1-Year Pictures

Legitimate Walking

Connor took his first steps 2 weeks ago. This is him today. He is taking about 5 steps on a regular basis, but occasionally we get to see something like this.

Happy Dance

Isaac loves playing with this little Fisher Price farmhouse. When you move or push on different parts of the house, it makes farm animal noises. One particular part plays "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" or "The Farmer in the Dell". This is Isaac's favorite. Everytime he pushes that part he does this little happy dance.

Laugh it Up

On work nights, by the time dinner rolls around, someone is usually so tired he is slap happy. On this night it was Connor.

Spike and his crazed lunatic brother

I took this fun picture of the boys in the bath today...I think Isaac looks like he's a little off his rocker in this shot. We better keep an eye on him. No telling what he'll do.

First Blood

I don't know how we did it, but we somehow managed to make it almost a year without a single bleeding injury. Yesterday Connor went face first into a wooden activity cube that he was playing with. At first I thought he just bonked his forehead, but after a minute or so, I saw the blood on the side of his nose. Not bad enough for stitches, but it might leave a mark...

Boxes are the best toys

So, Ryan made a tunnel for Isaac out of a diaper box & he LOVED it! Here's a video of Isaac crawling through the tunnel & Connor cheering him on (Connor wasn't interested in the tunnel himself).

Walking video

Okay, so Connor really isn't walking in this video, but he takes one step & I think it's cute. He took 7 steps on the first try & has taken a maximum of 4 since then. Most times it's 1-2 steps. He likes to practice though!

We have walking!

Connor took his first steps on Saturday (his 11 month birthday)! He’s been standing without holding on to anything for a couple of weeks now, but we still weren’t expecting steps so soon! He took 7 steps on his first try! Since then, we’ve only seen him take 2 steps at a time, but he’s having fun with it. He is very excited by his new skill.

Mockingbird

Isaac has become a little mockingbird. During this weekend he tried to copy me saying "Daddy" and "Isaac" and he copied me when I pretended to sneeze. Here's a video of the sneezing...you have to listen closely to hear it.