Mystery Man

Please can anyone tell me who this disguised guy is?

Yet another Sam video

Sam is starting to grasp objects when they are handed to him, and he has discovered his Totoro rattle that he got from Aunt Tomo and Uncle Dan. Here he is, showing Totoro who is boss.

Birthday Ride

Happy Birthday (well, yesterday) to Dad, the big 60, and to think you don't look any older than 59 years and 364 days.

So, to celebrate Mom and Dad when for a ride around the lake a couple of times. Nice to see Lug Bros. jerseys out.

New Bikes

No, not new bikes for me, but Mom and Dad's new bikes that they bought down here in March.

Mom got a Giant and Dad got a Cannondale. So far they both have really like them.

1953 Giro d'Italia

The 100th Giro starts on Saturday, and in appreciation of it, here is silent footage from the 1953 Giro of Fausto Coppi (who won the race 5 times) climbing the Passo Sella.

New Sam Videos

Been awhile

So, it has been awhile since I posted anything up here, and sorry to his fans, but there are no pictures of Sam in this post. But I promise we will put more up soon.

Sam continues to grow and change daily, doing many new things. He had discovered his thumb and hands and now does comfort himself by sucking on them. This week has seen a lot of changes for us, as Kate went back to work on Monday and we all have had to adapt to a new schedule. Overall it has been a good transitition. Sam likes going to Nona's and while it is very hard for Kate and I to let him go, we are adjusting to having both of us back at work, as have the dogs. But Kate is certainly looking forward to having 3 day weekend starting today.

I have been riding when I can and when the weather permits, including the ill-advised idea I had of trying to ride really early one morning (4:30 AM) to get a ride in outside before the day started. While the ride was fine, it certainly was a strange experience being out on the roads that early (the last picture on the page is a poor attempt to take a shadow picture from this ride).