Quick Catch Up

Here are some recent photos of the babe. I've really been slacking on the posts. I started my masters and haven't quite adjusted to balancing the workload yet! I'll get it and try not to keep everyone hanging for so long next time.

Isaiah is ten months old! He's had another haircut and he is into everything! He's walking with help of others or push along toys. I need to get a video and post it. I'll work on that.

This is one of his favorite places to hang out in the living room. Don't you love his little House of Blues onesie? Two very special people gave that to him as a gift.

He enjoys picking grass. This day he was fascinated with the flowers.

Crazy hair morning!

Looking for Ike..

bday ideas

i'm trying to start planning isaiah's first b-day. i want to try to have the majority done before school starts...i need ideas!

some i've come up with:
owl (found some really cute cupcakes) this is also the theme of his nursery
farm-he wore his first carhart outfit this week and it was adorable! can't wait to get him some bibs for fall
puppies-he loves dogs, but i haven't been able to find any cute stuff

any thoughts or ideas?

the past week...

Here's a few pics from the 4th. We go up to Rankin Hill and a few of the Kirk's make homemade ice cream to share with the whole family. These pictures were taken early. This year it became pretty crowded as it got later. I didn't get many pics b/c I kept seeing people I haven't seen in a long time. It was nice to see everyone. I love Rankin Hill on the 4th. For more AMAZING pics, check out my sis-in-law's blog http://aronericakirk.blogspot.com/

This was a few days before. Here are Isaiah, Judah, and Wyatt. They were moving around everywhere. They liked to hang out (literally) at the fireplace! Notice the nice bathroom rugs padding the brick.

These are of bath time. This first pic cracks me up! Judah braided his mohawk--hehe, just kidding. Judah doesn't have a braid--it's his momma's. She was leaning over him and it looks like it belongs to him! :)

so depressed...

i'm so depressed. we got a back to school ad in the mail yesterday. really? do they have to start so early? i don't want any reminders!

Isaiah, hair cut and faces of...

Here are some pics of Isaiah's haircut. His great aunt Karen cut it. She did a fabulous job. He didn't sit still the entire time. Thanks, Aunt Karen!

I also posted some pics of some of his faces. It's been a little difficult to get pics b/c he's moving around so much. I sat with the camera off and on three or four different times this day. Look for his two teeth in the ones with his mouth open.

sucking his thumb,

aww, so sad

LOVE IT!

his pucker lip "face"

Why Isaiah Got His First Haircut

I have to break this up into two posts b/c of the amount of pics. These first ones are of his hair before the cut.

See it over his left ear?

And, over his right ear? He's not too happy about it either. This is after we have already trimmed over only his ears twice!

His long bangs...

See all the long fly-aways? They are gone now, thanks to aunt Karen!

Grace, uninterrupted

Grace stayed all night with us. She is one thoughtful, hilarious, ornery,...individual. She makes us smile whenever we are around her with her antics. She would probably say, "What antics?"

I was telling Brian a secret and he wasn't listening (I picked the perfect time)! Only problem was, Grace was listening. Brian asked me what I said and I told him I wasn't going to say it again. Brian looked at Grace and asked her. She held her ground and said she wasn't telling. I was so proud of her! Then Brian said, "How about for some UDF ice cream?" Grace spilled the beans quicker than I could blink my eyes. We'll get back to this story a little later, but before we went to UDF, we went for a walk. Grace picked me a flower.

She then found a salamander and picked it up to take back to our pond. I think it's a blue spotted salamander or a Jefferson's salamander. Not quite sure. The next few pics are of her and the salamander.

Then we headed to UDF. When we were walking in, I said I thought we might be stuck in there for a while b/c of a dark angry cloud. We were. It started POURING! I didn't take my camera in b/c I didn't think we would be in there long, so no pics of ice cream. While we were in there, the electric flashed a few times. When Brian went to pay the machine that takes debit cards wasn't working. We had to go across town in the rain to get cash. We were teasing Grace telling her it was all her fault and she would giggle and smile. Here's a pic of Brian trying to wait for the rain to let up or get up the courage to run through it, not sure which.

We always enjoy having Grace over. She keeps us entertained! Just for Grace, "What's up Dog?"

Oh, and this was taken on the way to set the salamander free...like my new do? hehe