10 months old

Max is 10 months old today and many exctitng advances have occured in the last several weeks...well 3 I guess.
He waved to me when I was sitting across from him on the subway - he was with his dad- he just opened up his hand and waved as if he'd been doing it for ages. Of course it made me weepy. Almost on the same day, he finally remembered how to clap and now he just spontaneously does it quite frequently. I'd sorta given up prompting him to do it because he had seemed so uninterested but now he's big clapping champ. He even seems to clap to cheer himself up sometimes, like when he is forced to lie on his back for the oh so humiliating diaper change...he used to love it but now any backward motion is accompanied by a little whimper and sometimes hollering.

He has now slept through the night many times in a row-going to bed at 7 pm and waking up at 5 or 6 (today was 6am and I like that so much better) - when he does wake in the night it has been only once an evening and around 3am for a quick snack then right back to sleep.)

Finally he is the cruising/sidewalking king of the big apple. He scootches around "en-garde" style with one hand on any nearby available steadying element. When he gets to the end of said element he slaps the leading foot out toward his desired direction and glances around as if to say "hey lady! hey human coffee table! git over her and get me to that open dresser drawer, pronto! What's especially cute are the little squatting breaks he takes to rest and occasionally scoop up some toy (his or the cat's) off the floor and into his nouth as he motors along...often providing his own soundtrack. He likes to make motorboat and fart noises ALOT (with his mouth!) and they do seem to inspire his progress throughout the apartment.

Our little genius!