can you hear me now?

happy birthday HealthWorks!

sometimes i forget what a fun job i have... but all i have to do is take isa to work with me to be reminded. he hit the ground running, dancing & screaming his way through the museum last saturday in honor of HealthWorks! ninth birthday.

Christmas 2008

Isaiah was the Master of Unwrapping Ceremonies this year... lots of "wow"s and "WHOAA!"s and ripping into other people's gifts before they could. We had great celebrations with all our family this year (some through the power of Skype) and are so thankful for all of you. Blessings in the New Year!

gobble gobble!

we had a great time out east with aunt liza, uncle tim & amelia (AND the cousin in the oven ;). it was fun to see amelia & isa interact--they're not babies anymore! we did lots of laughing & eating & laughing & eating... just like Thanksgiving should be!


After 16 hours in the car, Isa is a seasoned traveler!


Birdie Num Num


Millie Boo


Storytime


Storytime takes a hilarious turn


rock-n-roll


cousins


driving home

spin doctor

isaiah's really getting into dancing--and has just lately taken to this whirling dervish technique.

what's black & white and runs all over?

isa the zebra!

isa & moses have developed a somewhat parasitic relationship...isaiah has discovered that moses makes a really comf Barkalounger, and moses in turn has found isa as his best source for human food.
he loved the orange 'balls' lying all over the ground at the pumpkin patch, and also really took a liking to the Radio Flyer... so much so, that any time andrew stopped pulling for a moment, he threw a fit.

15 months

-8 teeth
-drunken walking (controlled falling)
-words: all done, banana, apple, night-night, baba, dada, mama, nana, ball
-favorite foods: banana, toast, grapes, Cheez-its & french fries

Isaiah meets his Barber

look what happened to isa today! we're in a bit of 'fro withdrawal... and i'm still convinced andrew just brought a totally different child home from the barbershop. suddenly Little Man is a big boy. took first steps last weekend, and hasn't stopped since!

rice noodles & parmesan

hot fun in the summertime

these summer days are slipping through our fingers like sand...
Little Man is sprouting 4 more teeth--all at the same time (youch!), walking along furniture (and Moses), crawling upstairs (and wanting to go down head first), and continuing his Gandhi-esque hunger strike. we're having a hard time relating to someone that isn't a glutton...

little man's big day

the festivities spanned many days, as we celebrated Isa's first complete trip around the Sun. besides not liking birthday caps & birthday cake, i think he enjoyed himself... and will hopefully hang around for another year.

11 months!

they said time would fly, but we had absolutely no idea; one whole year--here & gone. it's been a wonderful, whirling blur.

breakin

10 months

Isa likes to:
CRAWL!
eat sweet potatoes, yogurt, spaghetti, bacon (yes, it's true. sorry, kevin.)
sprout top teeth
eat dandelions & maple tree helicopters
feed moses
play in his AWESOME tent from alaina

still beathing!

which is great news, after pneumonia. sweet isa was a champ with his first illness--fought off both nebulizer & drugs like a true Jedi. here he's making up with his fish mask, after an especially upsetting treatment; a scar has left its mark on his nose, from trying to rip the mask off his face.

all dressed up

we finally had somewhere to go! snapped a family photo to capture us on this unique, clean moment.

Godzilla gets pneumonia

Despite the pneumonia, he continues his world domination...

spitting image

This certainly verges on disgusting, but as his parents we still find it hilarious. And, it deserves documentation since it's all he's done for the past couple weeks. Typically with a mouth full of green beans.