21 months and Mothers Day

So the time is really flying. I cannot believe that Isaac is 21 months old and that we are 31 weeks along with baby #2. Isaac seems to get more and more fun every day, he is such a cute little person with such a big personality. He loves talking to anyone and everyone on the street, and seems to say something new every day - today when Bill came home from work Isaac said "how was your day?" He loves to run and yell come and get me as we chase him, and he closes the door and says byebye Isaac and then opens it up and says hello isaac, or just waits until we open it and yells Boo! If he's looking for Bill, he asks "where'd daddy go?" He is starting to understand the people he talks to on the phone so anytime he hears a woman's voice he says "gramma!" or a man's voice he says "papa!" and now when we open up the computer he thinks someone will be there talking to him on oovoo so he gets really excited. He also can help with lots of tasks like pulling the clothes into and out of the washer and pushing buttons to turn on and off the wash and the AC and the tv, and when he wants to go outside he runs to grab his shoes and then my shoes or bills shoes (approx 50% accuracy) - we're working on putting them on, but I think we have a little while to go until he gets there. In any event, he's really growing up and we're having so much fun watching and playing. Now onto the pictures...we finally got a new camera this week, so hopefully we will get better about taking more pictures and posting more frequently.

We had a great Mother's Day weekend including a fun visit with Isaac's grandparents. We had a delicious brunch (Isaac wasn't as miserable as he looks in the pics, he continued his injury streak that morning with a fat lip, so he wasn't so into smiling) to celebrate and I got lots of flowers and gifts and was spoiled by a surprise massage!

After brunch we went to the Arboretum to catch the end of the blooming azaleas and wander around. Isaac was over the flowers pretty quickly, but was beyond excited at getting to sit on the shuttle bus for a little while before we left.

Isaac is still having lots of fun at the parks, getting more daring on the rocking horse and big boy swing and climbing all over the equipment all by himself.

Finally, Isaac had lots of fun at his friend Noah's 1st birthday party in Rock Creek park. He LOVED riding in Noah's new Radio Flyer and tried to steal all his balloons. We thought we were going to have a repeat of the Colorado balloon boy, but thankfully he didn't leave the ground :)

Fun pics, visit with Aunt Jen, Gymboree and 28 week sono

Isaac still loves his doggie - this is the scene I come home to most days, Isaac and Wilson waiting at the door. I like to think they are looking for me, but the big excitement is when the mailwoman comes - both Isaac and Wilson go crazy (one barks and lunges at her, the other one waves and jumps up and down saying "hi mailman, hi mailman" and amazingly, she still comes back to deliver our mail every day! Isaac now likes to try to hold the leash when we take Wilson for walks. Not necessarily as much fun for Wilson who doesn't get very far very quickly...

Isaac's new favorite thing is playing in the car, he is entertained for long periods of time just sitting in the driver's seat and pushing buttons and jumping back and forth from the front to the back. He also thinks he's a big boy now and refuses to sit in the infant swing and only likes to sit on the big-boy swing, and climbs all over the equipment at the park all by himself.

Isaac is still having lots of fun with his friends, especially Lussa. Here he is below cuddling with Lussa at the Arboretum and the library, chugging juice at the park with Lussa and Noah (cesi's nephew) and hanging out and reading a book with Charlie who spent the afternoon with Isaac and Cesi while Genevieve had a meeting.

Finally, we had a really fun visit with Aunt Jen last week when she was in town for an AIPAC meeting. She came a day early and spoiled Isaac rotten with gifts from his cousins, and we ran her around for 2 days with lots of activities including the grocery store (big fun for Isaac who loves to run up and down the aisles yelling "come and get me" and flirting with the bread ladies to get free samples), the park and our Monday Gymboree tumbling class, and then she came with me for my 28 week doctor's visit and sonogram. It was so great having her here, we were both very sad to say goodbye :(

So these 3D sonogram pics usually freak me out (and in the other two it definitely looks like her face is melting), but I think this one isn't too scary looking and you can actually see her face (use your imagination)!!

Truck touch, Philly and Goodbye Kruses

We took Isaac to a daycare fundraiser called "Truck Touch" where there were all different kinds of vehicles like trucks, tractors, boats and police cars and the kids were allowed to climb in and on them and push buttons and take control of the steering wheel. What could be more fun for a baby boy?? Isaac enjoyed the jeep, and the tractor, and the big trucks, and even the boat, but he really liked the police car where the officer let him honk the horn and yell in the walkie talkie and even make the siren blare, but nothing could top the school bus - he loved loved loved the school bus (driving, opening the windows, running up and down the aisle, jumping between the seats...)and whenever we were able to peel him out of it, we didn't get far before he took off and ran back to climb back on. We definitely spent a majority of the day on the school bus, but it was lots of fun and we ran into the all the yoga mamas and babies and had fun watching each of the boys' reaction.

We took a quick overnight trip to Philly to hang out with our friends Jared and Kristen and to meet their twin girls Audry and Sophia and to hang out with their daughter Gabriella. All the girls are adorable and we can't believe what rockstars J&K are keeping up with all three like it's no big deal. We're apprehensive enough about baby #2!

On a less fun note, Karen and Gabe moved to Colorado last week :( Isaac and Colin had one last playdate before they made the cross-country voyage and we all had fun at library storytime and playing afterward at our house. We miss them already but are excited about their fun new life in Denver and we know we will see them again soon!