Baby Gabe

We attended the annual Festival of Books on the UCLA campus last weekend, and we thought it would be a good place to have Gabriel run around.  It was for a while.  He met many new friends and a big, friendly Labrador Retriever.  Then he found some steps.  He spent the next 10 minutes walking up and down.  We guided him, of course.  Then we moved to flat ground.  He was fine on the steps so we figured we didn’t need to hold his hands anymore.  Wrong.  He leaned forward to look at something and then tumbled forward for a full faceplant on the concrete.  We heard a sickening thud and rushed over.  The picture shows the result — abrasions on his forehead and nose.  The amazing thing is that he cried for only about 30 seconds before calming down.  He cried again when we used a wet tissue to clear out the bits of gravel and blood, but in a few minutes, he was struggling to be let down so he could walk around more.  He’s tough and resilient.