Last weekend was damn hot, so we filled up the kiddie pool for Isaac to splash in. He approached it somewhat tentatively, not perceiving as a giant bath tub like I expected. But he seemed to enjoy reaching over the side to give the water a splash or two. Also note the cool swim togs [...]
Hooray! Isaac is one year old today. Why it seems like only yesterday that Blossom had me pull over at three in the morning so she could have a contraction on the side of the road. Today was a mostly normal day. We did give Mr. J. a few new birthday toys, but he was [...]
This weekend Mimi Trish came to visit. We had a lovely time, managing the boy and eating and drinking. Standard family encounter. We went to the Stone Zoo on Saturday. The grownups looked at the animals and Isaac looked at all the people. Then on Sunday we had the main event: a real haircut for [...]
Too bad we spent 6 billion dollars on the Iraq war instead of this:
Isaac J. is a full on crawling baby now. He cares not to eat, or sleep, or sit quietly contemplating the ease of baby life. All he wants to do is move. Observe as he splashes incessantly in the bath, then hauls tush down to his room to play with his toys.
I hope one day [...]
Happy first Mother’s Day Blossom! To celebrate we had a breakfast and then took Isaac to the playground. It was a gorgeous day, and Isaac got to wear his bug sun hat. We rode on the horses which he liked. I put him my lap and went down a slide, which he decidedly did not [...]
Isaac likes to empty things. Give him a filled container and he will fling the contents every which way.
Isaac J. is getting closer and close to full mobility. Frightening thought, really. He’s mastering the army crawl, and can roll over and sit up whenever he can be bothered. He can get his knees under him, but they don’t stay.
