{11.06.09}
After one long year of waiting (and yet at the very same time, one unbelievably fast year of having this cute little guy in our life), at long last we ventured back out on our trusty, gear-less, back-pedal-brakes beach cruisers. We've been dying all year to get out and go cruising the neighborhoods, but the law here says children must be at least 1 year old and must have a helmet. So you can guess what he got for his birthday. Or what we got for his birthday. :) One baby's first birthday, one front baby carrier, one crash test dummy helmet, and 3 days later, and we were bursting at the seams to go let Van experience the wind in his face firsthand.
And so he did. Van's a funny kid. Unless you're throwing him 10 feet in the air, swinging him upside down, or tickling him like crazy, he's pretty straight-faced when he's happy with life. He just stares straight ahead and totally relaxes, and if you knew him, you would know this is a big thing (relaxing, that is). He's done this since the day he was born whenever we took him outside, and today he's no different. He gets so relaxed he even lets us strap a crazy big helmet on his head. It's hard to encapsulate in words how funny (read: so absolutely adorable it makes us want to kiss his face off) he looks riding in that little carrier, so instead of trying to do just that, we'll post a video and let you see for yourself.
We're feeling pretty lucky to be riding around with this cute bundle of boyness behind the handlebars. (he's 1...can you believe it? More on that to come of course...)
8 comments:
Priceless video! Happy b-day, Van. Looks like you guys had lots of fun making this. Serves you right! :)
that was awesome. can you even believe it's been a year?
crazy.
You guys ooze of cuteness. :)
That is so cute! How fun! He looked so pleased to be riding around with you guys. That's awesome! Happy Birthday to Van and both of you. :)
Haaa! thats adorable! I've never seen those front baby carriers before, thats sweet!
Nice! Good job on the video! It's not easy to hold a camera and ride a bike at the same time. We love our carrier too. Edmond's is one that hooks on the back and he loves it. Van's helmet is infinately cooler than Edmond's. Where oh where did you find it? I searched high and low for a helmet that looked cool for an infant but I only found dorky ones. I just love those massive helmets on their massive heads! So funny!
Lissa!!
So cute! I love the editing on the video (or do you actually have cute music playing in your neighborhood?). I turned the video on and Ry came running over and started to dance. Needless to say, he was sad when it was done so we had to watch it again! Absolutely adorable and so fun to see you being a cute mom! Makes me miss ya so much!
That's really cool. I love how you guys edit your videos and put them to music. I can appreciate that! You must have a mac! Joel
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