Half way to one!

Whenever I take Isaac's picture for his "month" milestone, I really only intend to post one picture.  However, I feel like I end up posting so many because they really show his personality and expressions. 

I am excited and a little sad that he is already six months old.  I absolutely love this age but I kind of want him to stay a baby.  He has just started sleeping on his tummy, his toes are his favorite toy, he is getting much better at sitting up on his own, he is so cuddly, he is going down for naps in his crib with little to no crying and he gets so excited to see people.  There is nothing better than going in his room after his nap and seeing the smile on his face. 

Isaac went to the doctor this week and he was 16 lbs 10 oz (35th percentile) and 26 inches tall (50th percentile).

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the six month old. 

Meeting more relatives

This past week, Isaac got to meet many members of his extended family including: Ava, Mary, Beth, Jayne, Susan and Cathy!  Ava is two days younger than Isaac and at least a few pounds lighter.  It was so fun to watch them interact with each other. 

Unfortunately, I am really bad at taking pictures and did not get any pictures of the other family members.  Sorry.

 

Ava felt like a feather compared to Isaac.

Celebrating Eli's birthday

We celebrated cousin Eli's second birthday a few weeks ago.  He received many fun toys including two bubble-blowing lawn mowers and multiple large bottles of bubbles.  With that said, I still think his favorite gift was the football as he carried it around the entire evening.  I cannot believe he is already two.  

Here are a few pictures from the party and a few random pictures of Isaac.

Birthday boy

the football

Eli had a baby bump just like mommy.

GG and G-Pa playing with Isaac

He has quite the thighs.

Old sleeping position

New sleeping position

Grandpa playing with Isaac.  Isaac seems to enjoy sitting on things like the dog or a mound of pillows. 

Helping Daddy water the flowers during this awful drought.

I'm on a boat!

We spent a couple days at Grandma and Grandpa Thompson's house over the fourth of July.  Dad had to go back to Milwaukee and work on Thursday and Friday so Isaac and I hung out in Madison.  Grandpa took Isaac on his first boat ride!  We figured that Isaac would hate the life jacket and therefore the boat ride was going to be rather short.  However, he did not fuss or even move a muscle once we put the life jacket on.  Perhaps, it was because he physically could not move once the life jacket was on.  I laid him on the back of the boat as it seemed more comfortable for him than trying to sit with the jacket on.  He was asleep within 30 seconds and slept the entire one and a half hour boat ride.  He is certainly like me in that regard! 

Our friends Sally and Dakota came over to visit.  Dakota is eight months old in these pictures.  Isaac seems to be just about the same size as him but Isaac certainly feels quite a bit heavier.  It was fun to watch them interact!

 

 

Mmmmmmm...rice cereal

We decided to introduce rice cereal over the weekend. I am convinced that Isaac will eat/drink "anything" out of "anything."  He has always been a good eater and has never minded change.  He latched immediately after birth, drank from a bottle within a month, will drink relatively cold milk and does not seem to mind rice cereal.  Although, it was more or less eating milk off a spoon because I did not add too much cereal.  Besides a few funny faces and a couple spits, I would consider the first feeding a success. 

Here is a video that capture his reaction.  I am first to admit that I have not mastered feeding and recording a video at the same time so I apologize for the shaking.  

Isaac's First Vacation

We just returned from a week long vacation to Florida.  We went to Carol and John's wedding on Sunday and then enjoyed the beautiful weather the rest of the week.  Thank you to Carol and John for getting the family to plan a trip.  

Isaac had many firsts.  It was his first vacation, flight, wedding, trip out of state, and first time swimming, away from home for a week, and away from Dad for four days.  Alex had to come home on Tuesday to work but I luckily had many helping hands for the remainder of the vacation.  We were concerned about the flight but Isaac did a great job.  He slept almost the entire flight home!  However, it is amazing how much "baggage" you have when traveling with children.  It is hard to juggle the stroller, car seat, base, milk, diaper bag and baby! 

The wedding was beautiful and it was so fun to spend time with the extended family.  The remainder of the week was filled with swimming, fun in the sun, early morning and evening walks, good food, Downtown Disney, and City Walk.  No wonder it was so hard to come back to reality. 

Isaac really enjoyed watching and playing with cousin Eli.  I think Isaac was wishing that he was able to keep up with him.  Only a few more months and then we are all in trouble. Although he did master rolling over!  He also learned to shake his head "no" and he is fascinated by his toes.

It took a day to adjust to being home but we seem to be back to our routine.  Isaac seems pretty bored with just Mom and Dad after having constant attention for a week.  Although, it is probably good we are home as I am pretty sure both Isaac and I gained a few too many pounds during this vacation.  We also missed Daddy!!!

Eli is an impressive swimmer

First night and just a toe dip in the water.

Walking to the wedding.

The beautiful bride!!!

Isaac loves his cousin. Wow, look at those thighs.

This is a pretty good representation of Isaac.  He always has a finger in his mouth. For some reason, later in the trip, he started choosing his middle finger and the finger of choice.

Like father.....

like son.

Isaac loved napping by the pool. 

Getting in trouble with Grandpa.  Isaac really enjoyed playing with Grandpa on this trip. 

Uncle Cory is practicing for when two little ones want to be held at once.  He looks like a pro already!

We were so thankful to be able to spend time with G-Pa and GiGi. 

Adorbale!

Our flight home.  Vacations are so tiring!