Logan's first tooth has been spotted

Logan's first tooth has popped up and we are already seeing others. His standing up is becoming quite a daily hobby. We can no longer allow remotes, glasses of water, or pretty much anything else to sit on the coffie table while he is on the prowl as he pulls himself up on it and slowly walks along the side of the table reaching for anything of interest which is pretty much "anything". His crawl has become well refined and very useful to him. When his mommy or daddy gets up for some reason and walks into the other room, he begins to follow. We are all looking forward to the day he finally manages to take a few steps and stand on his own as we are sure that it will bring more fun to the way we play. Until next time, enjoy the video below it's a good one.

Logan - "Appearently these leggs are here for a reason"

Logan will be 8 months old tomorrow. About two weeks back he was out exploring in his brother's bedroom and as he was climbing something in prep/training for his 1st attempt at climbing Mt. Everest which he's planning to complete in 2030, he realized that in trying to climb up on Kolby's bed he had somehow ended up standing. hmmm.... Today Logan is standing up constantly, of course this is not without the assistance of an accessable coffie-table-top, ottoman, crib rail, or play-pin rail. We are sure that he will be standing on his own as well as walking very soon. Perhaps at 9 or 10 months but who knows. He has even taken a step from the coffie table to the sofa within reach just behind him. He seems to be learning new things every day and manages to amaze all of us all the time. He has also seemed to come up with a formula for making flatulance cute as he will demonstrate in the first video below. Just wait for him to start crawling toward the baseball bat, turn your sound way up, and listen, then watch him look back with a shameless grin.

Kolby loses his training wheels

Ok it's been too long since our last post which was pretty much our debut. Obviously we are not doing a very good job keeping this blog updated but we plan to change that. Kolby has now mastered the art of shaky-handle-bar bike riding without training wheels and is now progressing and well on his way to reaching the smooth rolling confident biker status. Katie and I finally decided that he was never going to reach the milestone until we took his training wheels off and threw them in the trash. Once he understood that training wheels were no longer an option he started putting in real effort and soon had me running next to him in my flip-flops suffering from severe exhaustion and looking like a total idiot as you will see in the video, trying to be there incase he lost his balance. The next challenge was start-offs. It took me a day or two to finally remember how I used to use the curb on the side of the road to push off for a little speed as I also was unable to reach the ground with more than the tips of my toes 20-something years back when I was once a kid. Once I gave him that tip, he was suddenly able to get himself started without help. Whats really cool is the discovery of how much easier he can gain speed and maintain it. We never realized just how inefficient the roll of those training wheels was, how much harder and constant Kolby was required to pedal just to keep a mediocre rather boring speed. Without them, he glides and coasts effortlessly down the street or sidewalk and is amazed at how much faster he can suddenly go. Bike riding has a whole new meaning.

The moment Kolby realized he was able to ride his bike without our hands on the seat, his face exploded with the biggest smile I think either of us have ever seen. Kolby's excitement immediatley radiated to Katie and I as he threw his bike to the ground and ran to his mommy for the hug of all hugs and the sharing of pure satisfaction.

Something that once seemed impossible to Kolby is now a walk in the park. Katie and I feel that this has been a great learning experience for Kolby and a lesson in perseverance. Kolby has learned that throwing a fit and giving up is useless and that afterall, when learning something, we all fall many many times and it is just a part of learning. He does not have to be afraid of challenges and falling because he now knows the great joy that surges through him when he has met a challenge that seemed like something he could never do.

Enjoy the video!