Friday: 24 weeks

Today Jacob and Ashlyn spent some time with us.  Isaac really enjoyed playing with them, especially since it meant he got to watch a video game for a little bit.

And we have some 24 week pictures!  I played around with some of the camera settings and could easily see that some were better than others, but now I don't know which are which.  Maybe next week I'll write down what they are.

We also had some pictures taken of the immediate family taken.  The two smallest kids were doing ok until the last picture of just the grandchildren.  They were both done by then.  We'll probably end up with one or two decent shots thanks to Photoshop, but we had to work hard for them.  :)

Thursday: salad

Today we ate a salad from lettuce we grew ourselves!  It was another first for me.

The lettuce

The pickers

The salad spinner

The baby and a pile of greens.

(The picture is really blurry, but I thought it was a clever play on "a pile of baby greens."  But now I'm not so sure that's a phrase.  Maybe that makes it funnier.)

Wednesday: Roar

Isaac was having a rather happy day; he was laughing more easily than normal.  Then I read a book to him and it kept saying "shhh, listen for the lion."  So I was reading it rather quickly.  Then ROAR!!  I scared him so much he started crying.  It took him a while to settle back down.

Oops.

Tuesday: why I felt like a bad person

Today I felt like a bad person because I was pulling out flowers with no reason other than I didn't want them.

Only bad people don't want flowers, right?  Good people want flowers.  So I gave five bushes a probationary period.

It isn't looking to good for them as I proceeded to sit in the hot sun for the next 10 minutes and try to get grass out of the middle of them.

Monday: Flurry and Isaac

Flurry and Isaac slowly seem to tolerate each other more and more.  As in, Flurry doesn't always run away and Isaac is noticing Flurry more.  (I'm quite sure he said 'kitty-cat' the other day.)  I even managed to get four pictures of them together in burst mode!  (Although to be fair, just before I got the camera they were sitting near each other for about a minute.)

This is the best one.  Flurry looks like she's about to eat Isaac.  Isaac looks scared.

In other news, there's a strong maybe that Isaac rolled from his back to his front.  It's only a maybe though because he rolled right back to his back again, making it very hard to tell.

Sunday: a list

I've thought of three milestones for Isaac that I feel are important but people don't talk about as much.

1. Grabbing...he does this now and it makes him so much more independent.
2. Returning the pacifier to his mouth...and then letting go of it. Alternatively, not taking it out in the first place.
3. Temperature control, such as moving to a new spot in the crib to cool off or putting a blanket over himself. (I know...I have a ways for that one. But I can still look forward to it.)

In other news, we swam in the lake for the first time. Cool but enjoyable.

Friday: Happy Birthday

For Isaac's 23rd week birthday, we'll start with a funny face.  But at least he isn't moving much.

He really wanted to show everyone his feet today.  They kept popping up.

He is getting better at sitting.

Happy Birthday to Dad too!!  Everyone got together to celebrate.