So, I feel like I am failing miserably at keeping up regular posts. My intent is to use this as a journal, but maybe it will be a picture journal...you know...when I get around to posting pics. Here's another information dump.
Isaac is now 14 months old and quite the little ham. This kid will do anything for a laugh...I mean ANYTHING. One night in the bath Isaac discovered that it cracks Eli up when he gags himself. So he did it enough that he started throwing up. And he just kept on laughing, both boys did, and he just kept gagging himself too. Gross. At least they were already in the bath tub.
He is always on the move and always looking for a way to entertain us. It's really fun, but can be a bit difficult during, say, church when I am desperately trying to get him to sit still...or at least stay contained by our chairs. I've been spending a lot of time out in the halls at church lately.
He's also still very social, and loves saying "Hi" to almost anyone who he sees, and most animals too, although he favors dogs the most, or that's just what we see out on our walks the most. Isaac's vocabulary is really expanding, and I'm a little amazed at all the words he's saying. He will try to repeat almost any word we say, or combination of words, and though it's not clear I can even get him to try to say, "I love you" which just melts this momma's heart. He's taken to saying "thank you" sometimes when we give him something, and even will add an occasional "amen" at the end of a prayer. He says Eli's name as "E-I", which I love.
Eli loves it too. He is probably the best big brother in the world. He is just enthralled with his little Isaac, and now with Baby Sister as well. (Yes, we're having a GIRL!) These boys share a room and when they wake up in the morning Eli climbs into Isaac's crib so they can play together...which often involves Eli throwing all his pillows, blankets, and every stuffed animal they have into the crib first, but it's still pretty cute. Plus when they are really good I can even stay in bed for a half hour or so while they just play together.
Eli is having a fantastic time at preschool and absolutely loves doing homework. He gets sad when he finishes it and always asks if there is more. At this age, there's a lot of coloring, cutting, and pasting, and it's the basic letters and numbers that he already knows, but I sure hope this love continues throughout his life. It helps that he's sort of brilliant as well. He also played on a neighborhood soccer team this fall and absolutely loved it. What's not to love about running around and kicking a ball non-stop, right? He is my boy after all! He was a little hesitant at first (unlike Isaac, Eli is still quite shy and reserved, though he is coming out of his shell more and more), but his cousin Claire was also playing and that helped him get right in there for the first game. Once he figured out how fun it was, he's been loving it ever since. This week is his last game and I don't know how to break that news to him. He's going to be bummed. It's on a 3-5 year old league, and he's actually one of the better players, even if he is one of the younger ones too.
Sorry for all the bragging. My blog, my rules, my family to brag about.
In other news, Mike has been quite athletic lately as well. He's gotten into mountain biking, and immediately got right back out...with the help of a broken shoulder. He crashed and landed on his shoulder, dislocating it on a trail on South Mountain, and called me from the hospital. Boy that was a surprising phone call. At first we thought it was just dislocated, so he went out riding again two weeks later, and out it came again, which clued us in to it being more than just a simple dislocation. Yep, it turns out he actually smashed it to pieces...literally: one impact fracture with bone marrow swelling, one large chunk of bone broken off the scapula (which is why the dang thing kept dislocating), and some torn cartilage. Two weeks ago he had shoulder surgery and now he's sporting a nice long scar and a handsome sling, and we're enjoying lots of Daddy time because he can't even go back to work for a few more weeks. Can you say, Ouch!
Let's see, Mike also has a new calling. He's a gospel doctrine teacher. One of many in our ward because our ward is so big I think we have four gospel doctrine classes. But he's the best, of course! And he gets to teach in the biggest classroom, so clearly the best, in my humble opinion. Of course, I've never actually been to one of his lessons, or even been to gospel doctrine for years because I'm still the Primary secretary, now on my third primary presidency in two years because our ward does keep splitting, and yet it's still huge. I think I'm on my fourth year in primary now.
And, of course, the most important news of all, we're having a baby girl! Eli is pretty excited, he talks about Baby Sister all the time. "Did you know Baby Sister is a sweetheart?" "Did you know I love Baby Sister?" "Baby Sister is a child of God." Yeah, it's awesome. I can't believe we'll be having another baby in three months. Isaac is still my baby, although I don't think he thinks so. He's independent and adventurous and absolutely happy to play and explore with his big brother. This little girl is going to be lucky to have two awesome big brothers to look out for her, and we are all so excited to meet her soon! Mike has already started buying her outfits on line...he is the shopper and fashionable one, after all.
