Saturday: birthday party

Isaac attended his first birthday party today!

Dad had fun with the balloons.

(So did Isaac.)

He cared more about the fan than about coloring.

But did enjoy his pumpkin sticker.

Friday: 40 weeks

Isaac has now been in the outside world longer than in the womb.  Well, I guess he technically has been for a few weeks now.

It's getting impossible to keep him on his back long enough for pictures, so we might start switching it up a bit.  

He also started crawling backwards this week.

Thursday: clothes and rain

Today Isaac and I both wore grey and white striped shirts.  I didn't realize it until 1pm.

We also went for a walk with some friends as it was a beautiful day!  We got caught in a little rainstorm on our way home, but no one melted.  Isaac even fell asleep.

9 months/39 weeks

More pictures!

The standard two.  Isaac was feeling wiggly.

So I held him down.

Another monkey joined us this month.

And he was having way too much fun playing with his puzzle to look up.

We also took some shots with the white sheet.  They didn't turn out quite as well as at 6 months, but I'm not sure I tried as hard.  It also doesn't help that he moves more and he really wanted to play with the side of the sheet.

(As a side note, when I dropped him off at nursery today one of the helpers that was inside and couldn't see me said, "oh, it's the smiley baby!"  It's very true.  He's a rather happy person.)

Monday: pictures of Isaac

Today we went back to visit Grandma.  He wore a special shirt for the occasion.

Everyone always says that kids like the cheap "toys" the best.  Today I gave Isaac the plastic container from some cookies to play with.  It was loud and crinkly and he chased it all over the floor.

Sunday: Grandma

Tonight we went to visit Ben's grandma in the hospital. :(  It was an unexpected visit, and so I didn't plan ahead for feeding and napping with Isaac like I normally try to do if we leave the house.  However, Isaac loved the hospital.  He always does seem to enjoy new places and places with people.  He did really well...he waited on his nap and he skipped a snack.  It's nice that he can be flexible like that.

(He also went to nursery this morning during church and his report was that he played and played and played and played.  :)   )

(Maybe I should have called this post Isaac instead of Grandma.  She was in good spirits when we left.)

Saturday: magnets

We got a lovely surprise in the mail today!  Liz sent us some fall magnets she made.

Here Isaac is trying to eat the ghost.  Or  he's saying ":|"  I know this isn't the best picture, but I like Flurry in the background too.

In this one he's tasting the pumpkin pie with a spider on his head.  We had a hard time convincing him that he shouldn't eat this pie.  He was unfazed by the spider, probably because we have several in the house already.