can i climb this, too??

my little climber is getting so big!! crew climbs up every thing! life with crew gets more fun every day! now that he has conquered crawling, all he wants to do is climb... up the couches, stools, t.v., crib, me, etc. then he looks at me with a huge smile on his face and squeals in delight! i love this age!
he is starting to eat more food and a larger variety. we just started baby snacks... the so called, wagon wheels, puffs, and toast strips. it is so fun! plus i love having these on hand when he gets fussy in church (or where ever). AND FINALLY he is taking formula (a little bit here and there). i started to ween him at six months old, but i wasn't successful until now, today, (nine months in two days). i love to have both options available to me for the mood i am in and/or situation i am in!! life is great!
although i must say, i thought i would be better in my parenting paradigm than i am... i was a very skilled babysitter for most of my life and imagined that i would handle things similarly when i had my own child(ren). NOT SO! i am flighty when i plan to be consistent, i am perplexed even when i had anticipated whatever it is, i am axious when i get off schedule, and i am tired in the day, but energized at night when crew is asleep (and i should be,too). i was just the opposite when i babysat for other people's children...calm, cool, and collected. my emotions don't seem to cooperate with my brain any more. and every book seems to fall short of the one thing i need answered UNTIL...UNTIL it is not needed anymore b/c crew and i are past "that" problem (then the book spells out the solution clear as glass). isn't it funny!!
however, having said this... i still consider myself very relaxed and go-with-the-flow. i might be in denial, or i might just be so confused that i fly by the seat of my pants and hope that it will all work out. i have a funny feeling that with my next child, i will be so loose and confident that i will let it all go to my head and have another kid!! yikes!! how do you do that???? signing off for now..
i love my life!!