An Isaiah First

The beginning

The end

Okay, I know, I am well aware, I am totally guilty. I am an anal mom. Not only am I very picky and choosy about the 'sugar' in Isaiah's diet, I am also a neat freak. So meals that are messy, are few and far between. I just cringe at the thought of food on clothes, but hey, with bibs and a few stratigically placed bottles of shout around the house, clothes stay looking pretty new!
I gave in, and while Daddy was risking life and limb, (continue further) I gave Isaiah something to distract him from running into the 'danger zone.' Isaiah had his first lollipop. It was thrilling for him to say the least. MESSSSSSY. And before he knew what hit him, he was doused in Shout spray, and carried on playing.

I would just like to point out that it could only have been a man that decided it was a good idea to create a chainsaw on the end of a long stick. And then our neighbor added that it usually is a man's idea to put anything on a stick.

I would also like to point out that days before the trees got a good wacking, we had someone come to the door to advertise tree trimming, but as our neighbor also stated, Rob couldn't pass up the opportunity to do something so manly himself. The trees look fantastic now, and I'm anxiously awaiting spring to see them look even better. I sure am proud of my manly man.

Can you guess????

What will Isaiah be for Halloween??? Here's a sneak preview....children's book style

Will he be a truck driver????

NO

Will he be a tractor driving farmer???? NO

Will he be a dirt magnet????NO

Will he be a book worm???? NO

Will he be a dare devil (shirtless) military man????
NO

Will he be a boots only cowboy???? (Getting warmer)

NO

He's going to be the darnd, rootin' tootin' cutest cowboy you ever did see....

With his best bud Tahoe too...

Bye Bye YA'LL

Potty Talk

Okay this is too funny and embarrassing NOT to post....so here it goes. This morning while Isaiah and i were playing on the floor, he heard his mommy pass a little gas. Isaiah, very astutely pointed at that region of my body and declared, 'poop.' I must have bust a gut at that point laughing.
Since I started with the potty talk we have officially pulled out the 'little' potty. It sits right next to the 'big' potty in the bathroom. Isaiah has started identifying with some regularity when he goes...but it's after he goes. Oh well, we can get started. So we practice sitting on it, etc. I have also started having him help me to put his poop in the toilet. That way he sees it, and sees where it's supposed to go. He finds this very fascinating, I figure it's a start.

16 Months!

On Monday Isaiah turned 16 months. I knew that Isaiah had a lot of words for his age, but I finally started writing them all down today. So far I have 98 words and I know that I'm missing a few....here's his list so far. These are the things that he can correctly identify with words.
Mom
Daddy
Papa
Pop
Mimi
Grahm
Ta (tahoe)
milk
cheese
cracker
cookie
juice
water
fish
ba
each
strawberry
ice
cup
lid
cap
t.v.
c.d.
ham
bus
car
truck
boat
blue
thank you
sorry
please
dirt
rock
grass
potty
couch
up
down
off
slide
shirt
shoe
sock
boots
blankie
poop
book
hot
cold
ball
shoot
catch
pass
kick
stop
stomp
go
hop
outside
duck
eye
stuck
nose
belly
brush
light
saw
keys
hi
bye
dog
baby
seat
you (i love you)
come
sit
back (back up)
pillow
get (get me)
hoop
tires
people
pen
fly (the insect)
tree
soft
hard
bat
moon
star
uh-oh
home
sleep
turtle
food
all done
release
watermelon
pine cone

Too Cute To Pass Up

Our homestudy is half over!!! After 3 1/2 hours of interviewing and checking out the house and we are almost done. Our social worker predicts that we will be ready for submitting our paper work and begin the searching process by the end of Nov. Whew that will be here before we know it.....we are getting so excited.

Isaiah likes balls of any kind...but this day he sorted out his basketballs and lined them up

Then he sat down in the middle of them...just like he does with his trucks
Isaiah sleeps with that brown blanket, it must have fallen out, but he fell asleep holding it anyway.
These boots were made for walking

Puss Please

Life is a bit crazy right now....will it ever slow down? Anyway, since there have been no blogs in some time, I leave you with this.

**Isaiah has taken to repeating everything we say...or at least trying to.

Me: Want to try some CocoPuffs?

Isaiah: (Clapping his hands wildly) CO PUSS CO PUSS.......PUSS PEESE

He must be a nurses' son....

Also, this week we have a 3 hour appointment with our social worker to start what they call the 'home study' portion of our foster-adopt process. We will meet with her together and then next week Rob and I have individual appointments with her. It should be interesting. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes.

Wedding, Water, and Way Cool Boys

This is my friend Cindy Nixon...well now she is Cindy DeBeer. Heir to some of that DeBeer fortune??? I'm too embarrassed to ask...but it's possible, he is South African. Cindy and I traveled to Romania together many years ago where we worked in an orphanage. Her heart never left that kind of work, and a few years later she moved to South Africa where she has been living ever since. She works there with AIDS orphans...there are zillions of them. She runs a type of school, assistance programs, small clinic and a bunch of other things out of one building in a community of people ravaged by AIDS. She has since met an amazing man, named Neil and they came back to get married last weekend. Congratulations Cindy and Neil and may God bless you and your lives work together.

Cindy holds a special place in my heart. We were taking a ballroom class together at Sac State, and then we would have lunch together afterwards. That first month of September I met Rob who also started having lunch with us. By the end of that month Cindy said, 'Your going to marry that man.' I told her that was ridiculous, but if I did, she could sit in the front row. The ushers didn't realize that she had a reserved seat in the front, but she was there anyway.

BEAUTIFUL

A FEET WASHING CEREMONY, SO MOVING!

WHAT A HANDSOME COUPLE THEY ARE

MY HANDSOME BOYS IN MATCHING GREEN SHIRTS

AMERICA WANTS YOU....TO PLAY AS HARD AS I DO
WHO NEEDS EXPENSIVE 'WATER TABLES' WHEN YOU'VE GOT BUCKETS FROM THE HOSPITAL
MISTER COOL

A bit o' fun

Here are a few odds and ends that I have wanted to post, but kept forgetting.

One day, a small group of us met at a place called Funtastic...it was successful...they had fun. Isaiah (hiding in the back) and Eli are surrounded by the women. We're in trouble...Isaiah just loves to kiss the girls...it's so cute. I'm okay with him kissing Katlyn...she's a keeper.
Jamie and Eli, got caught having fun in a doughnut.
Okay, now...it's has been a bit hard to take lately, that I don't get carded when I buy drinks anymore...but having a ten year reunion really makes you feel your age....seriously I don't look that old do I? Well instead of the $95 per person tickets to the reunion, two of my great friends from high school, along with their awesome husbands and us went out to dinner and had a great time! Erica and Laurisa you both look amazing. And Erica...glad we didn't loose you and Brian to the Brits...glad you're home.

And finally...a day at the park with an old friend. Melissa and I were friends in college on the nursing track together. She has since married and moved to Idaho where she has 5 beautiful girls...they were in town for a visit, and we were able to get together for the morning at the park. Coincidentally her mom also lived 2 doors down from us at our last house.
The girls insisted on taking my picture...
Isaiah, being a gentleman.
And an amazing group shot...how we got 8 children to sit still for a picture like this is amazing. Heidi's 2 kiddos are here too. (Notice that even with 5 children under 6, Melissa still has time to take a phone call....amazing!).

Month of the truck

August has been the month of the truck. Although Isaiah has loved trucks for some time, his obsession started when his Mimi bought him a large dump truck to push around. He has since been given a few other trucks. I would say that he spends AT LEAST 85% of his day pushing them around the house and trying different things with them as you will see below. The true boy in him is shining through without any help from me. What a fun month.

This particular day, he was insisting that I take his picture, and he posed a couple different ways and loved showing off how well he parked all his trucks.

Then he went and got daddy so that he could have his picture taken after he piled all the trucks on daddy's lap. Rob and I were laughing hysterically.

On this day, Isaiah thought it would be cool to stack them all up on each other. We were SOOOO impressed that he got them all to stay like that without a lick of help from either of us (we were finishing dinner)

This is his dump truck from Mimi that makes a great sound while he pushes it around the house just like this.

And one more, of Isaiah lining up all the trucks. He decided to sit down with them here. I'm not sure why but he loves to line them all up against a wall, and thinks it's the coolest thing.

A Baby Shower and a Birthday Party

My friend Eunice and I had planned a baby shower for our friend Alyssa...but silly us, didn't know that baby Alaina was going to join us a whole month early. Alyssa, looking awesome, only 5 days after Alaina was born, was still up for the party. It was a beautiful day of hanging out with the work girls. We threw the party at my parents due to the previous blog (Check out our Beloved Dirt Blog). It was lots of fun....check it out.

PROUD PARENTS

NOW THAT'S A MAN!!! HANGING OUT WITH BABY GIRL AT HIS WIFE'S BABY SHOWER...GOOD STUFF MITCH.
A COUPLE OF BEAUTIES, CHECK OUT STEPH'S CUTE BELLY

OKAY, SO WE COULDN'T MEASURE ALYSSA'S BELLY SIZE SINCE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ONE ANYMORE....SO WE GUESSED BUST SIZE

MARIANKA, GETTING SOME GOOD SNUGGLE TIME

EUNICE...JUST BEING GEORGOUS

NOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF HOT/SMART WOMEN...NOT AFRAID OF PINK

AND THAT AFTERNOON, ISAIAH AND I WENT TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY WHERE WE GOT TO EXPLORE A REAL FIRETRUCK. THE FIREMEN WERE GREAT, TAKING SOME TIME TO STOP BY THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, IT WAS A REAL TREAT FOR ALL THE KIDS.
SAVANNAH'S NOT SO SURE ABOUT IT....

BIRTHDAY BOY, JACOB, TRYING ON SOME FIREFIGHTER DUDS.

MY LITTLE EXPLORER...I COULD SEE HIM AS A FIREFIGHTER....WE SHALL SEE