Kristen’s Blog

Today Isaac and I were on our way to the park to meet friends and I glanced in my fish-eye rear view kiddie mirror (it is for keeping an eye on who is throwing what in the 2nd and 3rd rows of my van) and I saw Isaac waving.  He must have seen me looking at him, so I waved back.  Then he smiled and said, “Hello!”  I said “Hello” back and then he said it a couple more times.  I forgot about it until when we were home, Jeff came in he said “Hello!”  What a big boy!  His vocabulary is expanding exponentially these days. 

I know everyone thinks their kid is the smartest kid, but I know mine is the smartest. ;p

Bath time!  Look at all those teeth!

Isaac started saying “no” a couple of days ago.  We think it is funny and a little cute when he says it, the way he says it.  This will change by next week when it won’t be cute anymore.  He says it low, serious, and a little breathy.  He says it when he’s trying to say “yes” also. 

I haven’t really wanted to talk about it.  I know it is silly, but I am in denial that it has happened. 

We had a really nice birthday BBQ at my parent’s house on Memorial Day so it was an easy day to celebrate- everyone had the day off!  My mom decorated with Beach theme and it was a ton of fun!  The cake was a carrot cake from Gina’s Piece of Cake- the best birthday cake I have ever had!  It was so yummy!

Isaac, what are you putting in Mommy’s hood?

The Girls

Okay, I had to post another one for today because this one was just too funny. 

I bought Isaac a step stool today for his bathroom so that he could learn how to step up to the sink and wash his hands.  I even got him some foam hand soap so that he would be able to wash off the soap easier.  Until now, we have been picking him up and washing his hands for him.  So, even with the step stool he is still too short to reach the faucet and turn on the water.  So I still have to hold him up a little bit or bring the water to him. 

When I set up the step stool he checked out the flip-up steps to see what was in there and banged those around for a while.  Then nI showed him how he to climb up and wash his hands.  He got up, then down, then up, then down, then he got on top of it and was stomping on top of it.  I got the camera because he loved it, he thought he was a big boy, and he thought he was getting away with something.  Then he started to lift one leg up, like he was doing a trick!  What a funny kid!

Oh good!  Now I have an audience!

Hey Mom!  Look what I can do!

I know it has been a LONG time since I published to my blog… Where did the time go?  I have been getting used to my new computer and also getting used to my new digital photo organization program, Memory Manager.  I am amazed at how many ways you can organize pictures in this program, how easy it is to share pictures (just figuring that part out so gimme a break), and it makes me wonder why I haven’t been using it until now.  It will even keep track of the pictures I have printed, boy do I need that!

Isaac and I enjoyed a day at the beach about a month ago.  It was a perfect beach day and I wanted to post some of the pictures I took while we were there. 

Are you gonna catch me, mom?

I love this picture.  What are you thinking, little man?

It was a great day and I was so glad that we were able to enjoy a day at the beach, just the two of us.

Since I haven’t posted in a while, I thought I’d get these cute picts of Isaac up.  He is getting so big.  At his doctor’s appointment last week, he weighed 22 lbs!  The doctor said he is still light for his age, but average height.  He has been a bit under the weather lately, which may be related to more teething.  He woke up twice last night, which is unusual. 

Isaac has been “reading” just about anything he can get his hands on lately.  He loves reading little pamphlets especially the ones out of his DVD cases, but others also.  My mom said he was reaching for a pamphlet near the front of a cash register at Home Depot the other day that was a credit card application.  She let him have it and he “read” that one also. 

He fell asleep reading… just like Daddy.

My Cutie Pie

Today was a challenging day at work.  I worked with an assistant whom I don’t normally work with.  She was in training and this is her last week with us.  Nearly every turn presented new opportunities of teachable moments.  I found myself tired at the end of the day and mentally exhausted.  Infection control issues, documentation, communication, expectations.  I wonder if I am being too demanding, having expectations too high, or wanting everyone to think like I do.  I am glad that we are all different and function to work as a team.  Not everyone can be a hand or a foot.  I need the help of our team to function as a complete unit and it works when we do our job for the better of the team. 

Okay, so Nana and Papa got Isaac 4 chicks for Easter this year!  2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Cochinas, if anyone wants to know.  He is having a blast with these “chickies” he calls them.  He doesn’t like to hold them and when he does, it can be scary.  He picked up one of the chickies and threw it on Saturday- yikes.  Poor chickie.  Jeff and I both grew up having chickens.  We had them as pets and Jeff had them for dinner.  I think it will be fun for Isaac to have these chickens to experience while growing up.  I always liked
collecting their eggs and caring for them.



 

We dyed Easter Eggs on Saturday and decided it would be better to make a big mess of this at Nana and Papa’s house. 

Then on Easter, we had the egg hunt.  We “hid” them for Isaac on Nana and Papa’s patio.  Isaac liked finding them, and knew that he was doing a good job of that.  The only problem was that he thought they were balls and started throwing them on the ground, hard.  We managed to save 3 of the 12 eggs that we dyed.

And finally, what is Easter without a little Cool Whip and strawberries?

All cleaned up and still playing in the candy eggs.

Monday, Isaac and I were in Target and had headed towards the checkout counter with our purchases. If you have ever been to our local Target store, you would notice that many of the employees have *many* body piercings. Isaac was in his stroller and was turning around in his seat to smile at the cashier and then at me. He was pinching his nose and smiling at me then back at her.  I was cracking up! He had noticed she had her nose pierced and was commenting to me about it. He wanted to be sure I saw it, but probably wanted to ask me what it was. He plays with my earrings, so who knows what he was thinking. Funny kid.

We have an early reader in our family.  We knew he was a smart kid, but we didn’t know he was *this* smart.