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.

"I don't feel like being an adult today," I said as I cleaned out dirt (and toys) from under the refrigerator.  It was kind of a fun task, and one that's needed to be done for a while.  But I didn't feel like having other adult responsibilities today.

Saturday: nursery and pool

This morning we made some good progress on the baby's room; it is finally starting to look like a room and not just a place to dump stuff.  Isaac and I finished up the crib while Ben was sleeping, and then while I was getting my hair cut they got some shelves put together.

I got home and Isaac showed me the location of every screw. :)

I also chopped off my hair.  Here's the before picture; you'll have to look at the swimming picture for an ok after picture.  It's a bit above shoulder length, which is rather nice.

Then we went to Jamie's pool for the afternoon...it was a lot of fun.

 Isaac also really enjoyed being lowered from the diving board, sort of like one of the boys.  However, he wasn't willing to swim all by himself yet.  One more thing to work on. :D

Thursday: party pictures

Here are the pictures from Isaac's party on Monday...

Balloons!

Isaac likes to take pictures too.  I'm 35 weeks pregnant here.  And there was a good reason I was sitting on the floor, but I don't remember what it was.

Eating

Cupcakes!  I forgot the ice cream...but then, I almost forgot the cupcakes too.  Although Isaac probably would have been happy to eat all of them later.

In other news, having fireworks at 1:45am is really not that acceptable.  Isaac and I both are at the light part of our sleep cycle then and I got up with him three times in 1.5 hours because he kept waking up.  To be fair, I was rather awake for the first two though.  (I'll be honest...the only reason I think it is ok earlier in the evening is because Isaac sleeps through them.  If he was waking up every half hour this would be a different rant.)

Wednesday: hmm

I had a lot of things I wanted to do today.

I didn't do most of them.  I just didn't feel like it.  Or I got sidetracked.  And then the day was done!

I did decide to start a puzzle.  My reasoning?  It's part of the nursery decor.  So I was being productive by doing it.

Tuesday: presents and babies

We tried out all of Isaac's presents today, including his bike.

Then tonight we went to the Big Brother, Big Sister class at the hospital.  I thought it was ok.  But...it's hard to tell what he's picking up.  It is also possible that just going to the hospital and holding a baby doll helps solidify what is going to happen.

We went over many times that we went to the hospital to learn about babies, not to pick up a baby.  I think he was a little sad that we weren't coming home with a baby yet.