Making Himself at Home

Emerson is mobile - he has been for a little over a month - Crawls around like a little spider.  And he's fast!!  He feels such liberties now as he goes from room to room and follows everyone around the house.  The cutest is when he crawls under the kitchen table and through the chairs and underneath the end tables.  He loves to crawl to Papa's office just to see who might be in there.
But his most recent favorite spot is...the kitchen.  I showed him the tupperware cupboard where a whole new world has opened up to him.  He loves being able to pull things out and toss them all over the place.  He especially loves when I put everything back so that he can do it all over again - and again and again.  Love his little face when he checks to see if it's okay that he is emptying out the cupboard.
He's now just short of 9 months old.  He should be walking soon since he's already attempting to stand by himself.  He has three teeth now - and is trying to talk.  He wants to say words so badly - And his giggle?  Kills me - he also has this little husky laugh thing he does. - Kind of a deep Santa Claus chuckle - and he can do it on cue at my request.  LOVE it.  Needless to say, we are going to miss him terribly when he moves next weekend.