This video has been featured on The UK Discovery Channel's You Have Been Warned, The Science channel's Outrageous Acts of Science, ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos, Bloopers & several Japanese TV Shows--enjoy! Our amazing 5 month old, 24lb son Leopold surfing on my husbands hand at the park - no strings attached! Leopold is an all natural baby & only had breastmilk up to this point. He was 105% weight & 105% height when this was recorded. His Dr said most babies of this size can't even sit up by themselves, let alone balance on a hand. Check out this great article about this vid on the stir: http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/138873/dad_balances_24pound_baby_on Shot in the st johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, on Friday, June 1st, 2012 w/ an iPhone 4s... For usage & licensing inquiries please email: pi@patternintegrity.com Due to the recent flurry of inquiries: On Male Adult Model: American Apparel T-Shirt 50/25/25 and one Hugh Grant Wig On Male Baby Model: Gerber 18 Month Onesie and 2T 365 Wholefoods Diapers (way too snug) PaTTeRN_iNTeGRiTy©2012 What *exactly* is the BIG BLEND theory? In case you haven't noticed, blending a family takes a lot of work. Sometimes it seems as though everyone involved is trying to hang on to what they think is a normal life. But no matter what you do to stuff that elephant into a closet, it's too huge to ignore and no closet is big enough to contain it: Being committed in a blended family, first and foremost, means admitting how different your family is from what is considered culturally ideal. Contrary to popular belief, blended families are rapidly becoming the norm, with 1 in 3 Americans being either a step-parent or a step-child according to a 2010 census. In addition, 75% of these blends fail because our culture has created a stigma whereas being divorced immediately renders the adults broken and their children baggage. Even if that's not the case, many try to blend, while clinging to traditional values that haven't ever really worked for any happy family. Of the divorces taking place from re-marriages, 80% state that there simply aren't enough resources out there to help these types of dynamic families navigate the complexity of the family structure. What does work is embracing differences and agreeing to the fact that one family has not ended and another began, but that the family dynamic as it has existed, has changed. In fact, families are always changing, no matter what they look like. As children grow and parents get older and members come and go, nothing is stagnant. And really, who'd want it to be? As a blended family of 9, we are here to start a mini-revolution, in the hopes that you'll join us. Together we can support each other by building this community and end the popular myth that blended families are "chaotic" or "damaged" or "broken". Together we are committed to being different and yes, unusual even. That means letting go of the things other people say to build a family identity that includes the things that make your blend so unique. It's called being proud of what you have and setting the example for your children and other families. We've taken our family online to live this example, to start a blended revolution. We feel that we can significantly lower the 2nd divorce rate, but we can't do it alone. Please join us to start the conversation and change the cultural perception of divorced, blended and step-families. Your neighbors, your friends and your family depends on it! Join us on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebigblendtheory Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebigblendtheory Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigblendtheory Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100971934302226006846/100971934302226006846/posts hand surfing baby balancing baby Laughing with dad pdx portland, or