{"id":437,"date":"2014-09-02T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/02\/sam-the-mountain-goat"},"modified":"2014-09-02T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T21:17:00","slug":"sam-the-mountain-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2014\/09\/02\/sam-the-mountain-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam the Mountain Goat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam is not showing signs of walking like I expected by now.\u00a0 He cruises like a champ.\u00a0 He goes from sitting to squatting to a stand, and back down, without using his hands.\u00a0 But he still flops to the floor when I try to lead him around by the hand.\u00a0 Call it independence, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>However, one thing he can do is CLIMB.\u00a0 Observe:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14935095098\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3918\/14935095098_5bcb0b842c_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>His favorite place to hang out in the kitchen.\u00a0 He has figured out how to get in and out all by himself. I think of it as a hobbit hole. <\/p>\n<p>Below, I tucked this chair back in the table.\u00a0 He immediately pulled it out and mounted up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15121280422\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3911\/15121280422_5db9297908_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walking into the kitchen and seeing this below, I pulled out my camera, baffled that he managed to climb up on the step stool.\u00a0 Did I even leave the stool at the counter?\u00a0 Hmmm, maybe should move that knife. . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14935078738\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3922\/14935078738_a06f517b41_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CRAP! YES!\u00a0 GRAB THE KNIFE AND GRAB HIM BEFORE HE FALLS OFF! WHY ARE SO MANY GLASS OBJECTS NEARBY??<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/14934952109\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3845\/14934952109_cf21fe576f_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>For the record, I snapped this then lunged forward, catching him just as he stepped his left foot off the stool and into the air.\u00a0 (Note the previously removed burner knobs.\u00a0 That happened when we came back from preschool drop-off to the smell of burning rubber.\u00a0 SOMEONE had turned on the burner when a hot pad was on top.\u00a0 Jack denies it and I believe him.\u00a0 That leaves one suspect.)<\/p>\n<p>In summary, thank you Grandma Betty for the new baby gate.\u00a0 Thank you very much indeed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/15098716946\" title=\"image by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5555\/15098716946_110a341bda_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam is not showing signs of walking like I expected by now.\u00a0 He cruises like a champ.\u00a0 He goes from sitting to squatting to a stand, and back down, without using his hands.\u00a0 But he still flops to the floor when I try to lead him around by the hand.\u00a0 Call it independence, I guess. 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