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• Rappelling Another Day
• Rappelling Continues
• Rappel Cancelled Due to Weather
• Daddy Blown While Rappelling Washington Monument
• Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument Day 3
• Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument Day 2
• Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument
• 1st Day of Preschool
• Learning to Stand
• Brother and Sister
• Summer Concert
• Training for Tri

Rappelling Another Day - October 4, 2011
We went down to see Daddy on his last day rappelling down the Washington Monument. Unfortunately, by the time we got there he was finished for the day. The weather once again was not cooperating. We were happy that the team was able to get safely down the wall.
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Rappelling Continues - October 3, 2011
The weather cooperated and Daddy and the team were back at rappelling the Washington Monument today. Here are some articles of the day:

CNN Article with picture Daddy

Rappel Cancelled Due to Weather - October 1 - 2, 2011
Daddy got up early and drove downtown to rappel down the Washington Monument but both days the rappel was cancelled due to weather. Daddy still worked the majority of the day but didn't actually rappel down the building. Mommy was happy they stayed on the ground after watching Daddy "fly" on Friday when a wind gust blew him. We hope the weather will cooperate on Monday so the team can safely finish their job.
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Daddy Blown While Rappelling Washington Monument - September 30, 2011
Today, we went down to support Daddy while he was rappelling down the Washington Monument. His parents came down as well. It was another fun day watching Daddy, until the very end of the day when a huge wind gust blew him to the other side of the monument. It was the first time I really became anxious. I knew Daddy was well trained but I didn't think there was much he could do about the sudden wind gust. Daddy later told me he was prepared and had practiced going to the other side of the building in case something like that happened so he knew what to expect as it was happening. We're happy to report he is fine.

Video showing Daddy being blown into south side of Monument

Video of team explaining what it's like - NBC News with Brian Williams

Mommy on video after Daddy was blown by wind

Daddy Rappelling Top of Hat	3 Year Old Filming Daddy Rappelling	Family Picture after Morning Rappel	3 Year Old Pointing to Where Daddy Was	Almost Finished	Until the Next Day...

Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument Day 3 - September 29, 2011
Today Mommy and the kids stayed home to recover from yesterday. Mommy worked on editing the video of Daddy rappelling. We are happy Daddy and the entire team made it down safely. Here are some more links about the coverage of Daddy rappelling:

Great pictures from inside the Washington Monument

Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument Day 2 - September 28, 2011
A once in a lifetime opportunity! We went down and saw Daddy climb out of the tiny window of the Washington Monument and start working on the Washington Monument! We are so proud of Daddy! He works so hard for his company and is always willing to do whatever it takes, even if that means rappelling down the Washington Monument. Some of the news articles about the day:

Video about Erik Sohn (Daddy) with his sister and nephew talking

Video about Erik Sohn (Daddy) with Mommy, Sister, Nephew, and Kids

Article discusses Daddy's Little Spider-Man

Erik Sohn..."dream assignment" rappelling the Washington Monument

CEO William Nugent's Address about Washington Monument.

Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument	Mommy's Little Spider-Man	Daddy with Family	It was a long day...	and Amazing Day!

Daddy Rappelling Washington Monument - September 27, 2011
Daddy was the second person to climb out of the Washington Monument to help set-up to rappel down the Washington Monument tomorrow. Please refer below for some links of this national news event:

Picture of Daddy

Video of Daddy

NPR News Report (Mommy quoted)

Daddy Quoted

1st Day of Preschool - September 7, 2011

He decided he wanted me to make him a turkey/cheese sandwich with that white stuff you spread on it (mayo) and yogurt and a juice. When it was getting closer to time to leave he started to get hesitant about going to a new preschool but after I read him his daily schedule a few times and showed him what I packed for his lunch he was ready to go. I love his smile in his picture standing at our front door.

While we were waiting for the doors to open we took a few more pictures of him standing in front of his cubby. When it was time to go into the room, his teacher gave him a letter of the alphabet and he had to go in and find his letter and sit in that spot. He never looked back to see if I was still there he just proceeded into the room to look for his letter.

When I picked him up and asked him about his day he said a boy got sick and had to go to the doctor? He said someone had pushed the little boy and he fell down? Not sure how true the entire story was but something interesting must have happened. He said he had fun in gym class playing soccer and jumping around. He later said he really liked his new preschool but missed his friends at his old preschool. Mommy enjoyed watching her "big" boy off to another school year and used some of the time to work on the Peek-a-Bye-Baby™ cover and spend some one on one time with his baby sister. Thank you preschool teachers! We love you.
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Learning to Stand - August 21, 2011
It's amazing watching your baby learn so much each day. Our 10 month old is learning to stand. I love watching her face when she realizes she is standing on her own. Usually once she realizes it she sits down. Here is a quick video of her the first couple of times.

Brother and Sister - August 10, 2011
I feel fortunate to know that our 3 year old and our 9 month old will take care of each other. As much as I'm constantly asking our 3 year old to be gentle around his sister I also know he looks out for her. He lets me know if she has something in her mouth that she shouldn't or if she is crawling down the hallway. Recently when I dropped them off at gym school (if she's tired she sometimes initially gets upset) and as I was leaving I saw our 3 year old run into her room and say "It's ok...Mommy be back soon." I left with a smile on my face even though my youngest was crying because I knew her big brother would make her smile in a minute.
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Summer Concert - July 29, 2011
We finally made it to the Friday Night Free Concert held in our community. I am so glad we finally went even though it was once again around 100°. Our 3 year old had fun playing ball with a friend and he also had a blast dancing on stage with the performers. He even got a special treat, a giant slushie (even though Mommy disliked the fact it had a ton of artificial dyes in it...I guess you have to give in every once in awhile) and he'd take a bite of the slushi sprint to the front, dance on stage for a minute then sprint back take another bite of the slushi, sprint to the front, dance on stage (which may entail just jumping, doing jumping jacks, waving his arms, whatever the music moved him to do) and then sprint back take another bite of the slushi....Our 9 month old enjoyed doing her shimmy, wiggle dance, and had fun meeting our picnic blanket neighbors.
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