15 Months Old

The months keep trucking along, and each day Isaac entertains us with some new trick or funny reaction to something.  

Due to Mommy's summer camp and some other summer work, we won't make it for his 15-month well visit until he's closer to 16 months! So we will check back in in July with his actual stats.  But from our rough calculations, Isaac is about 21 pounds and 29.25 inches tall.  

trying Mommy's homemade pickled radishes

Isaac is still getting some breastmilk throughout the day when possible, but also almost always has a cup of almond milk or water in hand.  Or, both! He has 14 teeth with a 15th and 16th starting to pop through. He still loves to eat, but definitely has his preferences and opinions. His new fun trick is smugly dropping handfuls of food on the floor when he's decided he's done eating or that he wants to be hand-fed by Mommy or Daddy.  He also said "'nana" the other day when Mommy asked him if he wanted a banana! He continues to make a huge mess of his whole head while eating.  

After a visit with Grandpa Larry this past week, Isaac started showing an interest in learning how to snap. He was mesmerized by the snapping sound Grandpa made with his fingers and very cutely tried to mimic him and snap on his own.

He also does the motions to "Open, Shut Them", although he's been a bit camera shy when trying to document this for proof. Don't mind the poor singing. 

We went to Patterson Park last weekend to check out the mud pit obstacle course of the Kinetic Sculpture Race.  It was a very hot day, but Isaac enjoyed seeing the different sculptures, giving his 4-finger salute as they passed by.

The dogs have been more and more patient with Isaac as he continues to explore how to interact with them.  He LOVES playing chase with them.  Sometimes he will crawl away while they happen to be walking in his direction, and he laughs hysterically as it seems like they are coming after him.  Then there are times when he turns the tables and crawls after them, laughing all along.  In the morning the dogs go into the nursery and strategically place themselves so they can see us when we get up and also so we have to walk over them to get to the baby. (They seem perpetually nervous that we have forgotten breakfast.)

Isaac has been continuing to help out around the house.  Mommy often brings him into the kitchen in the highchair and talks him through her cooking steps.  The other day he helped make a cauliflower-crust pizza. It was delicious! He has also helped us keep our cabinets organized by pulling containers out so we are forced to straighten them up in order to put them away. He's checking out how strong his toys are by attempting to climb on top of/in things like his water table. And he's also testing out our hardware, trying to open doorknobs and such.  

Mommy had one of the worst migraines of her life last week, which made caring for a curious toddler extra challenging. Luckily Isaac was very cooperative with Mommy's activity choices to keep Isaac from running around and getting into too much trouble.  He had a good time playing piano from his highchair for quite a while.  He had a very interesting and intentional technique, sometimes banging, sometimes playing gently with just one finger, and other times getting his feet involved. He had so many great expressions, it was hard to choose just one picture. 

Speaking of faces, Mommy has been noticing a trend in Isaac's "rockstar face" that he makes all the time, particularly (but not only) when he sees a camera flash go off. So she made a little photo collage of this goofy expression.

Long time no see!

It's been a while since our last post and we are up to a few new tricks.

Despite a rainy and unseasonably chilly week, Isaac has managed to get in a good amount of water play.  He's been having fun splashing around in his water table, being squirt with the hose, and has recently started really going wild splashing and making waves during bath time. Isaac has also been enjoying throwing his toys out of the tub and looking expectantly at Mommy or Daddy to return them.  Staying hydrated is becoming an important hobby to Isaac and he's often found pulling his water cup out of his diaper bag and crawling around with it hanging from his mouth, or guzzling from Mommy's oversized water bottle (sometimes climbing on the coffee table to do so).  

Isaac has been learning to brush his hair, turn the lights on/off, and read to Mommy.  He loves the 123 Baltimore book from Jodi, and has even started "counting" along with Mommy by tapping his hand on the pages.  It's one of his favorite books that he pulls off of the headboard in the morning to read.  He's also started to figure out how to climb down off of things like the bed and steps.  He is getting better with pointing to his head and toes, and has also been able to identify things in books such as duck, baby, flowers, and teddy bear.  And continues to shake his head "no" when told no, and very cutely shakes his head when we read books with the word, such as Hop on Pop. We also finally inflated the Rody Isaac got from Kelly & Steve and Isaac has been having fun trying to figure him out!

Isaac has been a big help around the house helping assemble our new dining table, taste testing Mommy's cooking, and keeping an eye on things around the neighborhood. He's also been helpful by continuing to take two 2-hour naps each day.

 

Isaac has had a few fun outings the past few weeks.  He got to meet Mommy's college friend, Rob, when we met him for lunch in Alexandria. While Daddy was taking Isaac out for a walk to see the ducks they had a bonus visit with Sandy & Buddy who were outside as they passed by.  Isaac had a sleepover with Mommom & CharliePop (but no pictures to show for the blog since they didn't send us any...ahem-ahem). We also went to Shepherdstown this past weekend for Lucia and Josie's graduation party.  We made them some fun Dorm Room Survival Baskets. Unfortunately Mommy & Daddy both slacked in taking pictures while we were there, so we only have one shot of Isaac in his new whale pj's on the ride home.  Oh, and we got to drive to Shepherdstown in our Isaac's brand new Subaru Outback that we also got this weekend! And of course, we've also been having lots of swing time.

Mommy finally found Isaac a mini Adirondack chair and also got him some pinwheels.  Isaac gets very excited whenever he sees pinwheels, flags, and balloons. 

Even though he isn't walking yet, he still continues to become more and more of a handful! Isaac gets more curious and fearless as the days go on.  He is proving to be quite a climber (as evidenced in several pictures above).  He is also getting more and more interested in "taking things out".  For instance, while playing in his crib the other day, Mommy noticed he got suspiciously quiet. When she went to check on him she found he had been reaching through the slats of his crib and pulling the freshly folded diapers out of the basket into his crib. When Mommy caught him he handed her a diaper (he's been handing us things like diapers, toys, and food too).

This is the last known sighting of our alarm clock remote. It disappeared shortly after this picture was taken. We now have to rely solely on Isaac's 6:11 wake-up call. 

Isaac has been learning how to pet the dogs (i.e. not to open-hand smack) and Allie rewards him with kisses when he's being gentle.  These two have also been doing a cute forehead-to-forehead touch that Mommy has not been able to catch on camera yet.  Our silly boy definitely keeps us laughing in many ways...his silly faces, his contagious laugh, his mouth-carrying of toys...the list goes on!

trying to figure out Mommy's face mask

Sunday steak night