Wednesday: one year

It has been one year since we've moved back to Michigan.  And while I'm glad we're back, I still miss New York.

Anyway, Ben and I managed to put a whole bunch of large stressful things in our life this year:
1. We moved twice
2. We sold a house
3. We bought a house
4. We got pregnant (stressful due to sickness)
5. We had a baby
6. Between the two of us, we started three jobs

Selling the house was by far the most stressful. But we made it through all of it.  And maybe it was good to put all of it in the same year; everything paled in comparison to selling the house.  And there were a lot of good things too!

Tuesday: things I like

Today I enjoyed going to the grocery store.  Isaac was in charge of holding the shopping list and gave me lots of smiles.

I also enjoyed watching him grab Mabel.  He is starting to grab with purpose.

I also like self-propelled lawn mowers.  Keep in mind that today was about the third time I've mowed the lawn.  I was mowing our front lawn, which has a very slight grade.  And I was working hard.  It crossed my mind that non-self propelled mowers must be really hard to use.  And I had no idea how I was going to do the hills that we do have.  And how it seemed really mean of me to have made Ben do the lawn in Owego.  Then Ben came out and said to switch the switch to make it self-propel.  It was awesome.  (The switch does not say anything about self-propelling being on or off.)  But...at least I got my exercise in for the day.

Monday: we're home

Today we were home.  Ben took another vacation day, and it was a nice day.  I took his 13 week/3 months pictures.  Isaac also weighed in at 14 pounds on our home scale...I weighed him because his diaper wraps seemed to be too small since we got back from vacation.  And they are.  So soon he gets the next size up!

This smile is just gas.  It looks like a cheesy camera smile though.

He wants you to know he is 3 months.

Saturday and Sunday: Florida

Saturday we went to a resort with some pools and a water slide.  On the way there (and on the way back) a family of four dolphins jumped in our wake.  There were even a baby dolphin!

This is Isaac chilling in the Pack n Play with Jacob talking to him.  Isaac was having a great time!

Sunday we enjoyed a delicious dinner and hung out at the house.

Isaac took several naps on Ben's lap today

We had to go home Sunday night.  We were a little afraid Isaac was going to be crying the whole way home since while we were in the terminal he wouldn't stop fussing.  But about two minutes before we boarded he calmed down and pretty much slept the whole way home.

Friday: thirteen weeks and other numbers

0: "official" birthday pictures taken. They'll be done when we get back.

1: number of times Isaac woke up in the night

2: shirts that he wore today that had monsters on them

2: the number of boat rides Isaac has taken

3: number of months old Isaac is

5: number of times Isaac fell asleep in my lap today

8: the time I got up this morning!

Thursday: another nice day

Today was another beautiful day. Isaac and I went shopping for the afternoon. Besides that...we relaxed.

Isaac had a crab on his shirt and it worked really well to suck all the crabiness out if him...he was pretty happy today

Wednesday: another first

Today was Isaac's first time in a pool. Although the pictures below are a bit misleading...the hat came off quickly and we went to the hot tub so we could have slightly warmer water. (not hot tub temps...just a bit warmer.). Isaac seemed to tolerate it then. He didn't seem to love or hate it.

Then we went inside and took a nap. After Isaac woke up I gave him to Ben and slept another two hours...I must have really needed some sleep.