No Pain No Gain.... Right?

I am so proud of you. Yet again you surpassed one of my expectations. A little over a year ago we went for a bike ride with Nancy and T (look back at journals from last August) and you were still in a baby seat on the back of my bike. We made it that day, you telling me to "go" and just enjoying the wind in your face with no effort needed on your part as you nicely sipped your water.

Well, a year later, we went on this exact same bike ride today. This time though there was no way you were still fitting in that baby seat after growing over 5 inches in the last year so I had the bright idea to rent a trail-a-bike (basically makes my bike into a tandem bike by attaching a bike for you by a long arm). The problem, you don't know how to ride a bike yet. When I envisioned this trail-a-bike I was thinking it was very sturdy, didn't move side to side, and all the balance would come from me. Hahaha, maybe I should have looked into it a little more before we got all the way to Georgetown. It did move side to side, required you to pay attention, balance, and concentrate on holding on. The trail has hills, turns, bumps, and a lot of other people who you, of course, love to say Hi to as we pass.

When I first tried to get you on you cried, screamed, yelled some more, and really didn't seem to have an interest. In all honesty, I probably would not have either and I really didn't know if I could pull you for this long trip and not take both of down. But, you made it. Once we got moving you started to really like it. Instead of just saying "go" this year you pointed out the water to me, the boats, cars, other people on bikes, and the airplanes. It was so nice to spend this time with you today, to relax, not worry about what others and just come back to reality a little bit and continue to marvel in the little man you are becoming.

About five minutes before we were back we did have a little mishap and you fell off the bike. I think you may have dozed off, a long day for you, or you just simply let go, but either way you did take a hard hit cut up your knees, elbows, hands, and some pretty good cuts on your back and shoulder. What amazed me though is your tough as nails attitude and you took a minute to regroup, walked a few feet, and then got right back on the bike to finish the ride. I am sure you will be a little sore tomorrow but no pain, no gain, and we gained so much today :)

Love you baby
Mom