Week recap: wedding

Jim and Jamie got married today!

The weather was beautiful...again, not too hot or too cold.  Isaac didn't manage to sit through the service, but we just wandered off a bit where he was hopefully not too loud but I could still sort of see what was going on.  It was a late night by the time the reception was done, but he did a great job.

And now we have a bigger family!

Week recap: visitors!

I've been a little behind in blogging...a lot of stuff has been going on!  First we had some friends from Minnesota stay with us for two nights.  It was a lot of fun.

We visited the Critter Barn.  Animals are always fun to watch.

Ben was a favorite with the cats.  There were a lot of cats - I'm not sure they were a favorite of his.

They got to hold ducklings.  The ducklings were surprisingly well behaved.

And they pet angora goats.  They look like sheep.

Later we visited the beach.  I thought it was going to be on the cold side.  (Apparently we were having a polar vortex visit us too).  But it was perfect!  The sand wasn't too hot or too cold.  The breeze was just right for full sun.

The next day we went to Dutch Village.  They have a lot of animals too.  The goat walked us.

And Isaac really liked this baby goat.

And he tried on some wooden shoes.

Saturday: employee picnic

This evening we went to the employee picnic for Ben's work.  As always, it was huge.  It was also raining/sprinkling a bit, so that made it interesting.

Isaac enjoyed carrying his own umbrella.  The rain never got so bad that we considered leaving early, and had several spots were it stopped all together.

This was the first year we made it to the go-karts.  Most of the time Isaac seemed to be having a good time, although the crazy driver probably scared him a few times.  He did say he wanted to go again, so we took that as a good sign.

Ben and Isaac won an "EE hat" at the carnival games.  (It was nice to come home with something that has a good chance of being used that wasn't a stuffed animal.  Although to be fair, some of Isaac's favorite stuffed animals are currently from the carnival games.)  Isaac also really liked his wrist band.  Sunday morning he told me I could finally cut it off and once he realized what that meant and that he couldn't get it back on we had many tears.

There were also bumper boats!  Ben and Isaac went on these twice...and the second time Ben got soaked by a little waterfall.  It just meant that it was time to leave.

It was nice having a child that was old enough to do some of the more fun things and understand what was going on.  Now he just needs to grow a few more inches so that he can ride some of the rides.  Probably next year.

Friday: today

During breakfast:
Isaac: Eagles go up up?
Amanda: yup
Isaac: Mom go up up?
Amanda: No
Isaac: Mom no wings?  (With an arm motion)
Amanda: Yeah!

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We finally got some shelves built in the basement.  I'm excited...and here's a poor picture.  It's at one of those angles that is hard to photograph.

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We met Betsy, Ethan, and Leah at the park.  Isaac played really hard and crashed within a minute of getting in the car.

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I had my OB appointment.  I'm 50% effaced and only dilated to 1...but the doctor might have just been saying that to be nice.  The baby's head is down but not facing the right way.  I know I still have several (three) weeks left, but I was really, really hoping for different news.

Thursday: not sneaky

I packed some duplos in my hospital bag since I don't know if Isaac will need to be entertained. He found them, and was so excited...are these for me? I told him to put them back but I expect he'll remember.

We proceeded to play with Allen wrenches for about 45 minutes. Who knew they were so fascinating.

Wednesday: Curious George

The library had a Curious George event today.  Betsy and I brought our kids; thinking it might be busy but not too bad.  It was packed.  By the end, after we got our pictures, I could tell Isaac was rather overwhelmed and he wanted to be picked up and held on tightly.

We went to the playground for a little bit after that.  It was a beautiful day for it.

2.5 years old

I finally took Isaac's 2.5 year pictures.  Of course, it was raining so the lighting isn't great, but good enough.

Sleeping: Isaac's still an awesome sleeper.  The transition from the crib to the twin bed went so much better than I was even hoping for.  Basically, Isaac stays in his bed after nap and night time until we come get him.  It's almost as though he doesn't realize he can get out.  I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Potty training: still not super wonderful, but we're definitely seeing progress.  He had five days in a row without accidents, which was promptly followed by four days with several.  He's dry for naps and often dry at night.  I expect we'll have another relapse when the baby comes, but since we've dealt with several of those hopefully it will be short.

Talking: I think his vocabulary has grown quite a bit again in the last few weeks.  He is still hard for non-parents to understand, but it's getting better.

Other: Isaac still says he has a puppy in his tummy, but overall seems excited for the baby.  He's been a big help putting the furniture together.  He likes playing games on the Ipad, but is always willing to be done when we say so.  (He always asks, "Mom's turn now?"  But the fact that he turns it off so easily makes me more willing to let him use it.)  Duplos and playing in the sand are still some of his favorite activities, although he also likes reading.  He's recently started doing somersaults and finds them rather hilarious.