Week 1: Independence

My son, the speed demon. . .

My wife and I decided to get Jonah a Plasma Car for his birthday; we were a bit unsure if he was really ready for it, but he had the opportunity to try one out at a friend's house and instantly took to it. The photo is literally from the first time he had it outside of the apartment . . .

It's amazing watching him grow so quickly from an infant, completely reliant on us, into a toddler ready to start trying to branch out on his own. The scooter might be his first real taste of truly doing something on his own. He quickly - really quickly - took off down the path in our neighborhood park for about 200 yards, stopped, looked back to make sure we were still there trying to catch up, and then took off again. I had to run quickly to get out in front of him enough to get setup for this shot.

The quote of the day came from a group of 3 or 4 7ish year old kids on scooters headed the opposite direction from Jonah. They passed him (or he passed them?) and, as they passed us, said to themselves "boy, that baby's going really fast!" How right they are.

Here's to the open road!