Jared's been making progress towards becoming a crawler. It's been fun to watch. First, he got around pretty well by scooting and rolling. He'd scoot backwards by pushing with his hands and forward, well forward he wasn't very good at, but he's scoot with his feet a little bit. Then he started enjoying trying to get up on his hands and knees. He'd get up pretty easily, but then would rock back and forth and fall over.
Sometimes he'd lean on his head and then get up on his feet, sticking his butt in the air. He still does it some times. It was pretty cute. Lately he's been doing a half crawl leap. It seems pretty clever of him. He gets up on his hands and knees and propels himself forward using just one leg. Then he gets up and does it again. It gets him around pretty well. He only started doing that this week.
For mutual, on Tuesday, we had a combined y.m./y.w. derby. There was a track we could race our cars on, but you could make your car how ever big you wanted and out of whatever you wanted. Whatever cars couldn't fit on the track, like ours, could drive across the gym floor. Ryan was really inspired for making ours.
He'd been designing a "Crawler" to lay Jared in to help him get around 'til he learns to crawl. So, we decided we'd make the Crawler in time to be able to bring it to the derby.
We made it over the weekend and then tried it out with Jared a couple times during the days before the derby so he'd be used to it. But, unfortunately he didn't really like it...
...At all. We've thought of some ways we'd improve it; but for it to be ready for the derby there was no time for that. So, we took Jared and the Crawler, on Tuesday. We had a really good time and there were some creative cars to see, but none as creative as ours.
We raced Jared once. Ryan challenge his deacons to a race against our "Jared-passengered-Jared-powered" racer (that's how Ryan described it when it was our turn to show our car). Before we challenged them, Ryan told me his mischievous plan. He was going to help push Jared, both so he wouldn't get upset and so he could go fast; while I was going to be a road block for his deacon's cars. The deacon's placed their cars on the track and Jared raced across the gym floor along side the track. So, when they were getting ready to race I placed myself next to the track and then as soon as the cars got to me, I put my arm out. Jared raced like a pro. He kept his feet in the air and just used his arms, while Ryan helped him fly to the finish line. When Jared was close to the end, I let the other cars go so they could come in at a close second. It was pretty hilarious and adorable. Everyone seemed pretty excited to see him race. How often do you see a baby win a derby race anyway. ;) Once he made it to the end and Ryan had let go, Jared kept going a couple more feet crawling by himself. It was so cute. Then he stopped and started crying, so Ryan picked him. Then he held him up for his victory.
Our little champion!!!
Sometimes he'd lean on his head and then get up on his feet, sticking his butt in the air. He still does it some times. It was pretty cute. Lately he's been doing a half crawl leap. It seems pretty clever of him. He gets up on his hands and knees and propels himself forward using just one leg. Then he gets up and does it again. It gets him around pretty well. He only started doing that this week.
For mutual, on Tuesday, we had a combined y.m./y.w. derby. There was a track we could race our cars on, but you could make your car how ever big you wanted and out of whatever you wanted. Whatever cars couldn't fit on the track, like ours, could drive across the gym floor. Ryan was really inspired for making ours.
He'd been designing a "Crawler" to lay Jared in to help him get around 'til he learns to crawl. So, we decided we'd make the Crawler in time to be able to bring it to the derby.
We made it over the weekend and then tried it out with Jared a couple times during the days before the derby so he'd be used to it. But, unfortunately he didn't really like it...
...At all. We've thought of some ways we'd improve it; but for it to be ready for the derby there was no time for that. So, we took Jared and the Crawler, on Tuesday. We had a really good time and there were some creative cars to see, but none as creative as ours.
We raced Jared once. Ryan challenge his deacons to a race against our "Jared-passengered-Jared-powered" racer (that's how Ryan described it when it was our turn to show our car). Before we challenged them, Ryan told me his mischievous plan. He was going to help push Jared, both so he wouldn't get upset and so he could go fast; while I was going to be a road block for his deacon's cars. The deacon's placed their cars on the track and Jared raced across the gym floor along side the track. So, when they were getting ready to race I placed myself next to the track and then as soon as the cars got to me, I put my arm out. Jared raced like a pro. He kept his feet in the air and just used his arms, while Ryan helped him fly to the finish line. When Jared was close to the end, I let the other cars go so they could come in at a close second. It was pretty hilarious and adorable. Everyone seemed pretty excited to see him race. How often do you see a baby win a derby race anyway. ;) Once he made it to the end and Ryan had let go, Jared kept going a couple more feet crawling by himself. It was so cute. Then he stopped and started crying, so Ryan picked him. Then he held him up for his victory.
Our little champion!!!
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