New Things

Yep, I am sporting a NEW shirt while doing my NEW skill, walking! Mama found this shirt, like she does with almost all my clothes, on clearance and had to scoop it up. I was matching Dada that day for church.

Dada thought it would be funny to put up a blog post about my other NEW trick. I tend to have gas problems throughout the day and I have learned the word, "Bup." (Mama and Dada say, "burp" but I am not great with my "r" sound yet.) So when I have a lot to drink, I tend to burp and then I laugh and say, "bup." Mama and Dada think it is so funny. Well, last night I am not quite sure what I did, but Mama and Dada almost fell off their chairs laughing. We were at the dinner table and I was having pretty bad gas problems, only it was not the kind that comes out of my mouth... After I was done I said, "Bup." (I wonder if it will work again tonight???)

This is my NEW tent! Mama and Dada say I am getting a little big for the pack and play and that this is easier to travel with. Mama and Dada say we are having a "test run" tonight before we go away.

They tell me I am going to have a camp out in my room. I am not so sure about this.

A Typical Sunday

It has been a while since I have taken any pictures of Isaiah and last night there were just too many opportunities to pass up. It is hard to believe how fast this little guy is growing, both in size and abilities. Last night was the first night that we let him eat corn on the cob by himself. In the past we have just let him take bites off of our cobs, but it got to be hard for us to eat as he would go crazy over corn on the cob and demand a bite every 5 seconds. So, when we handed over the corn I had to take a picture. He also enjoyed going for wagon ride and "driving" Dada's truck last night.

Mama and me after my bath. Dada and me after putting on the PJs. (Check out Dada's hat head)

Me driving Dada's truck.

Dada pulling me in my chariot

Me loving my dinner!!!!!!

Mama can't sit still

I have learned a lot about myself this past week and am starting to understand how Isaiah can be such a busy body. I am now about 90% convinced that this trait has come from me. It seems my favorite method of coping with trials is through staying busy. I have not come to a conclusion about whether this is a good thing or bad thing. In one respect I have a lot to show for my week, in another respect my body is probably not healing as fast as it could. And, a blessing and curse of being busy during the day is that my mind is distracted, but then the emotion all comes flooding in as soon as I put my head on the pillow. Poor Lance!

Well, maybe this is a right way to process and maybe it is a wrong way, but I guess it is my way. I am excited about the clean house, Isaiah's freshly painted toddler room, 8 pints of frozen green beans, 6 pints of peaches, 6 half pints of peach butter, and two loafs of freshly baked yeast bread (my up and coming hobby) I never knew I could enjoy so much of what a homemaker/mother does.

Isaiah is talking more everyday. 2 days ago I would not allow him to play with Dada's shoes and he began to through a rather large fit and continue to reach for them. I then said, "Mama is going to move the shoes because they are to tempting." He then repeated several times in a row, "tenting, tenting" I had to laugh, it was just too cute. He is also walking more everyday, accomplishing greater distances without assistance. It won't be much longer now before he is walking all over the place.

New Words, Walking, and Stewing Bob!

I think I have said this before, but everyday, not so little Isaiah, is communicating new words to us. Most of the time he is mimicking something we have just said which makes us die laughing, and other times he repeats a word that Mama or Dada are trying to teach him. Very recently Dada lifted him up to push the test button on the smoke detector which made a "Beep" noise and now he says, "Bep" yes, "Bep" not, "Beep" any time he hears a car horn, the oven timer, or the coffee maker. It is very cute! His other words (with translation) include:

up

dow (down)

ack (snack)

ock (block)

o (on)

ot (off, hot)

ope (open)

ball

gette (gentle)

and many more.

This is Isaiah taking a few steps.

This week and weekend Mama and Dada tried the hand at canning. Bob the tomato got stewed and cut up for salsa. This week Mama went to pick up 30 lbs of tomatoes and had a friend come over to teach her how to can them.

This is Dada after cutting up 6 onions. He had the bad job.
Salsa cooking!!

30 lbs of tomatoes=7 quarts of stewed tomatoes and 11 pints of salsa.

This is Isaiah saying "Bep"