The Victory Lap

Harrison's new thing is something we like to call The Victory Lap. It occurs occasionally when something particularly exciting happens. Like Doug and I go "Yay!" Or he sees a cat. Or he hears someone laughing. (Apparently, those things are exciting to an 11-month old.)

So what happens is this: The Oh-So-Exciting Thing happens, then Harrison starts this super-turbo speed crawling in a circle, with his head down, facing the floor, all the while yelling"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The Victory Lap is damn funny, but also a tad dangerous, as the super-turbo speed crawling sometimes leads to Limb Failure (you moms know what I'm talking about), a phenomenon which is normally just slightly problematic but becomes high-risk at super-turbo speed.

Using super-turbo speed whilst crawling with one's head down is perhaps also not the wisest of decisions. Tuesday, during a Victory Lap around the nursery, Harrison must have thought we were playing Charades because he used his head to do a really great impression of a battering ram smashing into the side of his crib. Doug and I yelled, "Battering ram! You're supposed to be a battering ram, right?" But Harrison didn't respond because apparently he couldn't hear us over the screaming

He's a genius. Clearly.