11 months

Isaac is 11 months...happy, tiny, and getting in everything. It's humorous to me that at 19 lbs 10oz, he is roughly the size Noah was at 6 months! He's such a little peanut. His weight puts him in the 10th-25th percentile for his age. Jason says he was just like that as a baby, so maybe Isaac will be a skinny child too. Isaac likes most foods, but he does take the food back out of his mouth to look at it to make sure he knows what he is eating! It cracks us up!

Isaac is "talking" more, but we haven't heard him say too many words yet. We know he recognizes the words "no" and "milk." He has said the word "two" and babbles a lot "ma...ga...ba..." etc. Noah says he will help teach Isaac how to say Mama and Dada. (Meanwhile, Noah is calling me "Mom." Not cool!! My name is "MomMY.")

Midway through the month I finished nursing Isaac. He drinks 4-5 bottles/day and has done really well with the transition. It is nice that someone else can feed him from time to time while I am at work, exercising or otherwise busy. In another month, we'll move him over to whole milk. He still hasn't gotten the hang of using a sippy cup, so we need to work on that. Isaac loves holding hair while he drinks his bottle (probably why he won't do the sippy cup...).

This month has made me realize how old Isaac is getting. I am sad to be nearing the end of his first year. I am not a sentimental person about most things, but the one thing that I hold onto is our photo and video memories. I always wish I had taken a few more photos....the more you take, the more likely to have a few good ones!

Little bald baby will one day grow hair...

Video: Isaac hates the Bike Trailer

Happy Birthday to Noah!

Happy birthday to Noah! We celebrated his third birthday this month with our families at our house. We had tacos for lunch and cake & ice cream. Our immediate families are big, because without all of them even attending we had a crowd of 20!

Grandma Betty brought Noah a construction truck birthday cake.

When it came time to blow out the candles, Noah wasn't quite sure what he needed to do...so Jason helped!

Noah was so cute when he went to open his birthday presents. After every present he opened, he looked at that person and said in a serious voice, "Thank you for getting me that thing." My mom asked if I had coached him to say that. (No, Mom!)

Good Little Buddies

Noah and Benjamin enjoy their little cousin playtime every so often. Generally full of mischief, these three year olds manage to sneak snacks from the pantry among other random things like stealing each other's toys. They do so love to play together and lately even seem to "talk" to each other!!

Snowpocalypse 2011 Pictures

What would a good February ice storm be without a few pictures? I can't say that I miss the effects of this storm, which took place about a month ago....

Noah's Day at the Children's Museum

Last week my mom watched Isaac for the morning so that Noah and I could head to the Children's Museum with our friends from MOPS. We had not been to the museum since a free day a few years ago, and I was excited to spend one-on-one time with Noah.

Open right now is the Dora and Diego exhibit about exploration. Of course we had to plan a stop in that exhibit.

Noah wanted to hold the map and see where we could go.

We played at the train table with one of the boys from MOPS. I tried to sneak past it without stopping since there were so many other things to do in the museum, but oh well! He got to play there for five minutes.

Noah wanted to pose with Dora in the exploration exhibit. In Spanish, the show is called "Dora La Exploradora" which is so much more fun to say than "Dora The Explorer." As a side note, Dora has a huge head!

Noah explored commanding a ship and battoning down the hatches.

We checked out more trains at the train exhibit. Noah was fascinated watching the model trains go around into the tunnels and pop out at other random parts.

On display was a real (I think?) former IndyCar for the kids to sit in.

The preschool area is called Playscape, and it's full of hands-on learning activities for the kids. Water play and sand play were huge highlights for Noah. It was enjoyable to watch him scoop the water/sand, dump it out, and do it over and over! He really loved playing on the small construction equipment also.

It was at this moment I contemplated possibly getting a membership to the museum for a year. Against the cultural norm, we are choosing not to put Noah in 3 year old preschool this fall (GASP!!!!), so a museum membership could be a good avenue for some extra learning experiences. Still thinking on this since it is a 30-35 min drive.

Lastly we checked out the dinosaur exhibit. We looked at the various skeletons on display, and Noah commented, "Mommy those dinosaurs are so scared!" I think he meant "scary"....cute! :)

I asked him who made the dinosaurs, and without missing a beat, he said, "God did!" I love the moments we talk about God, what He made, and His great, big love for us!

There were so many exhibits that we did not get to see last week. I had to pick the ones I thought he would like the most since I knew we would both tire after a few hours. Hopefully we'll get to go again in the near future...maybe with Daddy and Isaac this time, even if it's just on a free night!

Goodbye to Mia and Layla

Noah's good friends Mia(4) and Layla(3) moved away a few weeks ago. Their mom Amy and I are good friends, coworkers, and MOPS moms! Their dad Jason started a new position working at a church in Berne. We are adjusting to missing our friends, but at least they are "just around the corner" from Noah's grandparents! Hopefully we'll get a chance to see them soon!