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. 

December Happening

Today we celebrated me passing my National Board Certification at my friend's restaurant (she is a manager), The Tam O'Shanter.  Now, if you live in or anywhere near LA, you have to go to the Tam, especially around Christmas time.  Jose ate a delicious filet and I had yummy fish entree, but the best part was the carolers.  Every year at Christmas time, the Tam has Christmas carolers who are fully decked in Old English costumes.  They go around to each and every table and take requests as to which Christmas carol you want to hear.  There were 4 of them (I think there always are) and they were great.  I loved them last year, but this year was the best.  Why?  Well, because of Isaac.  Now, Isaac loves music.  He grunts, screams, and sings along whenever we sing to him, when he hears a band play, and especially during the worship songs at church.  So today, Isaac was transfixed on the carolers.  I had wanted to hear Joy to the World and was pretty sure that was Isaac's choice for a Christmas hymn as well, but the carolers decided that Isaac was to hear Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.  As soon as the tenor handed Isaac his jingle bells, Isaac began to jingle them, Jose swears to the beat!  Isaac shook the jingle bells and looked at each singer giving us our own private concert.  Watching Isaac in his own private concert, looking from here to there, grunting, and screaming, made me so happy!  Our little one brings such joy and is such a gift to us.  We are so thankful for him.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, among other things!

I wonder if Isaac will get his two front teeth in in time for Christmas?  Only time will tell.
Here is a list of things that Isaac needs / wants (he doesn't really need anything) for Christmas:

• Wooden blocks, toys.  (We found great toys at Giggle, or toys called Plan Toys)
• Kids music in Spanish -Cri, Cri, really any Spanish kids cds, also hymns in Spanish.
• Putumayo Kids CDs - they are amazing!!  We don't have any yet.
• Hannah Anderson PJs and solid onesies
• Books in Spanish
• Instruments - Isaac really wants a drum that he can bang on.  Something like 12'' wide that is leather and is not too tall so he can sit and bang.
• Safe Sippy 2 - he needs another sippy cup.
• Bath toys!  He doesn't have any yet, but loves taking baths!
• Pedi ped shoes.  These are really cute shoes and he is almost growing out of his shoes.  Time for some new ones.
• Anything from the store Giggle that is appropriate for his age.  The people that work there are great and everything they have is amazing!!!

Happy Halloween!

Hmm, I can eat like Mommy and Daddy, right?