Adventures in Over-exposure

The Next Phelps?

While watching the Olympics the past few weeks, I couldn't help but see the physical similarities between myself and Michael Phelps. We're both tall and skinny. We both have big feet and hands. We both have abnormally large wingspans. We've both been accused of having Marfan's Syndrome. We're both cut like Greek statues and have 4% body fat. Well, maybe not so much with the last one there. But still, all the similarities make me think that I missed my calling to be an Olympic swimmer. Then I look at Nathan. His body type seems to be taking after mine, being that he's like 20 pounds and 4'2". I can't help but think that if he had the proper training during his childhood and teenage years he could actually have potential to be a world class swimmer. Is doggie paddle an Olympic sport?

Mmmmm, Corn

Here's a video of Nate chomping on his John Deere corn teether. You'll have to crank up the volume at the beginning of the video to hear the vibrating gum massager that kicks in when he bites it. Big thanks to Grandpa Mike for this clever little contraption.

Here It Is

Here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for. Liv finally got some footage of the boy tearing around on all fours.

Let the Chasing Begin

I know, it's been a while since my last post but I have a good excuse. Nathan is crawling, nuff said. He's not tearing around with blazing speed yet, he's still working on his hand/knee coordination. But he's mobile enough that you can't really leave him in a room by himself for more than a couple seconds. Anyway here's a sampling of what we're dealing with. For some reason he has an obsession with the bottom shelf of the coffee table.

I'll try to get a good video of him zipping along here soon. Until then I leave you with Olivia having fun with the boy's hair. Honestly, one of the best parts of being a parent is making your kid look goofy for pictures.

Fun With Firearms

Some friends of mine sent me some funny videos today that I thought were good enough to warrant further promotion here on Kermitt. There are a bunch of different copies of this first video floating around on youtube, one of which has over 50,000 views. I hope this guy's new found internet stardom keeps him warm at night as he will no doubt be sleeping on the couch for the next 2 years.




On this second one I'm not sure which is more funny, an old lady in a wheelchair firing a machine gun or what she says after emptying a clip.

New Skills Aplenty

Nate has found all kinds of new abilities this week. He's becoming quite good at getting up on all fours and he's in the beginning stages of crawling. Right now he just kinda rocks back and forth and scoots his hind quarters along slowly. I imagine in 2 weeks we won't be able to let him out of our sight. He's also becoming a very accomplished wrestler...

Thank you mother for that timely shot. His most recent development is pretty funny, but I don't know that we should encourage it that much. Can you say spit factory?

We'll try to get some good footage of him scooting along for the next post.