Mother's Day with Family

Here are some pictures from when Grandma and Grandpa Reiswig came over to visit. We had a great time and were also able to celebrate Mother's Day together! Some more developments in my fast paced life: I am now officially crawling! It has been quite the road to discovery. It all started with rocking forward and backward while on my hands and knees. I then realized that my hands are good for more than quality thumb-sucking, they can actually take you places! So, I started dragging myself around: I became mobile. As if that isn't exciting enough, I then found that if I move my hands and knees at the same time, I can move around even faster and, boom baby, I'm crawling! Mom and dad are trying to stay ahead of my learning curve and think they have baby-proofed the house, but we'll see about that.  Enjoy the pictures!

Grandpa Reiswig is making sure I don't crawl my way off the couch. Look out world, baby Isaiah is mobile!

Stylin' in the hat Grandma Stewart gave me. Sometimes changing one's wardrobe every other week can become a little tedious and boring. Adding a flare of excitement becomes quite necessary. Hat: case in point.

Celebrating Mother's Day with some gelato. Well, everyone else was celebrating with gelato. 

Even at my early age, I realize there is something very special about ice cream. And I am sitting in the arms of one of the world's premier ice cream connoisseurs, I think my future looks bright! 

Yes, I am wearing a Seattle Seahawks shirt. Team allegiances form early, and one must be very careful during this important process. Me, I'm a Hawks fan through and through and proud of it. Now, did I say that right, dad?

Mother's Day was a lot of fun. I assumed the role of "Assistant to the Giftee: Present Unwrapper." I like to think of it as "The Paper Demolisher."

The calm before the storm, I am slowly caressing the paper, considering what methods I can implement to demolish the paper.

Despite the size of this monster, I am not intimidated. Don't hold me back, Grandma, let me at it!

Grandma helping me with this big one. It's so fulfilling to see a good unwrap job!

I am a little excited here. I have no clue what this is, but we sure got that wrapping paper off!

Helping Mom with some of her Mother's Day presents. Don't get me wrong, she was excited about her presents, but she seemed the most excited to be holding me.

Yeah, cards! Everything is new and very exciting when you are a baby.

Out for dinner on Mother's Day. We had a great time, I really enjoyed the people watching aspect

At Grandma and Grandpa Stewart's

I hung out and had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa Stewart's house.  My Great Aunt Scooter was there too, lots of family fun!  Life has been full of new and exciting things.  I'm eating solid food a lot more now (well, it's really more of a mushy consistency, but you have to start somewhere).  It mainly consists of fruit and vegetable purees, interspersed with flavorful bottles of Similac Sensitive Stomach.  Here are some pictures of the good times that were had at Grandma and Grandpa Stewart's:

So this is what you call a See's candy lollipop. Man, and I thought carrots were sweet. To think that my parents have been feeding me things like beans and peas and bananas when, all along, they had knowledge that something like THIS existed! I like lollipops. Aunt Scooter can hold me anytime.

More of this marvelous culinary wonder. I know it's hard to tell from the picture, but I am one happy baby here. I know this is crazy talk, but this may even be better than Similac!

And then cheerios. After the lolipop, it could use about 100 more grams of sugar. Despite being quite bland, these little morsels are a kick to play with. It can be quite challenging to actually pick them up from the table and place them in your mouth. I've been practicing and making a lot of progress. I think only half of them are ending up in my lap now!

Ah... color, art: I am very drawn to these things, but come on it's Harry Potter, who wouldn't be drawn to such an amazing story!  The beginning of my life long love of all things Potter begins here.  After seeing my budding interest in this epic series, Mommy and Daddy have started to read it to me as a bedtime story.  Pretty great huh? 

How many more of these obnoxious little white things did you say are going to poke through my gums?!

We had some fun outside with a wooden spoon and a xylophone, and please don't ask me to pronounce the latter.

Wooden spoons are good for: biting, chewing, pushing, pulling, banging, waving, throwing, sucking, and just an all around good time.

It's easy to get carried away with wooden spoons. Falling over is one of the dangers if you don't keep your focus. Tricky, tricky objects.

In the middle of my waving around of the wooden spoon,  I suddenly hear the sound of sweet music. I don't know the science behind it, but somehow when a wooden spoon is combined with a xylophone, waves of glorious music bound through the air. It was pretty cool.

Splish Splash!

Mommy and I decided it might be fun to try our hand at swimming.  We went to four classes, had a blast and made a friend.  Splashing the water is my favorite!  I kept getting water in my face, which I didn't like, but I kept splashing anyways.  Grandma Stewart took some great pictures of our watery adventure.

Here I'm about to do a dare devil move!  I'm going to slide down the wall into the water (all while mommy holds me of course).  It's pretty fun.  I can't wait to hit the water parks!

Mommy thinks I'm the best swimmer in the world.  She's a bit delusional, but can you blame her?  I'm so cute.

Having Fun at the New House

Once we returned from our campout in Spokane life settled down a bit.  Yes, 2 adults and 1 infant spent 5 days camping out on 1 air mattress.  We didn't want to get comfortable or there wasn't any way we'd get our house in Spokane cleaned up in time for the new renters to move in.  Back in Missoula we decided it was time to take a break and have some fun for a change. 

Boy do I love this exersaucer!  I can spend hours chewing on the green leaf and spinning the noisy flower.  I also really like staring at that other cute baby in the turtle mirror.

Aforementioned chewing :0)

This is my first ever bike ride (one of many no doubt).  I am in the new Chariot bike trailer that Mom and Dad seemed to be so excited about.  As you can see, I am over the moon about this experience.  I was so stoked I fell asleep right before we got going and I don't think I woke up until it was all over.  Probably better that way since Mom and Dad seem to be a little crazy when they ride their bikes.

We have spoken previously about my jumping expertise.  I practice hours a day in hopes that I will one day make it onto the Olympic team.  Here, you can see I have practiced myself to sleep.  

This really is my happy place.  If you don't have one (a happy place that is) you should definitely get one.  It's good for the soul.   I heard mom and grandma talking about how they want one of these jumping seats for adults.  Not a bad idea if you ask me.  Maybe then they would stop running around and start enjoying themselves.

I am Joe Cool in this number.  Watch out ladies - here I come!

Soooo.  Solid food.  Highly overrated, though quite fun in the mess department.

Nuf said.

Chill'n with Tawnie

It has been WAY too long since Mom and Dad put up some pictures.  I've been pestering them about it, but I get the distinct sense that they still can't speak baby.  Oh well, they got the hint somehow and you had better be prepared to be inundated with pictures of yours truly :0).  

Here are some great pictures of me with my birthmom Tawnie.  We stopped for a quick visit after Mom and Dad finished getting the house in Spokane ready for the new renters.  They said a sad and hasty goodbye to their home of 7 and a half years and then we left to go back home to Missoula.  On the way we stopped in Post Falls.  Mom, Tawnie and I went to Thomas Hammer for some great coffee and to catch up.  I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I loved the visit!

Aren't we cute together.  My birthmom gives great hugs!!!