Ultrasound results. Drumrull, please........

It's ANOTHER BOY!!!!!!

Which totally blew my theory that the weird hormonal differences this time around indicated a girl. But I'm SOOOOO excited! It'll be so fun to have two little boys close together. I hope they grow up to be great friends. Yay!!

Congrats to you few good guessers out there. :)

Adventures

The weather has been beautiful the past week or two, by which I mean cooler. Cooler temperatures means I'm much more excited to be out and about. I tend to wilt pretty fast in the heat. On Labor Day we enjoyed family activities including jogging, doing yardwork, going to an extended family barbeque, and driving to Cascade Springs to walk on the trails there. Isaac ate it up. Today he and I went to a park and fed ducks for his first time and threw leaves in the river to watch them get carried downstream. He squealed in delight, and I had one of those times of total contentment. Life is so good.

Last week we went to Story Time at the library, which was also a first. Isaac loved the songs, but preferred to push his stroller around when it came time for the story. Afterward he got to meet one of the puppets in person, and the puppet even let Isaac tug on everything attached to it's face. I also took him to the Thanksgiving Point Farm, where he preferred pushing his stroller around to doing almost anything else except for pushing OTHER people's strollers around. But I did get a really cute picture of him looking at the baby chicks. He loves anything with wheels and/or a motor. It's so fun watching him explore and learn.

Here are a few pictures from our adventures. It is awesome being a mom.

The Latest

Here, briefly, are the latest goings-on with us:

Dad and Julia are hosting a foreign exchange student from Brazil for the school year. Caio is from Brazil, so my dad gets to practice his Portuguese with him.

A couple days ago I figured out that if I pretend the washcloth is hungry and eating Isaac's face, he doesn't mind getting wiped off after meals.

We started eating 100% stone ground whole wheat bread this week and found that apparently we have to build up a digestive tolerance for it slowly. Good to know in case we ever need to live off food storage.

The weather is cooling off and I LOVE it!! Getting excited for Fall.

Walt and I had a hot date to a John Michael Montgomery concert Saturday night. John Michael put out lots of hit country songs when I was in high school. "I Swear", "I Can Love you Like That", "SOLD!", etc. Loved singing along and snuggling with Walt while Isaac slept at Grandpa and Grandma's house. Perfect evening!

My tummy is starting to show more, and if you'll take a minute to respond to our poll at the top right, you may win the satisfaction of being a good guesser if you correctly identify the gender of our baby. Ultrasound two weeks from today! Yay!

The Sickies

Wednesday night Isaac started getting fussy and didn't sleep well. Thursday he had a fever, the runs, couldn't keep any food down, and was really lethargic, so I called the doctor's office and asked what I should do. They gave me an appointment 20 minutes later, so I took him in and found out he also had ear infections in both ears. Poor kid. He slept a lot that day, and when he was awake he just wanted me to hold him and even sat on my lap and watched half of a movie with me. Highly unusual. Friday morning he was doing quite a bit better, but Walt was down for the count. He stayed home from work. I felt good, so I ran around trying to get a lot done in case I got sick later. In the evening I went to the store to get some sick people food and some movies from the library, then came home and put Isaac down for bed. Walt called someone in the ward to come give him a blessing, and right before they arrived, I started throwing up. So I got a blessing, too! Someone needed to be well enough Saturday to take care of Isaac. Saturday Walt and I took turns feeling good enough to take care of Isaac while the other one slept. Gradually we started feeling better, and I was up and running again in the evening. Walt finally kicked the last of his on Sunday, so we should be good to go now. Whew! It really was a blessing that it happened over the weekend so Walt didn't have to miss too much work and we could rest. I'm so grateful for my normally excellent health!

First words

A few weeks ago we were at my aunt's house and my 4 year old cousin heard Isaac jabbering away as if he knew what he was talking about. Something like "bub bub mmmm buguhduh bmmmm (you get the idea)".

My cousin (eagerly): "Julie, what did Isaac just say?!"
Me: "bub bub mmmm buguhduh bmmmm"
My cousin: "I know! But what does it MEAN?!"

:)


Isaac has been jabbering a lot and saying "mama" and "dada" for a while now, but a few days ago he sprang a new one on us - "cah cuh" (cracker). We were so excited. We tried hiding the crackers for a few minutes, then pulling them out just to hear him exclaim "cah cuh!" Love it. He has started imitating us a lot and makes a cute little whisper roar when we ask him what a lion says. I love this age.

We have a walker

Not this kind:



This kind:




The proud man himself. Chest puffed out, head held high, smile from ear to ear. Pretty cute. :) I tried to get a picture of Isaac standing on his own, but he is so attached to the vacuum these days that I finally just accepted the fact that the vacuum would be part of the picture. He will push it around the living room and kitchen for 30 minutes at a time, perfectly content. We've sure had fun watching his progress with walking and exploring more and more things. He also learned to clap this week, so he can cheer on all his new adventures. Go Isaac!

Dwellings for the Displaced

An 11 year old girl in my neighborhood has started a project to collect tents and tarps for the displaced. She has been particularly inspired by a TIME magazine article about the need for tents in Haiti for the displaced people there. If you have a new or used tent or tarp in good condition that you can donate, let me know! Or drop it off at one of the drop-off locations in Provo/Salt Lake area through July. Here is a link to the blog post showing the drop-off locations:

http://dwellingsforthedisplaced.blogspot.com/2010/07/time-for-tents-tarps.html

Thank you!