Ben is officially "cruising"!

Since learning to pull himself to standing earlier in the week he's now learned to "cruise"... to walk around holding onto furniture. Last night Ben was doing laps around the coffee table and today he used his drum as a prop to stand up, then worked his way over to the coffee table, held on, then walked to the sofa. His gross motor skills are developing at a fast and furious rate now. It won't be long before we're literally chasing him around the house!

And in other news: I'll be making Ben's birthday cake. It seems that bakeries don't "do" egg-free cakes. Who knew?! I thought eggs were a common allergen (and Ben is currently allergic to egg whites.) So, I ran all over god's green earth today in search of various ingredients and untensils for cake making and being Christmas it appears that the value of icing sugar may be greater than gold. I bought two bags. Anyway, those of you who will be here for Ben's birthday - consider yourselves warned! ;)