Not much to say about this, Adam is bound to be embarrassed by this someday, but suck it up kid!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Adam's first trip to the zoo
We just got back from Adam's first trip to the zoo. It was a very hot day, and it was PACKED!!!
He was still a bit too little to be really interested in looking at the animals, but once we got into the petting zoo, he loved it! He was always reaching out and touching the goats, trying to pull their hair (emphasis on "trying"), and grabbing their horns.
On a side note, there were 5 baby tigers there, which was alot of fun to see. They were running around wrestling with each other. It was adorable.
We bought Adam a baby tiger stuffed animal as a souvenir. It is the prey, Adam is its predator.
Friday, September 26, 2008
6+ steps
Adam is getting more and more confident in his walking.
He normally takes 2+ steps before he starts to topple forward, typically from a couch to Kim or me. But yesterday he decided to walk from the couch to his toys, which were a good 4 feet away.
He took at least 6 solid steps on his own, away from any support, before he fell forward onto his face. He wasn't upset that he hit his head on the floor, he got up and gave us this big smile, he was so proud of himself, and so were we.
He'll be walking very, VERY soon.
He normally takes 2+ steps before he starts to topple forward, typically from a couch to Kim or me. But yesterday he decided to walk from the couch to his toys, which were a good 4 feet away.
He took at least 6 solid steps on his own, away from any support, before he fell forward onto his face. He wasn't upset that he hit his head on the floor, he got up and gave us this big smile, he was so proud of himself, and so were we.
He'll be walking very, VERY soon.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
One small step...
Adam took his first step last night!
I'm not sure which one I'm going to count, but here's the two instances.
It was 6:03PM on Saturday, September 13th (yeah, that's right, I noted the time). Adam has been standing for anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds at any given stretch, and I was setting him up and letting him balance by himself for a few minutes now. When, after he was standing for a couple seconds, he took a single step towards me, then fell forward. But, he technically completed the full step before falling forward. I'm not sure if I want to count that as his first step, because it could have been more momentum pulling him forward, but I believe it was intentional.
The second time was at 7:07PM, and I was laying the ground watching "How I Met Your Mother", letting him walk along the couch, when he let go, as he always does, and balanced for a second. Then he took almost two full steps towards me and fell into my arms. I didn't set him up or anything, he just decided that the shortest route to get to Daddy was a straight line, walking. So he did!
So far, Adam has been so good at letting me be a part of his milestones, and I love him so much for that!
I'm not sure which one I'm going to count, but here's the two instances.
It was 6:03PM on Saturday, September 13th (yeah, that's right, I noted the time). Adam has been standing for anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds at any given stretch, and I was setting him up and letting him balance by himself for a few minutes now. When, after he was standing for a couple seconds, he took a single step towards me, then fell forward. But, he technically completed the full step before falling forward. I'm not sure if I want to count that as his first step, because it could have been more momentum pulling him forward, but I believe it was intentional.
The second time was at 7:07PM, and I was laying the ground watching "How I Met Your Mother", letting him walk along the couch, when he let go, as he always does, and balanced for a second. Then he took almost two full steps towards me and fell into my arms. I didn't set him up or anything, he just decided that the shortest route to get to Daddy was a straight line, walking. So he did!
So far, Adam has been so good at letting me be a part of his milestones, and I love him so much for that!
Friday, September 05, 2008
One step at a time
Well, back to back days for firsts.
Adam wandered over towards the stairs, so I went to get him, when he proceeded to climb the first one like he's done it a million times. So I let him continue (with me right behind him, of course), and he ended up climbing up the entire stair case! I haven't counted them precisely, but I'd say there are about 20 stairs!
Of course, we are proud of him, but that pride was a little masked over by fear... both for him hurting himself, and fear for our sanity, because you know he's going to want to go back for more!
Adam wandered over towards the stairs, so I went to get him, when he proceeded to climb the first one like he's done it a million times. So I let him continue (with me right behind him, of course), and he ended up climbing up the entire stair case! I haven't counted them precisely, but I'd say there are about 20 stairs!
Of course, we are proud of him, but that pride was a little masked over by fear... both for him hurting himself, and fear for our sanity, because you know he's going to want to go back for more!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Another first!
Well, Adam pretty much shocked me again today. This time it was very unexpected.
I'll preface this by saying that Adam walks all over the place, while holding on to things, like it is nobody's business. And, he loves to walk around the house while holding onto his our hands.
Anyway, I was laying on the floor, like I do most nights, while Kim was cooking dinner. And Adam crawling all over me, using my body as a railing to walk around, when he just decided to stand up.
He wasn't holding onto anything, he was just standing there! And he stood there for like 5 seconds, just simply standing and looking around, nobody holding him up or anything! And then, when he had enough, he smoothly leaned forward until he reached me, and then proceeded to get down to play.
We were, needless to say, very VERY proud of him again!
I'll preface this by saying that Adam walks all over the place, while holding on to things, like it is nobody's business. And, he loves to walk around the house while holding onto his our hands.
Anyway, I was laying on the floor, like I do most nights, while Kim was cooking dinner. And Adam crawling all over me, using my body as a railing to walk around, when he just decided to stand up.
He wasn't holding onto anything, he was just standing there! And he stood there for like 5 seconds, just simply standing and looking around, nobody holding him up or anything! And then, when he had enough, he smoothly leaned forward until he reached me, and then proceeded to get down to play.
We were, needless to say, very VERY proud of him again!
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