Who told our baby he could grow up?

This is how I found Nate this morning...happily chewing on the side of his crib. It was partly my fault, as I apparently left the side rail down after a 12am wakeup call...so I was hoping that this was a fluke.
But this afternoon I turned my back for one second and turned around to see this:
Ohmygoodness! Nate continued to amaze us today with more new skills--picking up things off of the floor to eat (particularly Sammy's dog food-which I was able to swipe away before it was eaten), crawling from his room through the foyer, kitchen and all over the house, a sudden burst in language skills saying "bahh, bahh, bahh" AND opening his first drawer! Joel was home most of the day and was able to see these new skills for the first time right along with me...and we captured many of them on video for you to see. Our sweet little guy continues to amaze us!





Oh, and then Nate crawled in his exersaucer...so Joel thought he wanted to go for a spin...