First guitar!

Our trip to Hood River made a huge impression on Tristan. We have Nate and his guitars to thank for Tristan's recent obsession with wanting one of his own. He has always loved music. In fact, he would listen to Pandora on my iPhone on our long commute any time we left home each day, starting when he was about a year old. He would sit in his car seat with earphones in his ear as he jammed to Jack Johnson or Dave Matthews. He only wanted to listen to acoustic rock. A boy after my own heart :) And then after his getaway weekend at Grama & Papa's house in February, he was introduced to the "hotdog dance" by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which led to his infatuation with Jake and the Neverland Pirate rock band. Not the cartoon, the real live band. We watched all 10+ of their videos continuously. And he knew exactly how to navigate youtube to find them, without any help from us at all. Crazy.

Anyhoo, that is how the guitar obsession began. After coming home from our Hood River/Portland trip, all he talked about was a guitar. We even had to leave a restaurant early while having lunch one day because he spotted a guitar on the wall and couldn't understand why he couldn't play it. It was later that day that we gave in and realized this may not be a passing toddler fad and bought him his first guitar. And ever since then, it's been non-stop jamming with youtube videos, songs on TV/radio/CDs, etc. Here's some of the first pics and videos. Please excuse the hair as we are in desperate need of a haircut!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne8EQ7wdFLM&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY8zQaL2ftQ&feature=plcp

*September update - These videos are two of MANY I have of him playing his new guitar. In fact, I had to start a youtube channel for the first time so that I could share them all with the grandparents. I'm sure there will be another post soon dedicated to these videos :). Oh, and I also couldn't upload the videos from our computer so had to put the youtube link instead. Hope to figure that out soon.*