[Laughin'] on a Prayer

Isaac continues to fill our days with lots of laughs and smiles.  One of the latest sources of entertainment are his new dance moves.  We first noticed them the other morning. Mommy had played something on her phone that had Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" playing in the background and Isaac started rocking back and forth to the music and seemed rather disappointed when the music stopped.  We played it some more, and he continued to move to the music.  The other night at dinner he was doing it again to JJ Grey and Mo Fro (a band we saw when Mommy was first pregnant). He's done it many times since to all sorts of songs and singing, but seems to prefer actual rock music the most.

Here is a VIDEO of him dancing, and if you listen closely you may be able to hear him "singing" along too.

He's also full of laughs. As Mommy types this, Isaac is sitting in his crib while he should be napping and just giggling all over himself as he plays with the sunny spots and shadows on his crib mattress. It took him almost 2 hours of playing and somehow pulling a bunch of toys into his crib to finally fall asleep:

He also laughs and smiles when he sees pictures of himself and other familiar faces.  He laughs when he sees the dogs. He laughs when we kiss his belly. He laughs when shake our heads.  He laughs when we sings the ABCs. He laughs when we tickle him. He laughs for sometimes no reason at all. It's one of the greatest sounds in the world! 

He had us in giggles last night as we gave him some naked time before bed. It was really funny watching him crawl around and then play peekaboo with Daddy from stair railings.

He continues to make his funny "angry face" in response to all sorts of things, including if we say, "Hey Isaac, smile!" or just walking in to get him after a nap.

Here's a VIDEO of him when he got up in the morning.  He's recently started jumping in his bed.

Yesterday while Mommy was getting a rag to wash his face and hands after breakfast Isaac manged to reach the curtain and wipe his hands on it.  This quickly turned into him discovering he could "hide" behind the sheer curtain and play peekaboo with Mommy.

One of his new favorite things to do seems to be climbing the stairs and staring out the window at the end of the hall. I know we posted about this in the last blog, but here is a VIDEO of Isaac staring out the window and laughing at the sights.  He also looks as though he may be planning his escape.

Today we are enjoying what will probably be our last snow day of the season.  We started the day with breakfast by the the fire...our first fire in our "new" fireplace. (Daddy did a great job cleaning up all the dust this week and getting the room back in order!) Then we played a bit in the fireplace room before going up for a morning nap.