Franklin Institute

For mutual, we went to the Franklin Institute to see the Narnia exhibit My deacons - Josh, TJ, Isaiah, Vian, kadhafi

Vian after winning the Super Bowl

Here they were watching a human heart beat... cool

This is the 25ft tall heart you can walk around in

Dude. I hadn't seen the movie so I thought these guys were a little disturbing

That's Emmanuel and Manson

Manson, Enoch, Diamond, and Remel

Christina and Isaac met us down there! ...another thing crossed off Christina's to-do-before-moving list.

I grew a toof!

Isaac and I were chillin' at the house this morning. He started chewing on his fingers and it clicked that he's been chewing on them a lot the past few days. So I checked his gums just for fun and what do you know but there was a little white toof poking through!!!

First tooth, just shy of four months. Good job baby!

Bumbo Seat

We got one of those cool Bumbo seats for Isaac.

My rule was I had to find it on Craigslist and it had to be (1) blue, (2) in Drexel Hill and (3) only cost $10. Almost impossible, right? BUT, lo and behold, within a week of looking someone listed a BLUE one, in DREXEL HILL for ONLY $10. Awesome. What luck?!

It cracks me up to see him sitting upright at just a few months. I can't help but laugh every time I put him in.

We'll have to see how much longer the 18lb 9oz "tank" can fit in it though. His legs are rather chunky and the seat already hangs on when I try to take him out. Yikes!

Ho Ho Ho, I mean, Ha Ha Ha

Isaac's developing his own little laugh. I tried catching it on film tonight. Check 'em out.

To all our family and friends out there -- we miss you guys! Hope you had a very merry Christmas.

Baby's First Christmas

3 1/2 months

Craig visits the Big Apple

Obviously, Craig was excited to go to the 2008 Greater New York Dental Meeting in NYC. It was held at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center, which by the way, is all made of glass.

With hundereds and hundreds of exhibitors showing off and giving away cool dental stuff, it was Craig heaven.

Plus, tasty food off the streets is always a bonus.

And then there's the view of the skyline. You just can't beat it. I love New York.

Wish I could have gone too.

Baby Blessing

Craig blessed baby Isaac the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Here's our family photo in the tiniest hallway in the whole church. You can thank me for that fabulous idea. It was fun to have Craig's parents there and have his dad in the circle for the blessing. And thanks Grandma Connie for the blessing outfit!

Isaac sneezed out a huge boogie right when we had the camera out. Yummy. :)

Isaac meets the African Santa

My work holiday dinner and the ward Christmas party ended up being on the same night at the same time. What are the odds, right? Oh, what to do.

After some deliberation, we decided the work party couldn't be missed, nor could Isaac miss a photo op with the African Santa. He wouldn't be a true member of P1 (or our family!) and miss that experience.

So, Craig and I headed off to the "country" (ok, Newtown Square, but once you get off West Chester Pike and get on a country road, you truly are in the country) and enjoyed hor'dourves at an incredible farm house dating back to 1792, meanwhile...

The Schappers, the good people that they are, took Little Man to the church to see...

Yep, the big man in the red suit. Oh yeah.

Bow to your Sensei!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmUsVeKp1o

it's been a while

So, it's been a while since I've posted. I know, I know. I'm in big trouble. But I went back to work part-time and something had to give temporarily. And what "gave" was the blog.

Don't worry - I have lots of good stuff saved up. Isaac with our African Santa, some 3 1/2 month pictures and maybe even Thanksgiving if I'm feeling up to it. Stay tuned!!

Rub a dub dub

... this baby loves the tub. And I don't mean he likes the tub, he LOVES it. We have a little evening ritual that includes bathtime and it's his favorite time of day.

We get him undressed and when his little butt hits that water, he's in hog heaven. He stays calm while I wash him down, but as if on cue after his hair and face are washed, he knows it's time to swim!

Like magic, he starts smiling, cooing, waving his arms, kicking his legs, literally swimming. He works his way down to the "deep end," then we move him back up and he starts all over again. It's the funniest thing. Like he's on a mission. I've never seen anything like it.

Check him out.

Twilight

I went to the premier of Twilight tonight with some friends. Thank goodness Erin went early and saved a place in line. We would have been waiting at the end of the line, OUTSIDE!!!



The movie premier scene was pretty amusing. All of these teenage girls wearing their Twilight shirts (some home-made, some official) screaming and running to find a seat when they let the gates up 30 minutes before the show. There were shrieks of delight at the entrance of major characters, particularly the male characters, and during the romantic moments. A little distracting, but entertaining at least.

As far as the movie goes, I'm not commenting. I'll let you go see it for yourself and decide. Ha!

Afterward, Meredith, Erin, Jill, Julia and I went to a little Italian restaurant and got dessert.


The girls thought it was funny that the restaurant name had "Bel" (close to Bella) in it and a painting next to our table was signed by "Edward."

Meanwhile back at the ranch... well at the Hall's house... Craig was babysitting. Way to go, Dad!

And check out Isaac's cool sleeping-bag-cover-thing for his carseat. It keeps him warm when it's cold and windy like today and is compliments of what I'll call "The Great Jill Hand Me Down", for which we'll be forever grateful. Thank so much!

11 weeks old

I love this boy. And he's growing and changing so much.




He's getting good at holding his head up, he turns his head toward new sounds, tracks things well with his eyes, will smile back at you and coos when he likes something. Not a huge fan of tummy time, but he can lift his arms and legs off the ground and "fly". He does it best when he's mad and sick and tired of tummy time. He also likes to be held up to practice standing.



At the doctor last week, he weighed a whooping 16 lbs. 10 oz. So he gained a pound in the one week from his prior visit. (We've had a couple extra visits because of his cold).





Things he loves, as of late (in no particular order), are:

- baths in the big bath tub - video of this coming soon!

- playing with these chain link toys

- looking at his arm/hand/sleeve (no joke- he lifts his arm and goes cross-eyed staring at it)

- putting soft things in his mouth, like blankets dad wraps him in so he doesn't have to re-dress him after changing a diaper :)

- His yellow duck softie. He really loves this toy. He's always got the beak, or a wing or even the duck's hair in his mouth.

- And a new one from today is watching the ceiling fan go round and round. I couldn't believe how long that entertained him!