Egg whites?

This morning, I tried gave Isaac a few bits of egg whites to try with his breakfast. I had given him a few little pieces the other day, and he seemed interested. Today on the other hand. . . a somewhat different story.

Mommy's little helper

Isaac has become very helpful around the kitchen! Just today alone, he helped with the groceries AND the dishes! He's such a fantastic little helper!

Earth Day!

In celebration of Earth Day, Isaac and I geared up to do a little beach clean up. Lucky for us, it was simply glorious outside! Sunny, warm, and barely any breeze, which is always helpful when Isaac is wearing a hat! Which lately has been any and every time we step outside!

He lucked out and got my bright baby blues, but also gets the sunshine sneezes like I do whenever the sun is in his face. Plus, since I'm weary about slathering sunscreen too close to his eyes, I always stick a hat on his adorable little head. Luckily he really doesn't mind wearing hats! Which is really spectacular, since I have yet to find any suitable sunglasses for him!

I stuck him in our new hiking pack, and hit the trail to the beach! Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there was not a spec of trash on the beach at all! All I got to pick up was one gum wrapper! Not wanting to feel like I was wimping out on Earth Day, Isaac and I spent most of the rest of the day outdoors! It would have been too hard not to.

A few days ago, I showered our backyard with bird seed, and each day we have a few new ones to gaze at! This afternoon, I couldn't even count them all!

Now, I certainly do not have any shades of green on my thumbs, the most success I've ever had with any sort of plant, was grass! Ha, who can screw that up? Needless to say the flowers on our property are few and far between, but what's there has finally started to bloom! Hooray for mother nature! Hooray for Earth Day!

Big Stander!

It's official, with 4 months and 23 days to go to his first birthday, Isaac took a step.

He's been standing on his own for about a week now,

well pulling himself to a standing position that is.

Yesterday morning I was plugging in my laptop on one couch,

I turn around and Isaac has pulled himself up on the other.

As I'm watching him,

he lets go of the couch with one hand and takes a step!

At this rate,

he's going to be ready to run his first road race by June!

I bet my sweatbands for my wrists will fit on his little legs perfectly!

He can wear them as leg warmers! Ha

Way to go little guy, way to go!

Chicks!

Isaac and I met up with a few friends at a little playground this morning. It was such a gorgeous day, we had to be outside! We had a really fun time on the swings!

Afterwards we had a few errands to do before he headed home. One was to stop at a local grain store and pick up some bird seed. I have been feeling bad that I've been so neglectful of the birds outside, especially since we have so many, and Isaac loves to watch them all the time.

As I began exploring the back of the store, I heard this little chirping sound. I walked a little further and found what or who I should say, was causing al the racket! A shipment of baby chicks! There must have been close to a hundred of them! Isaac practically leapt from my arms at them, it was very difficult to keep him just beyond an arms reach from them!

I instantly found MY favorite, it looked like it had cheetah print feathers! I wish we could have gotten a few, but I just really don't think Fluffen can take too much more! Ha

Lucky for me!

As many know, I am pretty fanatical about what Isaac eats. Almost obsessive I'd say. Well, perhaps just over cautious about what goes into his little body. I feel that it is incredibly important. I have been making his baby food since he started eating. I really enjoy doing it, but I have been feeling like I'm running out of options for him. And I don't want him to just be eating the same few things over and over.

I have been reading Happy Baby, the organic guide to the first 24 months, since I was pregnant. And I get allot of my ideas from there. I think it's a tremendous guide, and believe that everyone should raise organic babies!

Michael, Isaac and I were in the grocery store a few days ago, and I came across something miraculous! Happy Baby meals!

Normally I'm very resistant to buy any sort of prepackaged baby food, but I feel really good about these. They're made from only organic ingredients, and have no added sugar, which I've found a few of the more popular baby food brands have. Blech.

Isaac simply adores these two, and I think they're fantastic. Not every day, I'll still be creating the majority of his meals myself, but I think these are a great idea to toss in the diaper bag, in case we're ever stuck away from home at lunch time!

Hooray for Happy Baby!

A few of Isaac's Faves