T: And then what started to happen.
F: I cried.
T: Yeah, you cried a little bit.
F: Because I was like, ooww.
T: And then what did we do to try and comfort you?
F: Lift me over?
T: What happened before that? Austin, remember Austin, he held you and tried to comfort you for a while and then Mommy was down in the valley.
Ingrid: And I was with Mommy.
T: And you were with Mommy. And Mommy yelled up, “You’re doing great, Fitzy,” but she was so far away that we couldn’t really see her. Remember that? And so you got scared, but then you got through the hard part of pitch four.
B: How did you get through it?
F: Daddy lifted me across from the crack over to the easy part.
T: So what happened when you saw the top? You gotta say it.
F: I was climbing so fast then, and when I saw the top I was at like such a speed, Daddy couldn’t even catch up.
T: That’s right, that’s totally true. And then when you got to the top, how did you feel?
F: Better, way better, way better. Way way way way way way way way way way better.
T: The way I remember it, you were so excited you didn’t stop talking about it for like half a day.
B: Did you feel proud of yourself?
F: Yeah.
B: Do you think if you wouldn’t have had that hard part … do you think it would have been as fun getting to the top? Or do you think the hard part made the top feel even better?
F: The hard part made the top feel even better.
Banner image – Photo: Austin Siadak.