Happy Boy at the Park!

Isaac turns 1!

How the time has flown!  We cannot believe it has already been one year.  Isaac has been such a joy to us. He is crawling around at warp seed, cruising around on our furniture, and exploring!  Isaac loves to eat and recently started finding it fun to feed mommy!  He loves it and cracks up everytime he offers me food.  Isaac is very interested in music.  My Spanish music class has been going well.  I am starting up another class, two classes in one week!  Isaac loves playing instruments and now claps when we sing "If your happy and you know it..."

He is a master of baby sign language and LOVES his Baby Signing Time dvds.  He signs for milk, when he wants food (and when he wants food from another child!), when he wants more, or something to drink. We are learning new signs and it appears that Isaac is making some up of his own, or is trying out some that he has not mastered yet!

We are excited to celebrate Isaac's birthday on the 27th of March.  Some of you have asked what things he needs for his birthday.  Here are some ideas.

• We love plan toys.  Anything they make is great!
• Isaac would love a tambourine. (anything musical)
• That's about it!  We have a very small house!  
• He just started his college savings!

March 1st. I'm almost 1 year!

I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown past us.  Isaac is almost one.  He is crawling, standing up, cruising, and moving fast.  He loves to go to the park, play in the sand, and find anything and everything he can to put in his mouth.  We just joined the YMCA where Isaac and I go swimming every Friday afternoon.  We have a great time together.  Isaac is becoming very vocal and says mama, baba (this means dada, but we call Jose bapo), and bebe.  He is very good with his sign language and can ask for food, milk, a drink, and most importantly more!  He signs baby, which is very cute.

Today we went to the Huntington Library and gardens and just walked around and sat on a blanket.  I can't wait for summer to be with Isaac all day long.  Jose is studying as we speak and actually, is studying most of the time that I am not at work.  We are planning a well deserved vacation to Portland, Oregon, and Seattle this spring break.  It should be nice for us to relax and have a break.  Yukon ho! (not quite, but almost).

Tio Brian is coming this weekend to help us landscape and to let us redeem the date he gave us for Christmas, tickets to the movies!  Thanks tio.

Time for bed.  My morning meeting awaits...

10 months old

I can't believe that Isaac is now 10 months old.  Life sure has changed.  He is moving all over the house quicker than we can believe!  He is so smiley, I just love it.  He laughs and just learned how to kiss.  Last weekend was his baptism.  He was quite the hunk with his slacks and sports coat.  Our next door neighbor gave him a haircut just for the occasion.  He looks so grown up.  Isaac loves playing at the park, riding on the swing, and following the big boys around.  

One year is approaching fast.  I am getting so excited about his first birthday party.  I can't wait to make the invitations, plan the party, make the party favors.  Really, this job of mine is getting in the way of my life!  I just started making Isaac bibs, since the bibs that we had were way too small and covered really only half of what they needed to cover.  If I stayed at home, I could not even imagine all of the Isaac projects I would be involved in.  With a 700 square foot house, maybe it is a good idea that I am only confined to my Isaac's napping projects during my home time.  

I can't believe how much fun it is to have a son.  Isaac, we love you and are blessed to have you in our lives.