Isaac turned 23 months old on May 2nd, and I am finding it hard to believe he is almost 2 years old already. It's been a whirlwind, that's for sure! And a joyful one.
At 23 months...
Isaac is speaking like a real little person! Stringing together 3, 4 and 5 words together. It amazes us.
"Go see excavator with me"
"Mama put owie oil on it"
"Go sit on couch. Read about Goldbug."
"Call Maudie in now." (runs to door, walks out onto porch and yells) "Hey Maudie! COME!"
"I'm mad. No reach muffin."
"Fell down. Feel sad."
"I need help."
"Big snuggles, daddy."
"Daddy teaching. Daddy no hold you."
"Mama massage (______) tonight" (he fills in the blank with my client's name)
And...
We have finally gotten a Burly wagon to take him on some bike rides. All we need is a toddler-sized helmet and we'll be all set!
Isaac is my grocery shopping buddy every Tuesday. We love the free samples Costco has to offer, and sometimes we just splurge for the whole big bag of popcorn when we both just need to sit down and have a breather. I think this particular photo is capturing just that...sometimes popcorn helps the re-group effort. :)
We go to story time at the library every Wednesday and I was shocked when Isaac actually sat down for one of the stories! Usually he runs around, climbs, sits on my lap away from the group, or anything but sitting down and listening to the story. Here he is, with the red hood! It was Llama Llama Red Pajama (one of his favorites at home). Miss Donna, the story time leader, is a saint.
Grandma and Grandpa came for an Easter visit! They earned their grandparent badges big time with lots of stories, snuggles, walks to the park, and an Easter egg hunt sponsored by G&G themselves. Please come again soon, Gma and Gpa!
Isaac sports his new backpack (hand-me down from dear Juneau friends) at story time and the book drop.
Brian and Isaac get to enjoy some quality time together with some hearty midwest lawn-mowing!
We are singing the praises of Alice, Isaac's new "mother's helper" babysitter! She is a lovely and very mature 12-year old girl from our church and she and Isaac adore each other. Brian and I are convinced she is worth her weight in gold. We love Alice!
It's sunny in Iowa and sunscreen is out and on the shelves from now until the fall! Isaac thinks it tastes good.
Sometimes a plastic owl is just what we need to make a trip to Aldi a little more fun.
We experienced our first Drake Relays! Brian ran a sub 6:24 mile in the Grand Blue Mile race, and Isaac and I cheered from the sidelines with the real bulldog mascot himself, Grif. :)
After finding Brian, we got to watch some elite professional racers run for the national championship road mile race. They are insanely fit!
On a rainy Saturday, I got a massage while Brian and Isaac went to watch some more of the relays. Isaac wore his rain suit and lasted 1.5 hours, until he kept saying to Brian, "Go warm up, Daddy. Go warm up now."
Des Moines has big shoes to fill, following Juneau! :)
Isaac and Mama show off our cool headwear. Isaac picked up one of Brian's hats and put it on himself like this. And kept wearing it like this. So, of course we had to have a photo shoot.
There is a construction site near our house with two excavators working at the same time. This is big news. This is sit-down-on-the-sidewalk-and-drink-juice-while-watching kind of news. So, we did.
No comments:
Post a Comment