Isaac Turns One

Just one year ago I was sitting in a hospital room looking into the eyes of my brand new baby boy.  

Isaac's birth was a relatively quiet one (except for the scream I let escape my lips when I had to push all nine pounds of him out).  I don't know if it was the quiet calm of the hospital on a Sunday, or the many events that took place before his birth (that led me to really think about the sacredness of his life and who he was/is/and can become, as well as my job as his parent) or the hemorrhaging I experienced after he was born, but  Isaac's birth brought with it a time to reevaluate myself and my priorities. In a sense I feel like I was reborn that day too.

Now a year later, you still have a way of making me reevaluate my life on a daily basis.
Isaac I love you from your big giant baby head to your long monkey toes!

11 Month Highlights

You finally decided to walk on your own.  I love watching you take each step, with your funny zombie like way of lurching around the room.  

You are happy, 90 percent of the time!  I really believe you are sunshine for my soul.

You are very opinionated when we experience the other 10 percent of your personality.

If you don't like what I'm serving you to eat you have no qualms about dramatically throwing it across the kitchen.

Food is most certainly your passion, life is good as long as you have food in your mouth. 

You decided that everything should have one universal "sign", so whenever you ask for something you just wave your arms around in little circles, sometimes it means drink, sometimes it means food, sometimes your just waving, and sometimes it means bath. 

You like to take the path of least resistance, I think you inherited that quality from me.  

You love eating dirt and being outside, I think you inherited that from me too (the being outside part).

At one years old you have remarkable changed my life, your dads life and the lives of your brother and sister.

I love seeing the bond you and your daddy have.

I love seeing your brother and sister love you with everything they have.

I love that you give me the opportunity to learn and grow and that you are so patient and loving with me.  

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ISAAC!

Thanks again to everyone for the gifts and birthday wishes!  Isaac has the best Grandma's & Grandpa's & Aunts and Uncle's Ever!

Because I Never Want to Forget the Sound...

Last night after I sent Alivia and Dylan to bed I sat down to relax a little.  After a few minutes of quiet I began to hear this hysterical giggling coming from the hallway, so I took our camera and decided to investigate.  Here is what I found.

Video Disclaimer:

I took this at night so it's dark and grainy.

Alivia is doing a whole lot of yelling, but if you listen close you can hear the best sound in existence!

Pure, Sweet, Uninhibited Joy!
PS  I think it's so cute that through out their play, Isaac keeps signing more, he was having a ball!

11 Months Old

Isaac's FIRST Birthday is just a hop, skip and a jump away!

It's hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that in less than three weeks I will have a ONE YEAR OLD. 

Time is flying!  

Here are a few of Isaac's 10 month highlights.

You disowned your Binky.  I tried and tried to make you take it back, but you won't have anything to do with it.  You like screaming it out better.  In the end I guess I'm glad because I don't have to break you of it later.  

You love to walk all along the walls and furniture, but you refuse to take a step on your own, if you are not gripping onto something.  

You think you need to eat 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  

You like to feed yourself!

You started cutting a bottom molar on your right side.

You sign "more", "bath", and you attempt to sign "drink" by slapping the side of your head.

You love to get into things, more than ever!  You go from one cupboard to another emptying their contents and just when I muster the energy to clean them up, you go right back to emptying them out again.  

You sleep through the night, most nights!

I took the picture above so I could always remember those chubby baby hands and the way you so sweetly slumber.  Because I know that soon you will be this independent, feisty, button pushing, toddler, and I'm really going to miss you being my snugly little baby!

I love you Isaac!