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Isaac Turns 15

Well, Isaac is now 15 months old. He continues to master the control of his muscles and his body. He can now control his face muscles pretty well. He can also make funny faces. Here is a video really showing this off.

Isaac’s 13th Month

Isaac has now been alive 13 months and I wanted to recap his adventures this month.

The summer began which meant we were starting our time with our pool passes. Isaac loves the water and he runs around in it and even when he falls in over his head you just pick him up real fast and then he is ready to go again after spitting the water out.

We also recently discovered the Grayslake Park District Splash Park, and Isaac loves this place too. It is just an adventure land with water toys he can run around in. He has been “bumping into” girls there also and saying, “Hi.” He is a gonna be a heart breaker I fear. (I love the one on the left!)

Much like the pool and the park. Isaac loves bath and is still quite exciting to get to splash around. I think really it is just that he likes violence and destruction much like Continue Reading…

Isaac Finds this Water Frisbee Horribly Amusing

Issac loves to take this water toy frisbee and put it in my mouth and then I flap it around and he gets a kick out of this. He also likes sticking oher things in my mouth too. He likes to feed me food and pit fridge magnets in my mouth. Here is the video:

Isaac Using Utensils

Isaac used a fork today. I don’t know that it was the first time, but it was adorable. Gina had to put the food on the fork, but he got it into his mouth.

American Idol — Final Thoughts

American Idol has been over for a few weeks now and I invested a lot of time in that show this season but I was a disappointed with the finale. I have no problem with Kris winning, he is a talented artist and will do a great job. The actual finale, for me, was a low point in the American Idol franchise. There were some good performances, but Idol was trying very hard to recapture the magic they had a few year’s ago when Clay Aiken came out on stage to surprise the geeky wanne be kid. That was the best finale ever.

In this season’s finale, they brought back bikini girl to sing since she was a funny auditioner, which was fine I guess. (Kind of tasteless but she is the one that came to auditions in a bikini.) Then things went downhill from there. (Although it did bring a rather funny point when she walks out with a clearly new boob job and Ryan said, “Well I’d ask you what’s new…”)

First of all Kara felt the need to try and upstage bikini girl in a singing contest like she did during the auditions. This was a huge mistake. Kara Dioguardi is a judge on the show. She does not need to lower herself and prove herself as a better singer than bikini girl. This very act dropped my respect for her a lot. It just shows how petty, ego-centric, and immature Kara is that she felt the need to show up this obviously less competent performer.

So, on top of that, Kara flashes the crowd in a bikini under the guise of “charity.” I don’t even know how to fully express my disgust with this action, but what was the point? Is Kara so insecure with herself that she needs to show off her body to make a point? I am really surprised that Idol sunk to this level and if I had been watching the show with Isaac I would have been pissed! This is supposed to be a family and now there are TWO people in bikinis on stage. Kara needed to be the bigger person.

I of course will still watch Idol next season, and I will give Kara another chance because I am a forgiving person. But if Idol doesn’t pull itself our of the gutter I may need to change my Tuesday night viewing.

Issac Learns a New Skill

I don’t post nearly often enough about Isaac and his growth, but today was quite exciting. Kind out of nowhere Isaac decided to stand up from the ground with no help. He sort creates a triangle with his body and then uses hands to get a point that he is bending over and then stands up. We were out in the yard planting some grass and I could see a look in his eyes that said he wanted to stand up alone. But, he didn’t do it. Then we came inside and several hours later after Gina got home he did it very unexpectedly. I grabbed the camcorder then and he was being goofy for a while and then he did again (well almost and then fell) and then he did it for real (he technically used the box of wipes, but he didn’t need to.) Lastly, right after I turned off the camera he walked into the side of the couch and fell down. It was very funny but not taped.

The first video is him being goofy and trying (and failing) to stand up.

This video shows him standing up.

Isaac Worries About Mario Kart Music and Dancing

Whenever I play Mario Kart, Isaac does the same thing. Between races or whenever the music stops, Isaac says, “Uh oh.” Then when the music starts again, he dances away. It is just quite cute when he gets worried about the music stopping.

Video Game Driving School — More Dexterity

I had an odd/potentially scary realization while driving the other day. I had to change lanes across three lanes to get into the right turn lane in front of Hawthorn mall. This was during the snow and there was a fair amount of traffic. Well while I was crossing these three lanes, rather quickly, and checking my blind spots and mirrors this car in front of my splashed a bunch of slush onto the windshield and I had to push the windshield washer cleaner button while turning on the turn signal while maintaining a decent speed so as not to get rear ended and then negatively accelerating quickly because I still had to turn.

Now, this is not a horribly dramatic situation, but it was a lot of things happening at once and I handled it all in stride without even really flinching, and I honestly think it was because I have been playing a lot of Mario Kart lately. Continue Reading…

Isaac’s Starting a Modeling Career

We have gone to JC Penny for pictures twice in the last month. Once for normal 10 month pictures and once for Easter pictures. Both times now JC Penny has asked us to allow him to the in the sample book. Now, I’m not saying this will lead to an actual career, but he is an adorable baby, and if he could earn his college tuition, that would be nice. Here is the first picture they wanted:

Here is another one Continue Reading…

Good Thing Catch Up — March 20th – 25th

March 20 — Spent a fabulous night with the Grace family and the Kane family. It was nice to spend time with other parents our age.

March 21 — The house was clean today before Gina’s Scentsy party. It was nice and will hopefully not be too short lived.

March 22 — I bowled consistently which is always good. Nice and steady scores for a 517.

March 23 — I updated the pictures on the digital picture frame in the living room. It is nice to have more recent Isaac pictures cycling through.

March 24 — Isaac went through an uncontrollable laughing fit while I was kissing him to go to bed. (Video coming soon.) I think my beard was tickling him.

March 25 — I had a good morning playing basketball. Not shooting really, but running and passing wise.