We are entering a period in the life of our son that is quite unnerving. He’s trying to crawl and walk. He wants to go, but he just can’t. Add that to the fact that he is completely 100% fearless then you have a problem. He will roll off chairs, couches, beds, and anything else high and he does it in seconds. The other day we were sitting on the couch and Josiah was in my lap. He literally stood up and jumped out of my lap, in the air, and landed face first on the pillows next to me. If he sees something he wants, like mommies car keys, then he will do whatever is necessary to get them.

He had his first serious face plant a couple days ago. I wasn’t around for this little episode, but I certainly saw the results. He was sitting in a chair (which probably wasn’t a good idea in the first place given his ability to leap off off of things in seconds) and he rolled off hitting the floor face first. He scraped his forehead in two or three places and I guess his face hit the chair on the way down too, cause he really scraped his nose something awful. He had a deep, dark bruise on his eye and a scrape on his eyelid. He looks like he just got through with a boxing match.

I’m sure this is just the first of many scrapes, bumps, and bruises as he toddles around in this world. Scary…