New Mexico

We traveled to New Mexico for a work conference Ashley was attending. Grandma and Grandpa Brooks picked us up at the airport and we went straight to Old Town Albuquerque for lunch. The first thing we saw was a performance of Native American singing and dancing in the town plaza.

After lunch we went on a walk to see petroglyphs and then took a tram ride to the top of the Sandia Mountain. Look how high up we were!

The next day we travelled to Taos, stopping to see a couple pueblos along the way. The main Taos pueblo was closed but we saw the often photographed San Francisco de Asis church. 
In Santa Fe we went to the Georgia O’Keeffe museum, the International Folk Art Museum, visited three churches, and did some shopping. Everywhere we went Louis did a lot of running around.

While Ashley was at the conference, the rest of the family went to Bandelier National Monument where they hiked to ruins of pueblos built into the cliffs. The way the rock is eroding makes it look like swiss cheese.

Race Track

Often in the evenings (really, anytime) Louis likes to race around our apartment. He has a course that runs around an arm chair, down the hallway, and then back. He takes this course while pushing his car, cart, or some other toy. We had to remove our hallway rug so as to not slow him down. (He is still getting over his cold in this video.)

Stairs

Louis doesn't encounter many stairs in his life. It's almost exclusively elevators and escalators. He really likes going up stairs, and has mastered that skill, but hasn't had much practice going down. Whenever we get a chance we try to help him practice going down stairs on his belly, instead of how he sees adults walking down stairs. Most of his stair-training has been with the basement steps of his Grandparents Russell's house. We recently got some footage of practice on the steps of his Grandparents Brooks's house. His speed is impressive.