Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter
We staged a mini Easter egg hunt for Isaac at Aunt Connie and Uncle Pete's house this afternoon. His eggs contained new binkies and Gerber Yogurt Bites, two things he loves very much. As you can see, he's excellent at standing on his own, even bending down to pick up the eggs on his own. He still isn't walking more than a few steps without holding on to someone or something, but hopefully soon. Happy Easter from Ike!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Highchairs, Haircuts, and Hobbies
These are some highlights from the photos we had taken for Isaac's first birthday. Since his birthday, Ike's been keeping pretty busy. He isn't walking on his own yet, but will take several steps between Mommy and Daddy and is sometimes willing to walk along holding onto just one of someone's hands. He not only scales quickly along the furniture, but the walls as well, which allows him to walk the entire first floor of our townhouse on his own. His highchair has wheels that I often forget to lock. The other night I was standing at the sink while Isaac was playing a couple feet away. I looked up to see him pushing his high chair across the kitchen floor at a run, grinning like a wild man. All a little nerve wracking since the flying highchair was also the only thing holding him upright. Basically, Isaac can't technically walk yet but he manages to be constantly on the move.
Isaac's current hobbies include pulling all his toys off the shelf where we keep them, pulling all his blocks out of their bag one by one and either tossing them over his shoulder or handing them to his mom, and playing the instruments from his band-in-a-box. He also likes to flip casually through his books, sometimes reading aloud, and he enjoys playing with the magnets we keep stuck to the stove for him. His favorite food is black beans, and he eats cheesy scrambled eggs like someone might at any second try to steal them. While he loves any kind of fruit, particularly bananas, he's not so fond of vegetables. We started him on whole milk last week, and so far, he seems to have grown out of his milk allergy. He's mastered the sign for "more" and uses it when he wants more of anything--food, songs, being tickled, playing peek, etc.; he can sign "all done," though that one is also usually accompanied by some whining); and he talks up a storm, though the only clear words are still mama, dada, and, now, something sounds a little like "no" but can be used in any context.
He had his first haircut about a week ago. He sat in my lap and held pretty still, and he was definitely more curious than nervous. I miss the perpetual bedhead he had before the haircut, but said bedhead is recorded forever in his 1 year photos. This week two teeth are breaking through, one on the bottom and one on the top. Any day now he should finally have one of his two front teeth. We continue to laugh with him (and at him, but in a very loving way) every day, and, though occasionally pretty opinionated, he continues to be a sweet, good-natured, cuddly guy. We feel so, so lucky to have him in our lives.
Isaac's current hobbies include pulling all his toys off the shelf where we keep them, pulling all his blocks out of their bag one by one and either tossing them over his shoulder or handing them to his mom, and playing the instruments from his band-in-a-box. He also likes to flip casually through his books, sometimes reading aloud, and he enjoys playing with the magnets we keep stuck to the stove for him. His favorite food is black beans, and he eats cheesy scrambled eggs like someone might at any second try to steal them. While he loves any kind of fruit, particularly bananas, he's not so fond of vegetables. We started him on whole milk last week, and so far, he seems to have grown out of his milk allergy. He's mastered the sign for "more" and uses it when he wants more of anything--food, songs, being tickled, playing peek, etc.; he can sign "all done," though that one is also usually accompanied by some whining); and he talks up a storm, though the only clear words are still mama, dada, and, now, something sounds a little like "no" but can be used in any context.
He had his first haircut about a week ago. He sat in my lap and held pretty still, and he was definitely more curious than nervous. I miss the perpetual bedhead he had before the haircut, but said bedhead is recorded forever in his 1 year photos. This week two teeth are breaking through, one on the bottom and one on the top. Any day now he should finally have one of his two front teeth. We continue to laugh with him (and at him, but in a very loving way) every day, and, though occasionally pretty opinionated, he continues to be a sweet, good-natured, cuddly guy. We feel so, so lucky to have him in our lives.
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