Active in Colorado

This is going to be one of those back to back post weeks. Mom had really good intentions of dictating my 10 month recap last weekend but once again, the execution just wasn't there. 

As you saw in my last video, I am a walker. I walk everywhere and I'm getting more balanced doing it. Here is another video of my improved skills. I haven't gotten to play on the tennis court yet, but they are letting me play with the balls in the lobby

In keeping with traditional Colorado winter activities, I am also a skier now...well at least a master of the magic carpet. "skier" may be a bit of an overstatement.  The conditions were less than ideal as it was dumping snow by the foot and quite chilly. But there were a couple breaks of better weather so I convinced mom to try it (the fact that she was too cheap to pay for the nursery helped my cause). Our main goal of the day was to get to watch one of Drew's races. They put the course in the middle of the mountain which meant spectators had the option to ski down or hike up (NOT!). So we chose the ski down option. As long as I look like a skier and not a baby in a backpack, I am allowed on the lift or gondola. So I got dressed and ready to go. Lift ticket and all.

We decided it would be best to start on the magic carpet to get the hang of things. I LOVED the moving belt that takes you to the top of the baby hill. My balance was better than moms and I was smiling the entire time

Next was the practice hill. The limiting factor here was plastic skis in powder. Not exactly the fat waisted rockers you normally see on a powder day. But I worked with what I had.

Here I am going down with Drew to get the hang of it

The final challenge was taking the gondola up the mountain and skiing to Drew's race course. I had a blast. Mom, not so much. She had to bend down so I could ski between her legs and said she had no idea how long that run was. We made it to the course but we were going to have to wait 40 racers to see Drew. It was cold and I was only having fun when I was actually moving. So we watched a few of his teammates and finished our run to the bottom. Mom wished she could video it because I was making a "weee" sound as we were going down. Hopefully this weekend will be much warmer so I can practice skiing independently. Mom said her muscles are too old to go down together again and I wouldn't let her take the breaks she desperately needed. Maybe I will work on dad. He is a softy.

Mom will post again in the next day or two with my 11 month old stats and some more pictures. 

Cheers!

alexa