Gimme three steps

That could be little Noelly's theme song right now. He has bravely taken three steps on his very own. He began going diagonally across the playpen and has now branched out a little but he still prefers to crawl because that is much faster. I find it odd that both my sons walked at 9 months, though they are not genetically related.
Noel is definitely a more timid walker than Chase was. Chase was a late crawler and the first time he really "got it" he crawled right to the couch, pulled up, and began to cruise. He never looked back. Noel will pull up and contemplate letting go for a really long time. Then he may or may not. He isn't big on cruising either. If he wants to be somewhere, he just drops to his knees and crawls there. With these few steps under his belt though, I know it won't be long until he is running and climbing.
The latest Chaseism happend yesterday afternoon. He was trying to ask me why we celebrate Halloween, but he wasn't phrasing it that way. He had me totally confused, and finally he said, "What did God do on Halloween?" That turned on the lightbulb and I had to explain the difference between Christian and non-Christian holidays. We then, of course, had to analyze every single holiday to determine the difference. Including the holiday where we eat the "really big chicken", Thanksgiving, and "Crazy sock day", which they celebrate at his school. He actually was teasing when he asked about crazy sock day which totally cracked us both up. I wonder where he gets that wit???