A Southern Experience

In the beginning of June Isaac and I went to visit the Abernethy's in New Orleans!!! I had never been to the South and it was quite the experience!!!

Hunter and Isaac had a blast and acted more like brothers by the end of the week.

The biggest reason for going to New Orleans was, for me to see Katie!!!..(ahem) I mean, meet little Noah. He was only a week and a half old and as adorable as they get!

Per Popular Request...

Well, I took a hiatus. In some ways it can be stressful to blog. However, throughout the summer numerous people have given me a hard time for not posting. Not to mention, we have a lot of family who live all over and some really good friends have recently finished school and moved away. I would be sad if they just stopped blogging as well. So, here we go again. Hopefully, I will be more faithful this time around.

Kalahari

Isaac gave kisses to his monkey friend while Lucy and I watched.

Catching the fear on his face! He absolutely loved being in the water and will turn into fish someday.
This monkey was at the top of the stairs to some of the slides. Isaac gave an anatomy lesson everytime he went up. Eyes, Nose, Mouth, Ears, Feet...

The Resort was fabulous. We had such a great time with our friends but especially as a family. Isaac loved being in the water. I don't think he smiled very much though because he was so intent on what he was doing. There was a lot going on! We also played basketball in the water and went in the wave pool as a family.

As for the adult slides, they were pretty good. There was a "toilet bowl" when you go down a steep slide into a huge bowl. Then, it plops you down the middle into some water. I also liked going on the boogie board one. I did pretty well for a first timer.

It was such a nice get away...I can't wait for summer weather!

Per Emily's Request...

Isaac is unfortunately obsessed with the wii. He will use any remote to swing around. Since we have been home from Grandma's I have had to hide them from him. I don't think it is healthy the way he wants it.
Emily and Isaac
Trying on bones with Grandpa at the Children's Museum.
Isaac and Mary

Enjoying the snow with Daddy. Note, this was only possible if he was held. Isaac freaked out and would lay down in the snow if he was put down...I am not sure what the logic was in that. It was adorable though.

In Love...

Reese's Blanket. It was supposed to be reminiscent of Argyle...It took forever to finish. I took a lot of breaks...
Dr. Jones sporting his new PJ's. He felt a little awkward at first in long basketball shorts. He is used to the short short kind...in the end, I think he liked them!
Isaac loving Reese. The boy was magnetized to her. He was always wanting to hold her and give her loves. It was adorable. I have many many pictures of them. What a sweet baby boy.
Creating colored rice for my sensory table. The colors turned out really well. I am going to bring in snow next week.
He really doesn't like haircuts.

Couldn't resist...

Random pics that I love...

Grandma U. I can't seem to get my blogger to function and post videos...so there is a picture of Isaac RUNNING! Yes, he has skills. He runs, climbs on top of things, chases you, you name it.

Our cousin Laura Otto brought her dog Riley to Thanksgiving festivities. Isaac had a lot of fun with him! Also, who knows what Isaac actually ate over the holiday. He was always reaching onto tables to grab food...you would think we starved him...

Candy Cane Discovery

Isaac helped me decorate the tree tonight. As I finished putting up the garland I noticed that he had taken off a candy cane, removed the wrapper, and smiled at me with a wet sticky candy cane in his hands. My first impression was, "I should take that a way." Then within the same instant I figured I didn't want to squelch his discovery. How did he know that it was an edible thing? How in the world did he remove the wrapper? Why is he so dang cute? I think I won the coolest mom award tonight...

(Isaac always makes those circular lips with an "ooh" when he is excited about something)