In Memory

Jason's Grandpa, August 22, 1914 to August 10, 2010 ~ He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Hanging out with Puppy

Isaac spends most of his time inside right now, because it is so hot! One morning it was warm, but not hot, so we decided to enjoy a little "fresh" air out in the back yard. It was still pretty humid, so we only spent a few minutes out under the live oak tree behind our house.

Isaac and Puppy enjoyed gazing up at the tree limbs hanging overhead. The sky was a beautiful blue with white, fluffy clouds. The sun was not shining very bright yet, so the photos had good lighting and no shadows!

Backyard beauties

Clown Flowers in our back yard! They are so beautiful! The colors are vivid, the texture like velvet! Rich, dark purple, with lighter shades of lavender and creamy yellow in the center. The best part is they come up every summer on their own. We never planted them, they just showed up in our back yard garden space, and have kept coming up for the past four years we've lived here!

These brilliant orange Cosmos were planted, from seeds, in our garden last year, and this year they came back on their own! They are very tall plants. I held the camera way over my head to snap these two photos! It had just started to sprinkle, so the water droplets were clinging to the petals in a glorious, delicate way.

I wish these flowers made good bouquets, but they don't last very long, so it's better to enjoy them outside in their natural setting, rather than arranged in a vase on my table.

Cereal is yummy!

My face is nice in clean in these top two photos, but that's only because I haven't started eating yet! I'm waiting for Mommy to make me a bowl of cereal!
Our cousins gave us a wonderful booster seat to use for feeding Isaac! It attaches to our kitchen chairs perfectly! It takes up so much less space than a full size high chair! I would really recommend using this type of thing instead of buying a high chair. The time a baby uses the high chair is fairly short, and then you have to store the big thing until you have another child, or you have to try to sell it or donate it. You can also transport it really easily vs. a high chair. This booster chair is great for the three meals of cereal and veggies that Isaac is getting right now. He also gets his regular bottle feedings both with his meals and inbetween. I wonder when he will move from the "every 3 hours" feeding schedule to a "3 meals a day". I'm also preparing his baby food for now, instead of using baby food from the store. So far he has tried sweet potatoes, yellow squash, butternut squash, and green peas. He likes all of those foods! I want to make him spinach next, but I need to read online about how to prepare it. My friend sent me a really, really great website about making your own baby food. It also has some really great information about how to start your baby on solid foods.

I think I'll play with my feet a little bit while I'm waiting to eat! These little chicks on my feet are so soft and cute, I wonder if they taste good...oh, can't quite get my feet in my mouth while sitting, buckled into this chair...will have to taste them later when I'm in my crib.

His face gets pretty messy with the cereal and veggies. I will post some more photos and video of him eating veggies soon!

Jason's Birthday!

Notice...Isaac's shirt says My Dad is Awesome! :-) It's his little way of saying happy birthday, Dad! :-) Isaac also gave Daddy a birthday card and lot and lots of LOVE!

I blew up a few balloons "for Jason's birthday" so that "we could see Isaac's reaction"! Isaac loved to watch me batting the ballons around and see them float slowly back onto the floor. When he can walk, I'm sure he'll really enjoy playing with balloons!

He's 6 months old now!

On July 25, Isaac turned 6 months old! He had his 6 month check up and we found out that he is 20 lbs. 2 oz. and 30 inches long! Here's a few photos taken on the 25th and a few days later, too!

Isaac has been playing with his toes a lot over the past couple of months! Lately he has been actually "sucking" on his toes...and making a little slurping noise when he does it. It's hilarious!

This is one of my favorite outfits for Isaac! It's actually 9 month size, and fits him perfect right now at 6 months. The shirt has a little crab on it, and one of the "arms" on the crab flops out like 3-D. Isaac was grabbing that flap and was quite intrigued by it while I was taking these photos!

Isaac's first swim!

Our friends invited us over to swim the other day! It was Isaac's first time, and he loved it! Several other Mom's came with their kids to enjoy the water!
Isaac has very fair skin, and so my first priority was to slather him up with sunscreen! I put a hat on his head to protect it from the sun, but it was a little loose, so I took it off. Isaac had never really had lotion rubbed all over his body, and I think he thought he was getting a massage! He liked getting his sun protection on!

I love the hat!! It kept falling off or completely covering his face, so I took it off before we got in the water.

Here we are ready to hop in the pool!!

This is fun! He was kicking his little legs and moving his arms around. He even acted like he could almost float on his back without me holding him. I never let go of him, of course, but he really did kick and "swim" like he knew what to do in the water.

We took a break on the patio a couple of times, and ate a little food. Plus, we needed to reapply the sunscreen to make sure he would not get a burn!

A couple of days later, Daddy and Mommy took Isaac swimming again at our friends house. The first time Daddy couldn't be there because he was working. Isaac enjoyed spending time with Jason in the pool!!

Post swimming, Isaac looked quite content and ready to cruise home and catch a nap.