Ryan and Debi

Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

  • Toren’s favorite game

    Ever since he started walking with help, Toren’s favorite game has been to chase me around our table: Now that he walks on his own, he does this without any help.

  • Toren and his train

    Here’s some more footage of Toren showing off his moves with his alphabet train: He was getting quite mobile at this point.

  • chocolate frosting

    While Toren may not have made a mess with his birthday cake, a few days earlier he went after this cupcake with chocolate frosting: Maybe it was the cake… 🙁

  • cruising for dessert

    This was when Toren was cruising a lot. He also realized that he liked some sweets, at least liked them enough to allow us to feed them to him: Here he’s eating a light jello-cheesecake I made that included some blueberries I picked (with my neighbor).

  • playing with Dad

    This is footage from right after the last video I posted. Toren had tired of walking back and forth between Debi and I, so I started playing with him and got some good laughs from him:

  • one year photoshoot

    We tried to shoot some one year photos last weekend.  While we got a few good ones, it didn’t go that well.  Toren was still sick and cranky, so he didn’t want to participate and the temperature was so high that just standing in the shade you’d sweat, which didn’t do any good because the…

  • injuries and scarface

    Now that Toren is walking everywhere (when he does; he has wanted to be held a lot lately, probably because he’s been sick), he is more subject to injuries from falls.  After our most recent photoshoot (pictures coming soon), he grabbed the tripod, then tripped in the grass.  He sliced his cheek on the tripod…

  • first steps

    While not technically his very first steps, these were among his first unaided steps. Basically what happened… One night when I was watching Toren alone (Debi had a late class), I was sitting on the ground and set him a few feet away from me, facing me. I then let go and told him to…

  • another bike ride

    Here’s another bike ride Toren and I went on: We didn’t go quite as far this time: Total Distance: 10.36 km (6.4 mi) Total Time: 51:34 Moving Time: 49:34 Average Speed: 12.17 km/h (7.6 mi/h) Average Moving Speed: 12.54 km/h (7.8 mi/h) Max Speed: 17.47 km/h (10.9 mi/h) Min Elevation: -26 m (-86 ft) Max…

  • cars

    Debi and Toren went out to Utah at the end of April to attend a funeral. While out there, Toren picked up some knowledge of cars from his cousin, Ethan. His grandmary was kind enough to send some cars back: For some reason I remain really impressed how quickly he picked up how to play…