Team Isaacson

Monday, June 14, 2010

Im sorry....

but does it get any cuter than that!?!

Happy Monday...did anyone else need that to make the day better

Friday, June 11, 2010

The Word on The Street is PARTY

These are pictures from Alex's 2nd birthday party! He had a blast and that made it all worth while! :)

the big kids
Evan, Gibson, Sophie, Alex, Annie, Kenzie, Madison

the little ones
Ella Kate, Dawson, Eliana, Kalyn

We had fun activities thanks to Honey, since the rain ruined our park plans,...
like put the trash in Oscar's can

Sesame Street Hop Scotch

books toys and puzzles

elmo fishing...thanks Honey for being our fish! :)

annie, checking out the loot...just a sticker :)

and dancing to Sesame Street songs- Alex's favorite part I think

The details...

we were up to our elbows in elmos!
thanks ruth for working in the elmo sweatshop!

chex mix "trash"

cookie crisp cereal makes cute little cookies that are milk free!

Alex's favorite! He had this instead of a cupcake!

favors...sesame street book, cookies, and stickers

Alex LOVED the birthday song and blowing out his candles! I was so impressed with how well he did! We did it twice because he loved it so much! :)

We were so lucky to have both families in full at the party!! Such fun!!

(Vinnie and Kalyn were at the party but had already left when we took the picture, sorry!)

Thanks to everyone that made Alex's day so special!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

May Pictures

I have pretty much given up at catching up completely so to tide you over...

First Smiles

serious stuff

we're playing now!

sleeping angel

brother and sister bonding

my little sun flower...Aunt KP knitted this precious shrug- can you believe it!? too cute right!?

someone wanted in on the photoshoot

my guitar man

Monday, May 24, 2010

My little baby boy is TWO! I can hardly believe it! I got my email saying "Your Preschooler" on the day- what?! No more toddler?! (sigh)
There are just too many things I adore about this kid to write them all. You keep us laughing all the time! My favorite is when you have the sillies and laugh really hard...it is contagious! We laugh hard and then you laugh even harder! Its usually something like you saying a silly nonsense phrase.
You are just too sweet to everyone and especially your new sister....even if you spit crackers on her when you are trying to kiss her, or you scream "surprise" right in her ear while she is trying to sleep, or you poke her eye trying to tell me that she has eyes.

Your language has just taken off like a rocket over the past few months and especially since we brought Eliana home. (Not sure if she had something to do with it or if it was just the timing.)
You still cant say words with an M at the begining and replace it with a B sound (Baba for moma, boon for moon, and bore for more, etc)
You know your animals but you make the animal sound instead of calling them by name. You know your abc's pretty well. You are working on colors. You will count in your own way (its the same everytime but not really the numbers).
You LOVE to just run your mouth, like when playing by yourself. Most of the time it is "dadda baba" or "baba dadda" or "dubba dubba dubba". And your favorite phrase is "big big big" or "dadda's har (car)" this was also the first of your two word phrases. When I ask you what you want to do today, your typical response is "Dadda" meaning you want to play with Dadda. You constantly say you want to play cars too.

You have been getting "in trouble" a lot more lately. When we get on to you about something you have started to say "hi" to us to try and break the ice, lighten the mood.
Your favorite food is refried beans. Favorite snack is Pirates Booty. Favorite cereal is Pops. And everything must be in a bowl (for his highness).

You love buckles and try to buckle yourself in the car, booster, and stroller...you are pretty good at it too. Only a little frustrating when I am in a hurry. :)

You hate to change clothes, change your diaper, or basically do anything for me that I really ask you to do. Soooo, we have been playing in our pjs alot lately. The neighbors probably think we are lazy messes. You are OBSESSED with your monster pajamas and ask to wear them every night. We went and got you a second pair to help lessen our pain. I love when you come to show me that you have them on, beaming with excitement, pointing to your chest, and your hair is all wet and slicked back (cause thats how daddy does it). You cry when we try to take them off.

You love music still and have started to sing along...melt my heart with that sweet little voice. You are still a dancer and we have had many a dance parties. We also started having parades around the house (follow the leader, marching, with instruments of choice).
You are obsessed with shoes and saying "shoes"...constantly trying on ours (and leaving them around the house).

You love to play outside and could spend all day out there if we let you. You LOVE to look for bugs and the neighbors butterfly garden has been a huge source of entertainment lately.

You are interested in the potty! We got you one of your own and you like to sit on it (with your clothes and diaper on). You did go once before bath and there was a big celebration :) with marshmallows...your reward of choice! You will do anything for a marshmallow. We are not "training" or anything but just introducing the idea to see where it takes us.
You have been rocked to sleep this whole year for naps and bedtime. Yep, your momma kept you like a baby as long as she could! But for the past few months you have been too wild and we had to put you in bed, cross our fingers, and hoped you would fall asleep. You did really well at night. Naptime is another story. You could stay there for hours just talking to yourself, singing, yelling, rolling around in bed. Luckily for me, you have recently started to fall asleep! Yea!! ;) Naps are usually 2 hours because you wont go down till late and we have to wake you up or you wont go to bed till late... and its a vicious cycle. Honey is still the queen though and is the only one that can still rock you to sleep, in record time too! Your bedtime is supposed to be at 8:30 and you usually get up between 7:30 and 8. (LOVE this with a newborn!)
You now know how to throw your body to the floor in revolt and kick to guard off unwanted touching...basically you know how to be 2 with the best of them. We are working through this together. Timeouts, rewards, and consequences are a daily discussion. If I can talk you into combing your hair and brushing your teeth its a great day!
Your stats are... 24.4 lbs (10%) and 34 1/2 in tall (50-75%)

isnt this an awesome 2 yr old shot...classic

Lil skinny boy can still wear his 12 mo shorts! but they are pretty short so we are moving up...but thank goodness we are out of pants season, the highwaters were getting bad! :) You wear 24 mo shirts.
We will go to the allergy doctor next month and we are anxious to see what else you are allergic too. (More on that on a future post)
This year has been so much fun to watch you grow into your personality. You are full of life love and energy. We could not be more proud of you and love you more!

Friday, May 21, 2010

1 Month Old

She is doing so well...

good sleeper- gives me at least one 4 or 5 hour session at night, and sleeps a lot of the day

loves her pacifier- looks a little like Maggie Simpson going to town on it

is just so sweet- loves to look up at who is holding her with those big beautiful blue eyes and sweet lips

you are such a girl- with a dramatic high pitch squeal when you are not happy with me

you are a grunter- noisy eater and then moan and groan when trying to get comfortable to go back to sleep

I love you so much baby girl! I could hold you and stare at you all day!

It's not all sunshine and rainbows though... I think its my worst fear- she doesnt like the bows! Oh no! What are we going to do!?

This cracked me up...Alex must have thought that Eliana needed her doll to sleep with. He did it all on his own and was back playing like he never stopped when I noticed. He loves you so much!