One small step for baby, one giant headache for mum and dad

Days away from being a full 10 months and Zac has decided that he's had a enough of crawling and that toddling is the future. Yep the lil monkey is now attempting to walk at every turn. This in turn brings its own headaches for us, the parents. He can now reach even more things, mainly those things we thought were safe on the dining table, unless they are all crammed into the centre of the table like the spoils of some bizarre treasure hunt. We now have even less space to store everyday 'stuff' safely without curious little hands making a grab for them and shoving them in his mouth.
As for the actual 'walking' its like watching a tightrope walker crossing the Grand Canyon in gale force winds! You just know there will be a fall at any moment but its mainly out of your hands. All you really do is frantically clear a path tree from stacking cups, maracas, rusk covered iPads and other such items littering the carpet.
But nothing fills you with more pride than when your little cheeky monkey reaches their intended destination, usually you or the sofa, without a tumble and they look around for the applause usually reserved for top athletes finishing the 100m sprint final.

Now, if I can just teach him rudimentary maths in the next couple of days he should be able to fetch the milk from the corner shop by this time next week!