Wednesday: happy day

Joshua seemed to have an extra happy day today.  Except for the few times I walked away from him, but that always seems to be rather traumatic.

He also seemed to deliberately sign "done" twice today.  We'll see if it keeps up.

Our gym just transitioned from three racquetball courts down to one.  We're pretty sad about it, since racquetball is the main reason that we go there.  It felt like an odd set of games for me today...I either missed terribly or did an ok job of aiming.

Isaac's legs have been getting hiccups lately.  It's hilarious to watch, as one might expect.

Tuesday: no more vacation

Vacation was done today. :(

I brought goggles for Isaac to use in the pool for "swimming lessons."  He wanted to "hang out on the steps."  Sigh.  I really thought they might help.

Joshua is getting so big.  I can't believe he's almost a year old.

Monday: 49 weeks

Joshua is 49 weeks old!  I think the sun was a bit bright so we didn't get great pictures today.

He started giving kisses today.

Isaac wanted his picture taken too...183 weeks old.

Joshua came over and gave Isaac a hug.  Sort of.

Zach and Jenny left around noon.  It was an excellent visit.  Then everyone except Ben took long naps.  Lovely!  I was rather tired.  Joshua hasn't been sleeping well.

Sunday: vacation continued

This morning we went for a little walk.  Isaac brought his squirters and they helped motivate him to keep walking.

"I'm only squirting some of the weeds."

Ben played peek-a-boo with Joshua while he was in the carrier.

Joshua enjoyed being by Zach.  He's apparently pretty silly.

Zach and Jenny made a cake.  While Zach was making the frosting, Isaac was in the kitchen doing stuff.  So Ben said, "Let me know if he's bothering you."  Isaac said, "He's bothering me."

Saturday: Happy 4th!

We went to the neighborhood picnic.  They supply hot dogs and side dishes and ask everyone to bring a dessert.  So there were lots of delicious desserts.

We took some 4th of July pictures.  Mainly because both Ben and I remembered a picture from Isaac wearing the same outfit.  Here's Joshua (11 months)...

And here's Isaac (6 months)...

...turns out I was wearing the same shirt too.

And one of the whole family.

After rest time we went outside with various squirters.  The funniest was when Isaac had the hose and Ben had a tiny squirt bottle.  But Isaac also enjoyed the sprinkler and squirting himself in the face.

Friday: friends

A fun day with friends!  It's rather late, so here is the summary in pictures.

Thursday: errands

Our fun activity was to go to DeGraaf Nature center.

He didn't understand how to use the binoculars.  After trying to explain it, I gave up.

We did a fast walk through the trails.  Isaac's hair bounced up and down and Joshua's legs bounced up and down.

Then we went to the quilt shop.  Kelly said that he could play with the beach toys, but he just made himself at home in the pool.

Isaac also gave Joshua some of his "bread."  Except it was cake.  It was just crumbs so I let it go.  But after so many times of saying "no cake for Joshua" I was thwarted by my three year old.

In the car on the way to the gym we learned the life cycle of a buttbow.  Buttbows turn into puppies, which turn into peoples.  We learned about life cycles at the nature center.

Zach and Jenny showed up!  Here's to a fun weekend.