Knocking Down Barriers

To our 3 or 4 regular readers, we apologize for the blogging hiatus. The hard drive in our relatively young computer died a horrible death and the computer has been in the shop. Roughly $250 dollars later, we are back in business but not without a few casualties (pictures and files).


During the past few computer-less weeks, a few things have changed.


Sam is now able to climb onto chairs, which means that tables and some shelves are no longer safe zones for objects that we do not want to fall into Sam's hands. It used to be that the only things that he could climb up onto were the Lay-Z-Boy chair and the couch, which was great because the couch backed up to the front window where he could watch the neighbor's dog, random birds, and cars as they go by. This new ability has significantly complicated our lives. The kitchen table, the computer desk, kitchen counters, and dressers are just a few of the once secure spaces that are now accessable to our high energy 21-month old. Where do we now put drinks? Food? Important papers? Keys? Cell phones? It also leaves us asking the question: "what's next?" We are probably only weeks away from him gaining the ability to open doors and climb out of his crib. What's to stop him then from leaving the house and speeding down the street.


On the topic of speeding, nowadays if Sam is going somewhere, he is most likely running to his destination. He reminds me of the young Forrest Gump. He loves to run. Most of the time when he is running he will completely relax his jaw and make an "ah" noise, which generates a motor-like sound. It's quite endearing.


Also, he is now just slightly taller than the kitchen table and the master bed foot board, both of which have nasty corners. So, if he is not climbing up onto the table or bed his is likely running by them. When he gets overly excited or tired, his head will occasionally come in contact with the corners as he runs by. So we have dealt with a few more bruises and bumps lately. As a result, we have softened the corners using some old socks and duct tape.

Even though we have a few new challenges, we sure do love our little guy and are very excited to meet his younger brother.

by the way, the below lawn mowing accident resulted in $280 worth of repairs...the most expensive chore I've ever done.