An Isaiah Post

Our Mini-er-man has been up to a lot the last month and a half too...
Like...he celebrated his big brother's 2nd birthday at Disney...
Got his first two teeth! (They're there, promise!)
Went to his cousin Jeremiah's baseball game... it was coooollllllddddd!!!!!
Has really developed his own little "blind-man" way of greeting and loving on people. We're not making fun of blind people here, so please don't see it like that. But when anyone picks him up to hold him, he first reaches for their face with his hands. With his Mama he usually then snuggles his face into mine while still holding either side of my face. It's a really cute unique-to-Isaiah kind of thing.
He'll fall asleep sitting straight up too in someone's arms. He just snuggles his face against mine and then will fall asleep. Seriously. AH-dorable!
He got some Disney action thrown in there too... if you can click on the picture below, do so... not sure what Zay was doing with his pacifier, but I think he's got a bit of comedic genius in him. We laughed so hard when we noticed it.
He LOVES his big brother... (I heart the picture below!)
...even though Isaac has interrupted more than one of his naps...
He's now eating solid food and doing pretty well with it!
Again, did I mention it's been cold?
On March 7th he turned 6 months old... and don't let this picture fool you... he was inside the rest of the day, but this pic was taken in a pretty chilly breeze...the shoes were just too cute and I didn't know if they'd still fit him by 7 months...
We have the pic below on our fridge. Sometimes when I look at it, he looks proportionately like he's a midget. Not sure how I got him to stand up, but he did long enough for me to take 2 photos like this... midget or not, that koala's got nothing on him these days.
And here's proof of my reason for lack of posting on the blog... this is Cohen...he's 6 weeks or so older than Isaiah and comes to play with (and steal pacifiers right out of Zay's mouth) Zay everyday from about 7:45 until about 4:45:) Check out the drool on Isaiah's shirt...it's dark orange around the graphic on his shirt...
And the drool here... I'm trying not to leave his pacifier in all day long so he can learn to talk. But the photo below was taken 10 minutes after removing the pacifier. Bibs hardly stop the drool either. He's been like that from the beginning! We call his pacifier his "cork."
And since we could no longer get his infant carrier to snap and his head and feet were hanging over the top and the bottom, we figured it was time to move him to a big boy seat and face forward. We found a matching seat to Isaac's! I love it when things like that match! We even bought Isaiah some animal pads to go on his straps too... his are teddy bears and Isaac's are monkeys. He LOVES facing forward. I need to get a picture of it, but the first time and almost every time since, when Isaiah is sitting next to Isaac in the car, Isaac reaches over and holds Isaiah's hand (sometimes just to jerk on it or squeeze in an "un-gentle" like manner... but mostly in love!) It's SOOO precious!
At the Easter party last weekend, Isaiah L-O-V-E-D the donkey. Isaac only touched it briefly (to get the picture in his post) but Zay was clearly in heaven.
C'mon now. Chubby baby on a donkey. That's comedy at its purest.
He was so proud of himself and loved being on the donkey! Too funny!!!
See? Teddy bears help to hold his head up.
He's gotten too big for his baby bath. I accidentally filled the tub too full this night, but you get the idea. Right now the boys' bathroom is being renovated so they've been using our bathroom. Like I can really complain seeing as how I lived without a tub for 3 years and without even tile in my shower (bare concrete folks) for a year of that. Anyway... I'll be excited when they get their own bathroom back. The shower in our bathroom has those sliding glass doors on it, and it makes impossible for bathtime to be done with both parents. Not that yall care... I'll hush now so you can see how cute Zay looks in a big boy tub.
Right now he's working on crawling...er...rather...getting his knees underneath him. He's getting so big and so cute so fast! He is just so precious. His personality seems to be so easy going, loving, gentle, and patient... can't wait to see more of it!!

An Isaac Post

Sorry for the delay in posting.... here's what Isaac's been up to since mid-February...
A slightly big deal is that he turned TWO! Holy cow I have a 2 year-old!!! He got to ride a horse at Nolan's birthday party (the same day as Isaac's!) and then had his own party in front of Cinderella Castle at Disney World. Good times!How cute is this? :)
Many many times. I mean MANY times if Isaac can manage he makes his way into Isaiah's crib. He climbs up on the changing table and then into the crib. Multiple spankings and multiple "NO!'s" have proven useless. I think he takes after his Mama on some things.
A lot of extra time (that normally could go to blogging) went to decorating my friends' nursery for their daughter... Isaac did his best not to touch the walls...
He's gotten good at holding pencils correctly.
Couple trips to Disney mixed in... We still can't get over how much fun we've had there. Here are Isaac and I at the "Grand Prix."
He's gotten better at eating by himself...
This is his first Easter in the states. We went to an Easter party a good friend of ours threw (Love you Miss Candi!) There was a donkey and palm fronds to re-enact the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified. We missed the story :( but still got a picture with the donkey!
Easter egg hunting was a bit of a cultural conundrum for Isaac and he was a tad apprehensive at first...but Daddy was a big help and before too long he had it all figured out!
He loves swinging! He says "Mem sing!" which means "More Swing!"
He got sick this past weekend so to pass the time while everyone else was at church I gave him some coloring books and he was fine til we all got home. Kidding. Just seeing if yall are paying attention! Mommy and Isaac stayed home and filled the (newly spray painted) birdfeeder. Isaac is also an expert at saying "Tweet Tweet!" for what a bird says. Very cute. Afterwards there was nothing better to do than snuggling up and taking a nap on Mama. That was my favorite part for sure!

Isaac is also a big fan of cheese. Last night while making grilled cheese, I looked over and Isaac had yoinked the cheese I was about to use. The little stinker.
So that's Isaac lately. He's getting bigger everyday and communicates so well these days...I was nervous about the terrible two's but really it's been better and more calm than the terrible 22 month old's were!:) As long as he's had a nap and has a full tummy, we're good to go!

Big A little a...

Isaac has really turned up the heat in talking lately.

While I realize this isn't counting in Mandarin :) we think it's cute. He did it the night before, so we wanted to make sure we got this on camera. Grandma's will probably be the only ones who watch the whole thing, but what kind of parents would we be if we didn't brag on our kids?

A couple things to watch for
- "N" and noses
- The nose pick at "Q"
- "W" because it's cute
- Oh, and the fast heavy breathing at the beginning is Isaiah in my arms.


For those of you who've been around him, you know he's not much of a talker. At Christmas he could maybe say 10-15 words, and that's like parental bragging "10-15 words" when really he only said about 6 regularly. Then he suddenly started saying 2 and 3 word sentences, "I get down," "It's cold," "Grandmama go bye-bye." Big change and we're proud and relieved he's talking. Yay Isaac!

5 Months and Potty Training...

No, we haven't been potty training for 5 months!
Isaiah turned 5 months old. And really, can a kid get any cuter?
And for the last few weeks Isaac has shown signs he's ready to be potty trained- or at least I hope he's ready!
1- He's gone to the potty and pulled down his pants and stood in front of the toilet. No pee, but still. (he was copying his 3 year old friend Weston who I've been watching for a couple weeks)
2- He's even pulled his pants down to "pee on the bushes" like Weston does outside too.
3- Nearly every time he's pooped in the last 3 weeks or so, he's pulled his pants down/off afterward.
4- Then finally this morning he took his pants off then took his diaper off. Anthony put it back on, then Isaac took it off again. So I asked him if he wanted me to put it back on, he shook his head no, I asked him again, again no. Then I asked him, "Do you want Mama to teach you how to go pee pee on the potty?" to which he replied with a huge smile.

So, with a couple quick calls to some moms I trust (Thanks April and Heather!) we've begun potty training. We're gonna start with an underwear off approach, just so I can see when he starts to pee easier. So far he's helped me make tea (decaffeinated) and drank quite a bit, so we'll see! **Update 10 minutes later- after 3 small puddles on the tile and on the 3rd trip to the toilet we finally peed in the toilet! Then as I was typing this update, I looked up to see Isaac peeing on his wooden blocks. So we rushed again and he peed a tiny little bit more into the toilet. A pretty good start!**

Any other moms- especially with boys- please feel free to share your wisdom. I'm all ears!

Isaiah @ 4 months old!

January 7th Isaiah turned 4 months old.
Look at this... 18 pounds of deliciousness!
Thought this one was cute too :)My mom's birthday was January 7th too...but she didn't turn 4 months old. Here's the awesome cake...

Christmastime with the Boys

It's Zay's first Christmas so like I did for his brother, I made an ornament. Now the ornament is a bit large, but so was Isaac's. I'm good with that though, it makes the tree more interesting. I'm hoping when they get bigger that they'll enjoy looking for their special ornament and want to put it up themselves. This one was a foam kit thing and it had a lot of pink and purple in it... so I filled in the pink and purple spaces with black and green foam paint and then put glitter all over it so it would "match." Right after taking that picture.... I smudged the last "H" in Isaiah's name.
Here it is on the tree with the repair job I did on it. I'm considering it to have "character" and hope Zay will appreciate its uniqueness!Here's some other fun stuff the boys have been up to...

Turning 3 months old...
Rolling over...


Learning the joy of coloring and writing...Christmas lights...And officially becoming a family of FOUR!

Isaac the Anti-Squirrel

No shoes on. He's not a fan of walking on acorns.



My voice is gone because I'm sick (I haven't taken up smoking:)

Isaiah is 2 months old!

Isaiah turned 2 months on November 7th. Since we were in Georgia visiting a friend we ended up taking the picture on Tuesday morning. So this is Isaiah at 2 months and 3 days. He smiles a lot!
And because blogs are really just about pictures, here's big brother Isaac. He "helped" me wash the car before we went to Georgia...and because we're mean parents (also poor ones) we don't have a dvd player in the car. So Isaac had to get creative with his quesadilla during the long road trip.