Me Man; You Mom... The World's Littlest Man Feeling Some Growing Pains

This weekend me, Lil E, and Mama K joined some friends at an outdoor book festival.  The weather couldn't have been more perfect...in the car.  As soon as we hit the asphalt the southern sun was hot enough to cause a baby boom.  Hey, it was a book festival I need to sound prophetic or is it poetic?  No matter.  Lil E started crawling at 6 months and he now prefers to try and walk at 10 months.  That's made hima little difficult to deal with in public lately because he doesn't want to be strapped in a chair or held for any extended amount of time.  With all of that being said, there is no way to allow him to crawl the streets of the big city leaving a trail of drool behind him.  What to do?  What to do?  Well, here's what works with him, it's everyone's favorite four letter word: Food!  That's right, carry a little finger food and he's entertained for as long as it takes him to inhale, throw, drop, or wearit!  At no point will anything work better than food-toys lose their luster in seconds, funny faces quickly become annoying, formula and water are a temporary fix at best, attention from strangers is typical, people watching can be a small diversion.  But nothing, and I mean nothing, rivals the double fisting of a Gerber cheese doodle!