Movin' on up

Since Isaac started eating foods, I've been feeding him in his Bumbo seat, with the tray attached to it. However, since he is growing so fast, his little bum seems to not be fitting in there so well anymore.

Plus, since he is beginning to feed himself, I thought it was just about time to get him into a real highchair.

I was happy to see that it had arrived the other day, and lucky for me, it took virtually no assembly! Isaac was very eager to help though!

Tonight was the big first night in it, and he did marvelous! I think it will be a BIG success!

Whew, no wonder I'm going grey

So, over the past week or so, Isaac has decided that it's quite delightful to scare the living day lights out of me. It started on Sunday. We were at my nephew Jacob's lacross game. Isaac was doing fantastic, and really chumming it up with any and everyone who paid him any attention. He must have gotten a little too excited, because he spit up a little bit on my shoulder.

I wiped him off, then stuck him in his stoller, took off my puke splattered sweatshirt, and wheeled him back over to where we had been standing. I hadn't stopped the stroller for more than a moment, when my friends' son Olin said "he's crawling out"

I managed to grab Isaac or should I say Houdini, in mid-fall, just as his feet left the stroller, and he was aiming head first toward the ground. I have to admit, I came VERY close to soiling my jeans in that moment.

I'm still considering having Olin be Isaac's stand in God father! I mean, he's already saved his life!

The next time Isaac tried to fly was yesterday morning. He had finished his breakfast, so I put him in his pack n play, so I could attempt to clean up a little bit around the kitchen. Ian came upstairs for breakfast and to get his things ready for school. Well, when Isaac got wind of that, he stood himself up, and launched himself out of the pack n play! Well, tried to anyway. He was less than succesful, thank heavens.

The minute Ian and Michael left, I dropped the bottom of that pack n play real quick! Now he can stand up all he wants, and he's not getting out of there! Knock on wood!

Big things!

So, this week we've had a few milestones! On Friday, Isaac FINALLY said Mama!! I was fine being called Dada, but it was music to my ears when I heard that little word come out of his adorable little mouth!

Last night, I finally bit the bullet and gave Isaac some meat. I decided to try chicken first, since it's a pretty simple protein, and thought it wouldn't be too hard on his little digestive system. I boiled it, then blended it with some organic stock. The first bite faces were pretty classic, but he didn't seem to mind it.

Today I was eating a piece of halibut, and he seemed really interested in it. So I broke up a few pieces and put them on his Bumbo tray. I fed him one or two bites, then he took it from there! It was not only the first time he had fish, but also the first time he fed himself! His technique was funny, but effective! He'd make a fist, with his thumb out, lick his thumb, then push it onto the fish, to get it to stick, then into the mouth it would go! BIG success!

Our talented little musician

The other day, Isaac and I were the only people who showed up for our play group. It could have gone terribly wrong, but lucky for me, Isaac discovered his love of music!

Easter x3

Hooray! We got to open the Easter baskets today when Ian got home from school, and they were a big hit! Who knew that a simple pin wheel could be so entertaining?

Isaac and I got a VERY early start to our Easter this year! So early in fact, that I'm not entirely sure that I even fell asleep the night before! I wanted to get a few more shots outside, with some glorious flowers somewhere but that just wasn't in the cards.

My brother, sister in law, nephew, Isaac and I went to brunch in town, and had a fabulous time! Unfortunately Michael was working and couldn't join us. Isaac did great, everyone took turns feeding him, which he thought was great. I think he could tell that Jacob was the most nervous, because he punked him for sure. He did a fake sneeze, with a big mouthful of food, which sprayed all over Jacob!

Since it was Isaac's very first Easter, I really wanted to find an Easter bunny to get a picture of the two of them together. Well, that was tough. Apparently, there was only ONE on the island? I'm not quite sure what that's all about. Anyway, we found him, and Isaac was certainly NOT a fan. Poor little guy. I can't really say that I blame him, he was the creepiest bunny I've ever seen.

I think for next year I'll look for an arm chair sized stuffed bunny to take pictures with!

We had a very nice family dinner at my parents' house last night, and hopefully we'll be enjoying the Easter baskets at our house tonight, since Ian was with his mom yesterday! I can't wait to see all the goodies ; )

Happy Easter!

I have been trying to figure out what the heck I was going to put Isaac in for Easter pictures, and couldn't figure anything out. Well nothing too amazing anyway. This morning while doing a massive amount of laundry, I happened to be sorting through some of Ian's old baby clothes and came across something PERFECT! A baby chick costume! True, it was a tad on the small side, but he didn't seem to mind too much that I squeezed him into it!

After I snapped a mere 200 pictures of him in that adorable costume here at the house, I decided it was too nice to stay indoors. So, I recruited a couple of friends and we walked to a local florist to snap some more! He did really well for a little while, but slowly got crankier and crankier, so the photo selection got a bit scarce.

I'll be sure to post more once Easter actually comes!