Big Baby News

Yesterday, we went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

(better known as OMSI for all of you Oregonians) 

with our friends Vanessa, Matt, and their son Jude.

We were not the only parents who decided to go to OMSI that day.

It was the first time in my life that I have seen a 

"Stroller Parking" sign.

Upon arriving at the museum we immediately headed into the planetarium 

to catch the show Cosmic Collisions,

the story of the formation of our solar system.

Orin loved watching the shooting stars and shots of the sun from space.

He got so excited that he bounced in my lap the whole time

babbling and yelling.

After we got kicked out, we went to the Exploration Room,

where Jude got to play in the water tub.

Orin chose to foster a relationship with a fox statue instead.

Orin also got a chance to show off his new moves

Please note: This is the exciting part that has caused 

this blog to be titled "Big Baby News"

Are you ready for this?....

Just days after stating that I wouldn't mind waiting a while longer for

Orin to start crawling, he defied me by taking the 

first definitive step towards mobility:

He pushed himself up onto his hands and knees!

He also successfully "army crawled" for the first time

(it was only two inches but who's measuring?)

If you don't think this is exciting, you have to realize that this news is

coming from someone who spent an hour today watching an infant 

jump up and down in his bouncer and make farting noises.

It doesn't take much to excite me now.

Also on the list of new things for Orin: sweet potato.

A big hit.

Doesn't orange look good on him?

More to come.