Back bends

When there is something behind you, how do you see it?

For Asher, it is simple to bend backwards.

Sadly, this stunt is coming to an end as he realizes that he can simply turn to one side or the other, but in his younger days, if there was something behind him that he wanted to see, he would simply bend backwards.

For the full effect, you have to imagine the situation.

I'm walking out of Tahlia's room, holding Asher. I turn around to finish a conversation with Mommy. At the sound of Mommy's voice, instead of turning around to see Mommy, Asher launches himself directly away from me back arched, head heading down. I squeeze his legs in a vice like clamp to my chest to not lose him. My other hand shoots out to catch his head and neck as they plummet towards the floor. He sees Mommy and smiles.

But, as happens with most babies, this was a phase that is rapidly coming toward an end. Much like the "O" mouth that Tahlia used to make, soon the backbend will be a memory. Soon, all of these moments will be behind us, and then, how will we see them.