Look Mom! No Hands!

If you follow college sports, you may have noticed that there are rankings for young athletes starting as early as 5th grade. I'm wondering why they start so late? I'm sure that Kai would be the #1 prospect in the country at his age because he can do so much stuff before his 8 month birthday!

This week he has started letting go after he pulls himself in to a standing position. We have timed him and he is keeping his balance for more than 10 seconds at a time. He has also started "cruising", which (for those of you who may not know the parenting definition of cruising) means that he is able to walk around items while he holds on to them. Kai is also feeding himself finger foods and he cut another tooth! He is still considered a baby right? He seems like such a big boy now with all of the things he can do!

Friday was Stephanie's last ever day at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is now enjoying her 2 weeks of unemployment until she starts her new job on the 29th. She still has a couple of functions for work as she has a goodbye dinner and a goodbye lunch this next week.

Stephanie and I had a date night last night as our friends Eugene and Kim finally tied the knot. Eugene and Kim taught Stephanie and I some dance moves to use at our wedding which was nearly 7 years ago. Since they have been together for so long, there was a lot of comments about how this wedding was long overdue. We had a great time seeing lots of friends and we even made it on the dance floor. We were out super late as we didn't get home until 11 o'clock!! We were exhausted!

Due to the long overdue nuptuals of Eugene and Kim, I was forced to sell my Purdue tickets to a friend. Purdue played Oregon and lost in double overtime because Purdue missed a couple of field goals. There were a lot of fellow Purdue alumni at the wedding and reception checking the scores on their cell phones, we have very understanding wives! Here is a picture of Kai after Purdue missed the first field goal at the end of the 4th quarter.

Kai got some cool new toys this week! Grandpa and Grandma had bought Kai a Fisher Price Sesame Street walker and he loves it. Dad and Mom decided to buy him a LeapFrog Learn and Groove toy to celebrate Mom's last day of work. This toy was recommended by a friend and has been a great addition to the Lesnet house. Kai is now learning to count and say the alphabet in English and Spanish. Best of all he can do this all by standing up - which is his new favorite thing to do.

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense." - 2 Chronicles 29:11