Friday: weeks 32, 33, 34 and TS Isaac

Ready for lots of pictures?

We have Isaac at week 32.  He was joined by some goats.

Week 33

(He was done with pictures at this point.  I have a whole bunch where he wasn't moving (or smiling).  But it does make for clearer pictures!)

Week 34.  He's been sticking his tongue out a lot this week again.  (I really like this first photo even though it's blurry.  He looks so happy.)

And Isaac is lucky enough to be alive during his tropical storm!  While he won't remember it, he is at a time in his life when he is a lot like a tropical storm...

Isaac will have everyone reconsidering their travel plans.
Oh shoot.  Ben had a whole list that I thought were funny and now I can't remember them.

Thursday: Flurry and Isaac

Flurry often escapes into the garage when I'm coming in and have my hands full.  She's usually really good about coming back in within ten minutes, so unless there is a big temperature difference between the house and the garage I let her explore with the door slightly open.  Today she didn't come back in, and so Isaac and I went to look for her.

We found her curled up in Isaac's next car seat.  She stayed there for a while.

Isaac's appetizer was cottage cheese today.  I don't think he gets many curds in his mouth, but he does enjoy trying.

Then he had some zuchinni and summer squash from Nathan and Liz.

(Here it was a few days ago)

(And today)

Wednesday: quilt show

Today I went to the large American Quilting Society's quilt show in Grand Rapids.  It was a lot of fun.  There were vendors and quilts and people and fabric and sewing machines and more quilts.  We got there right away which was nice...it wasn't quite so busy.  Two hours later it was getting hard to move without bumping into people.

The fabric was gorgeous, but I restrained myself and didn't buy much.  Mostly because I don't have any patterns in mind right now that I want to make.  I did get a panel fabric that I'm going to make into a book for Isaac...that way I don't have to be worried about him eating it.

The display quilts were amazing.  Some were amazing but I could probably make something similar (although the quality might not be as good) and some were amazing and there's no way I could make it.  I actually liked the former a lot more, as they can give me ideas for quilts I might want to make.  (I was able to take pictures, but sadly I can't post them.  I kind of wish I hadn't read the photography policy on the web, but I did.)

Overall, it was a great time.  Made even better by the fact that Ben stayed home with Isaac, so I was child free.

Monday: pictures

We got Cheryl some photography lessons for her birthday.  Then she took some pictures of Isaac as part of one of the lessons.  Whoo!

Sunday: birthday

Well, it was a major milestone birthday for me.  However, it was a pretty low key day, which was nice.

Ben made me a delicious cake.  It was even better than it looks.

Isaac slept in a little bit, played contentedly on the floor while Ben and I were getting stuff ready to have people over tonight, and had a half hour conversation with a chair while we ate dinner.  The conversation was actually quite funny...and when we tried to pick him up because we were done eating Isaac got mad.  So we put him back down so he could continue his conversation.

Saturday: a new rhyme

Eenie feeney finey fail
Catch a lion by its tail
If he hollers let him flail
Eenie feeney finey fail


The making of this rhyme caused a lot of laughter. No one was permanently hurt.

Thursday: rain, food

There was a lovely thunderstorm today.  Ahh.  I do love the rain and am glad we've been getting more of it.

I also spent a lot of time in the kitchen today.  I made some baby food and some curry.  The curry is probably the meal that takes the longest for me to make.  There's a good hour of active cooking plus some simmering time.  This time I started it an hour earlier than normal so I wasn't feeling rushed and it was probably one of the best batches I've made.  (It might also help that I remembered to put in the salt.)  Luckily, it also makes 3.5 meals so even though it takes a while I now have two very fast meals to pull out of the freezer.