New Tricks!

At eleven months old [yes, it's official. He turned eleven months yesterday. Hard to believe, isn't it?] Max can climb the stairs. 

He has been working on it quite diligently lately. He communicates it is "stair time" when he crawls over to the gate. Pulls himself up. Tugs at it. Or his newest trick, actually moves it out of the way. And then it's time to practice. Up, Up, Up! That is all he wants to do. And then when he gets to the top, he turns around, and gives you this winner of a smile...as if to say, "Stairs? No problem!"