New Gifts

Disclaimer - we do not abuse our child. He has had a rough go of walking lately. A few days ago he lost his ballance and fell RIGHT into the leg of a coffee table which gave him a pretty nice shiner which you may notice in some of the pictures below.



Isaac is showing off some gifts that he has been given. First is a hat knitted by my mom's friend Shelley. And then his tie dye shirt and hat (birthday gifts from grandpa).

Sunset Beach Part 2

More fun on the beach with Isaac. Having a baby on the beach is a pretty funny thing. They just don't know what to think about any of it. The sand is so new and strange and the water. It is beautiful to see this brand new little person experiencing all these things for the first time :)

Sunset Beach Part 1

Hi All! We just recently returned from a very fun family reunion at Sunset Beach. It was Isaac's first beach trip. He enjoyed the sand a lot. He loved crawling on it and putting it in his mouth and basically getting it all over him. But, he didn't like the bath he got upon returning home. Here are some pics from vaction.

The whole group of us!

Dan made the biggest catch of his life!! He reeled in this big fish from the beach. Uncle Jim helped out some too.

Our view each morning as we woke up. We got to share a room with Isaac :)

Isaac enjoying some beach contemplation.

Isaac had to borrow his cousin Riely's beach hat (a little girly, but it worked).

More pictures soon...

I'm Cruising

This is just a quick video of Isaac cruising around the table in our living room. The quality isn't very good...but maybe that's just how these videos work. Enjoy...

The Kiss Monster

So, daddy always tries to play this game with me, where he is the kiss monster and he runs after me trying to give me lots of kisses. It is a fun game. But tonight I decided that I was going to be the kiss monster and mommy was going to be my prey. Look she has no idea what is about to get her. hahahahaha...
Here I go. The kiss monster is on the attack...and still she is so clueless. It's like she has no idea what is about to hit her.
I GOT HER!!! Here come the kisses! I'm the kiss monster and you better watch out.
You know that you are helpless against my attacks. I'm just going to keep kissing you and kissing you and there is nothing that you can do about it.
Exactly! You thought you were going to get away...but you were wrong. The kiss moster isn't done yet. All of you out there better be looking over your shoulder because you never know when the kiss monster will be on attack. And as you have seen above, most people never see me coming.

Betsy & Julia!

Betsy is one of my best and oldest friends. We have been friends since middle school (when we lived in Cleveland). It's wonderful that we now both live in the same city (kind of - I'm in Wheaton, she's in lincoln park). Betsy had a beautiful baby girl on April 8th (just one day after her birthday). Isaac and I got to visit Betsy and Julia and had a fun day in the city. Betsy seems to be a wondeful mommy and Julia is such a precious little one!

Outdoor Meals

Since it has been getting so nice we have been enjoying eating outside. Isaac sits in his bumbo on top of the table which works perfectly! Isaac really is the cutest little doll. Sometimes I just have these moments that I wish I could put in a bottle and keep forever!