Wild Child

Where does he get his energy? Isaac loves to climb on the couch and bounce around. Unfortunately he hasn't quite figured out how to get down safely yet. He usually slides down head first. Here is a little clip of the bouncing action.

The wild times continue in the bath tub! After getting him good and clean I usually have to take a few steps back while he plays so I don't get soaked. He loves the water and loves his bath.

One Year Stats

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Isaac had his 12 month check-up a few weeks ago. He is 33 inches tall, which puts him off the charts again. He weighed in at only 22 lbs, putting him in the 50th percentile. I say "only" because he had the stomach flu for two days before his appointment and I'm sure he lost a couple pounds. Poor little guy. It was so sad seeing him that sick. He also had a reaction to one of his vaccines and was pretty sick for awhile after that. He is finally starting to feel better and is getting back to his normal happy self again.

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Happy Birthday Baby!

Isaac turned one year old last Monday. We had a Hawaiin Luau party for him and invited some of my family over to help us celebrate. Isaac got lots of fun new toys and enjoyed diving in to his own little cake.

Happy Birthday little Munchkin!

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Growing Up

Isaac will turn one year old on Monday. Sometimes I can't believe how fast a year has gone by, but it has been really fun watching Isaac grow up little by little. A few things that were supposed to wait until the one year mark happened a little early.

Isaac has never liked riding in the car very much. Charlie wanted to go ahead and turn him around a few months ago but I refused. I was probably a little dangerous driving around with one arm behind my head trying to hand Isaac toys and pacifiers to keep him quiet, but I still insisted that he face backward until a year. And then two weeks ago I gave up. It was the drive to Palm Springs that helped make up my mind. I planned for Isaac to take his nap on the drive, and sure enough he was sound asleep within just a few minutes after we left. But just 20 minutes into the drive Cracker barfed all over my leg and we had to stop and clean up. That woke Isaac up and the rest of the drive was awful. He was overly tired and did not want to be in that carseat. After awhile all of my usual tricks stopped working and there was nothing I could do to stop the screaming. That felt like a very long drive! So before we headed home, I told Charlie to go ahead and turn that seat around. It has been completely worth it!

He is still no angel in the car, but he is much much better. Of course that might also have something to do with the "Toddler Tunes" CDs we bought at Target recently. See, one of my car tricks that Charlie didn't know about until this Palm Springs trip, is that I sometimes sing to Isaac and it quiets him down. I sing all of the songs from our swim class this summer. And after Charlie had to endure my singing as we drove through the desert, he suggested that maybe we should buy Isaac some music instead. What, is my singing that bad? (I'm pretty sure that it is.)

Some people say that you are supposed to wait until your baby's first birthday to cut their hair. We were trying to hold out. Even through all the crazy hair days...



But it was just getting too long and looking really messy. Charlie said he'd rather cut Isaac's hair himself that take him to one of those kid salons, so I bought us a pair of barber shears and Charlie snipped off Isaac's cute little baby hair. It turned alright... if you don't look at his right side. I am still in favor of the kid salon for next time.




Finally, all the books and websites and doctors tell you it is best if you can breastfeed for a full year. I never thought I would make it that long, but I ended up doing it much longer than I ever planned. I'll admit I was a little hesitant to give it up, but it was also partly because I couldn't get Isaac to take a bottle! And he wasn't too good with the sippy cup either. Finally, about a month ago I found just the right sippy cup for Isaac. Now he is a pro! Within a few weeks I had him completely weaned. And I think we are both enjoying this new arrangement.


Now just a few more days until the Big #1!!!

Isaac & Cracker- Imitating Each Other

Cracker thinks he's human. He has recently decided that Isaac's car seat is his favorite spot in the car.

Good thing Isaac doesn't mind and thinks its pretty funny.

And Isaac sometimes pretends to be a dog. His new favorite trick- crawling in and out of the dog door.

Swimming Lessons

Today was our last day of Isaac's swimming lessons. We took a two week "Mommy & Me" class. Isaac's little friend, Hudson was in our class too.

Mostly we just splashed and sang songs. The boys were supposed to learn to blow bubbles, kick and do "big arms" but Isaac didn't really understand any of that. I think the class was mostly just to get the kids comfortable in the water. And Isaac loves the water! He is our little fish. He can't get enough of splashing and kicking. He doesn't mind one bit going under the water, and during our lessons I even let him go for a few seconds at a time. I don't think you can really teach an 11 month old to actually swim, but when Isaac is in the water he kicks his arms and legs so much that you'd think if you let go of him he'd just swim away!

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And even though Isaac gets slathered with sunscreen everyday, he's still managed to get a pretty good tan!

Me & My Buddies

Isaac is lucky to have lots of other little boys his age at church. On Sundays when he is being a little too loud to sit in class, he gets to go out and crawl around the halls with his friends. It is really funny to watch them all chase each other around.

This is Isaac's friend Hudson. Hudson is just a few weeks older than Isaac and it is fun watching them interact.

Here they are playing together earlier this week. They both wanted the same "toy" - the Gerber Puffs canister, of course. They were actually pretty good at sharing. Or at least neither of them got mad when the other grabbed it away. It was funny to watch.

Isaac's other good friend is Daniel. Daniel is only a few days younger than Isaac. Here are some pictures of the two of them playing out in our yard a few weeks ago.

I think as the boys get older they will enjoy playing together more and more. But for right now, I am just lucky to have some good mom friends to hang out with!

And of course, this post would not be complete without a picture of Isaac & his best buddy Cracker.

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