Walker, Kitchen Ranger

This is some unfinished business here. Wilder officially began walking in the first week of December, while I was in DC on a work trip. Here he is a month ago:


Here he is now:

b3.2

You may be asking yourself, why b3.2? The answer may be: what took so long? This is obvious, and perhaps not so obvious. The obvious is that our sweet little boy is now a year old and is already working hard on his second year in this world. The not so obvious is that we've been fortunate to upgrade to a new computer that is not slow, riddled with disease, etc.

You'll see that along with the switch in the look of B3 there have been some changes in how the links are displayed. On the right hand column of your screen there are a series of links. To see many more pictures (and video) please feel free to click on the link Pictures-Pictures-Pictures under the "Related B3 Content" heading which will bring you to our Picasa website. The "Our Friends" heading lists, well all the blogs for our friends that do blogs. Feel free to check out their sites. Finally, the "Links" heading has our job websites and some of our favorite websites. This will be added to as we go along. You never know, you might like these websites too.

Thanks for checking out b3(.2) and have a prosperous 2009!

Santa's cool

So we've managed to find Santa, along with a Christmas tree with Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt. If by "Ga!" he means he wants a tricycle, I guess he'll have to wait as he just started walking...one thing at a time! We thought this festive picture was very cute! If that wasnt enough, Wilder has indeed decided to walk his first steps this last week. They all said "it would go by fast" but its hit at hyperspeed! Wilder was only walking but at most 10 steps, and quite tentatively at that, last Monday and only a week later he was running circles around our kitchen island (video coming soon to a theatre near you)! Its 90% "Yes I can!" and 10% ability. He's always had it in him.

Happy Holidays!

Eye of the Tiger

-Playing with the pumpkin

-1st jack-o-lantern: bottle + thumb

-Time to trick and/or treat

-Roarrrr

-Just in case you confused Wilder with someone else

Test Flight

Sea Change

Our little guy is now on the go! A few weeks ago he figured out how to fully crawl. Where did he go first? An outlet. Viewing crawling as only the stepping stone that it is, he then quickly gained the strength to pull himself up on objects.

No more turning your back for bathroom breaks, a coffee warmup, or even glance out the window. He can now legitmatly get into trouble. Let the bruise collection begin!

His rapidly expanding set of teeth (4 plus 3 more ready to come out) adds an additional element. Recall that first there was the Supa Sleepa (1-3 months), then the return of the Supa Sleepa (5-7 months). Now we've got the Supa Crib Climba. The crib just happens to be the best gym for Wilder's new skills. Padded floor w/a bumper. Sides to shimy up. Railings to grasp-->pull-->hold and then chew. No kidding. You can put him down with his eyes closed and by the time you hit the door he's on his way up. When you turn to close it he's staring back wide eyed with a mouth full of crib rail. Hopefully, the veneer doesn't have extra lead. Eventually, he becomes too exhausted to stand up and then falls (literally) asleep. We are reminded daily that we should "wait until he starts walking" for the real adventure to begin. I can't imagine that it's a lot worse, though I do lack imagination from time to time...

In other news. We're on the cusp of other changes. I speak (of course) of the end of summer and the impending fall. We spent Labor Day with the Schimdts at Lake Calhoun. The pics are on the picasa site. After today, we're definitely looking forward to cooler temperatures and next stages. Things just seem easier to handle when it's 60 instead of 90. We constantly worried about Wilder's heat and sun exposure the last few months. Time to put his clothes back on, walk around in the weakening sun, and soak up the last few rays. Maybe even play in a leaf pile or two.

Here's a little more action.

Sock Monkey Box

BEST TOY EVER...at least for that day

To see the rest of the summer story check out the picasa site. Lots of pics from the baby cabin jam, Schmidt Aquatennial, etc.