nolan is four months

new skill for isaac

isaac learned to climb up the corkscrew at the park! his daddy was nervous to let him try but i knew he could do it! he was very proud of himself, and so where we!
isaac learned

nolan eats cereal

nolan tried cereal for the first time last week. he's still not too sure about it. he kept looking at me like i was trying to pull one over on him.

another water escapade

this time our venture into the water was planned. the boys and i went to the park last week and had a great time. we got to wade in the creek and walk down the stream and under a bridge. isaac loved it! he kept getting all excited and clapping his hands saying "im in the river", and "im feeling the water"

isaac finds a mud puddle

we had a big rainstorm a couple of weeks ago. isaac and i were getting home from having lunch with his daddy at the office when he discovered the huge mud puddle in our driveway. before i could get the words no, no out of my mouth he ran straight into the middle of it! since he was already soaking wet by this time i did what any loving, responsible mom should do and told him, stay right there while i go get the camera! he ran around splashing and saying "im in the water!"

the house (and barn)

so we are trying to buy this house. we love it and can see ourselves living there for a very long time. it would be a great place for our boys to grow up. it has this wonderful old style red barn, we can't wait to hang a tire swing in it for the boys (and us) to play on! we went over earlier this week with an inspector that we knjow from church. he was kind enough to take time from his schedule to take a look at our place. while we were there i was exploring the house and yard with isaac and nolan. as i was taking a water break isaac took off across the yard. as a mom i am trying to learn how to let him be a boy and not smother him, so i let him go by himself. when i finally couldn't take it anymore i asked him where he was going, and as i took this photo he turned around and yelled "im goin ta check out the barn" it was a great moment and a fun thing to remember as i captured it on film and in my memory. he is getting so big, and i am so proud of him!

i never gave either of my boys pacifiers, i thought it would be too hard to break them of it. haha on me i guess that plan backfired cause now nolan suck his thumb! hopefully he will grow out of it naturally. i should have known that it could happen since we did see him doing it in the womb on an ultrasound. oh well, its not so bad, he keeps himself asleep with it so i suppose its worth it.

nolan levi is three months!

nolan is already three months! the time is truly flying by. he looks the same, a little taller, a little fatter but mostly the same. he is really animated now though. he talks and coos and smiles all the time. we are having such fun with him. isaac is still loving him, sometimes though when he's had enough of sharing his mama he will tell me to "put nolan down now"

day camp

they had a great inflatable for the little kids at day camp. they had lots of fun with it but kept knocking their heads together. isaac didn't want to go in until the other kids were all gone for the day. im kinda glad about that because i know he would have gotten his head knocked too, plus he and i had a really fun time just the two of us.

day camp

last week was day camp at church. isaac was old enough to go for the first time. he did really well and had fun for the most part. they had a water day on wednesday. the kids had a blast playing on the mini water slide and in a crazy sprinkler. isaac loved the sprinkler, he had so much fun running through it. it was great to see him with all of the other three and four year olds playing and having a good time. he did really well at lunch time of all things. he sat really well and ate great. he loved sitting and watching the other kids during lunch and then running around playing in the gym with basketballs.

isaac and samantha got to go for a ride in the tractor. they both looked terrified but didn't want to get out. we let them go around the yard a few times then had pity on them and let them get out.
the next photo mis my mom and nolan. it was practically the only time she got to hold him all day. we had a good time at the family reunion.

isaac loves the water. he stays in even when his lips are blue. right about the time i took this photo he told me "he's n-n-n-not ch-chattering" it was really cute. it also very cute when he refers to himself as "he"

yet another silly hat

this is a great hat that my aunt got for nolan. it has a matching outfit and we love it. i swear he was hungry in this picture. it wasn't the hat.

a day at the zoo

we spent a day at the zoo last week. as zoos go it was just ok. the highlight was when isaac got to feed the giraffes. he loved it. as you can see he grabbed on to the giraffes tongue once. those things have huge tongues. the next best part was the monkey exibit. isaac thought they were great and wanted to give them a hug.

sweet nolan

nolan is really smiley and talkative lately. he has a great smile that really lights up his whole face. it is just like isaac's smile when he was this age.

after i picked up isaac from his grandparents house it was another hour and a half in the car to get back home in time to meet the group as they rode in to the church. as you can see they were both really excited.

grandma and grandpa's house

isaac stayed with his grandma and grandpa for a few days while we were on the bike trip. he had so much fun. we missed him way more than he missed us. he got to do all sorts of fun things, he swam in the pool, jumped on the trampoline, went to the park and to mcdonalds to meet his grandpa for dinner between his two jobs, one night he even got to take a bath outside inhis kiddie pool! every time we talked to him he was having a great time, and so were his grandparents, by the time i came to pick him up everyone was exhausted. they all had a good visit and it worked out great for isaac not having to move around with us on the bike trip, changing his routine every day. he really needs a routine. so thanks a bunch mom and dad!

nana and papa's house

the boys and i went to stay with my parents for a few days. we had a great time. it was really relaxing even though we were busy playing the whole time. isaac had so much fun. he got to swim in the little pool that his papa bought for him, he drove around in the woody van, and i think the high light for him may have been helping his papa water the garden every day. he sure kept his nana busy too, they played in the pool, built with lego's, ran around doing everything and when samantha came over to visit they had races in the empty lot next door. i think the high light for me was getting to spend some quality time with my mom and dad. and watching isaac and samantha eat the darkest chocolate pudding i have ever seen.

before we left for the bike trip we had a family day and got ice cream and a movie. isaac loves being a big boy with his very own ice cream cone.