Friday: 27 weeks

Isaac turned 27 weeks today.  He really wanted to show you his open mouth.  I'm pretty sure he's going through a growth spurt and wants food.

Travis, Allison, and their kids came over tonight for dinner.  We built a fire to make hobo pies.  In this heat, it was maybe not the smartest idea, but it was still fun.  We swam in the lake while the fire was burning down...it is 82 degrees.  Nice and warm.  Maybe not super refreshing, but refreshing enough.  And Isaac will go in the water.

While were were getting the food ready, Autumn and Isaac played together.  Or, at least, Isaac played with whatever Autumn handed to him.  I think he gave her some toys at one point too.  It's nice that 1) he can sit up for long periods of time if he wants to and 2) he's starting to interact with people his own age.

Thursday: Tuesday

Today was a pretty low-key day.  We relaxed, did some work...the normal.  We let Isaac have a grape in a mesh net during lunch and he loved it.  (He did not want anything to do with it during dinner though.)  He must have gotten all the juice out because he started whining.  At least that's what we decided it was.  It was a new cry.

We were going to play a board game that is pretty much the same thing as Civilization.  Thirty minutes later we finally had it all set up and still had 2.5 pages of rules to go through.  We decided to wait until tomorrow.

The quilter is starting to run better.  There still seems to be one problem, but I found a forum and have a few things to try tomorrow.

Here are some pictures from Tuesday; it was too hot for a walk with Betsy and Ethan so we went in the pool.  (And yes, they have the same swimsuit!)

(I can't get this one to turn.  It is turned on my computer but blogger really wants it to go sideways.)

Wednesday: 4th activities

Happy July 4th!  We had a pretty busy day...

We had a picnic and boat parade with the neighborhood.  I guess we didn't actually stay around for the boat parade, but people parked on the beach and it was fun to see all the boats decked out.  (haha.)  It was hot and Isaac fell asleep while we were eating lunch.  I was hoping to transfer him to a crib, but he woke up way before then and of course that short nap was it for a while.

Then we went over to Christen and Tony's for dinner.  Christen took some awesome pictures with flags.

Tonight was nice...my quilter was working!  I had several problems with it throughout the day...maybe that's to be expected since it was my first time using it, but I'm getting much more familiar with it this way.  I ended after I had sewn something on my test fabric and the sewing machine was still working.

And now I'm listening to fireworks.  We sat on the deck for a little bit and watched them...to our left a bit people had large ones.

Tuesday: 6 months, revisited

Today Isaac has his doctor's appointment.  Everything is going well.  He's only weighing in at 15.5 lbs (a little on the light side for his age), but it didn't faze the doctor at all.

So on to the photos. 

The brown quilt...

The many faces of Isaac...

And the cutest ones...I couldn't decide on just one so put them together.

Monday: sweet potatoes

We aren't letting Isaac drink Mt Dew, so he ate the next best thing: the box.

Then for lunch he got sweet potatoes.  He loved them!  I wasn't expecting him to eat much since it's been a challenge to get him to eat about 2 Tbsp of rice cereal, but he ate the whole container.  Well, except for the stuff that he got on his forehead.  And in between all his fingers.  And up his nose.  He keeps breathing out just as I put the spoon in his mouth.  I have a feeling this eating process is going to be messy not only for Isaac, but also for me.

Sunday: today

I was taking a nap.  I heard Isaac crying, so I got up to take care of him.  On my way there it crossed my fuzzy brain that it was funny that my bedroom door was closed and I didn't have the monitor on.  About the time I got to Isaac's room I realized that Ben was "on-duty".  Bother.  If I had remembered that 30 seconds earlier I would have rolled over and gone back to sleep.

Isaac, on the other hand, wasn't having any of the roll-over-and-go-to-sleep and proceeded to be mad for the next hour.  I know, no one seems to believe us, but it does happen.  Ben dealt with most of it, but I was taking my turn when he stopped by and said his parents needed a jump at Captain Sundae and did we want to come?  I jumped at it...staying home with Isaac was not sounding fun.

Isaac calmed down quickly once we were in the car and then when there were people to watch.  He and Larry wore the same color shirt today.

Saturday: 6 months

How time flies.  To celebrate his half year birthday, Isaac slept for nine hours straight (11 hours in between eating!)  The only problem was that I kept expecting him to get up, so I didn't sleep well.  He then proceeded to dirty three clean diapers in the space of an hour.  I changed them promptly, but not right away...he could have had better timing.

I took a gazillion pictures for his six month birthday, but still need to edit them.  So that post will be for another time.  Maybe tonight.  (Also, I took over 2000 pictures this month.  I feel like that is about 1800 too many.  But, I delete most of them because I use burst mode to try and get one good one out of 20 pictures.  However, I have an uncomplaining subject and it gives us something to do.)

We accidentely brought a chip clip home with us from vacation, and then Isaac found it and it is his new favorite toy.  I was a little worried that it would pinch his fingers, but he doesn't seem to be strong enough for that.  It is the perfect size for grabbing, putting in his mouth, and it is a little floppy.

Ben was on Isaac duty this afternoon (Isaac would not sleep!) and I came upstairs to find both of them sleeping in the chair.  It was super cute, but Ben woke up before I could take his picture.