinet latches, outlet covers, etc. Maybe we'll finish baby proofing before he learns to walk!

Chase loves hanging out with his big brother and sister. They can always get him to laugh!

We had to move the crib mattress down because he's pullling up on everything now. One of his favorite things to do is crawl to the foot of our bed and use the railing on the footboard to help him stand up. It's a little bit short for him so we really have to watch him closely.

He now eats three solid food meals a day, though he isn't happy about it the past few days. I think his bottom teeth might be close to coming in because his mouth has been extra sensitive.

Tonight Derek was watching a BYU basketball game and Chase started hollering at the tv. I guess he's watched his Dad watching a few games on tv and knew what to do, lol.
He definitely adores his daddy!