So he’s moved from crawling to pulling himself up.  It started yesterday on New Year’s Eve.  What a big boy!  I think from here we are now decidedly in the “getting into absolutely everything” phase.  The house is babyproofed except for one very important part- Mom and Dad.  Retraining yourself not to leave things all over the floor or within his reach is really hard to do.  So far tonight he threw everything on the end table over the side except the lamp.   Good thing the 150 year-old glass bowl from Grandma is already stowed somewhere VERY high.  His reach is getting bigger and bigger by the second…

“How do you flip the internal switch that changes us all back into the Natural Born Runners we once were? Not just in history, but in our own lifetimes. Remember? Back when you were a kid and you had to be yelled at to slow down? Every game you played, you played at top speed, sprinting like crazy as you kicked cans, freed all, and attached jungle outposts in your neighbors’ backyards. Half the fun of doing anything was doing it at record place, making it probably the last time in your life you’d ever be hassled for going too fast.”

- Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

Here are some pictures of Noah from the month of November. Enjoy!

Emily and I have been working on putting together some photo books today so I’ve spent the entire day in front of my computer, editing, sorting, organizing and uploading pictures. Some new ones will be up soon, but for now I’ll leave you all with this quick video of Noah playing in the tub. I love my wife and all the fun ways she comes up with to entertain our son!

So far there is nothing that this kid is afraid of video management, video solution, video streaming

Now we’re working on actually going forward

Happy Thanksgiving from Mike, Emily and one of the best reasons we have to be thankful for this year!

Last night we piled into the car with Mark, Kristin and Malachi and headed to the zoo to see the lights. (Coincidentally, it ended up being the last night the Artrips were a family of three!) Fun times, though Noah was a bit overwhelmed and nodded off halfway through the excursion. It was cool and a  lot of the animals were out at night. The mountain lions were especially cool to see pacing around in the dark, looking for little children to eat. Thanks to Mark and Kristin for sharing their pass and congratulations on Canaan Joshua!

Noah spent a couple of days with his grandparents last week and Grandpa Wade got some good bath time pictures.

This little boy is growing up before our very eyes. 6 months old today.

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