Isaac is two!!

We took Isaac in for his two year check-up today. He did really well. He loved having them check is ears and his tummy. He was confused about them wanting to look into his mouth. They didn't have a toothbrush so why should he open up for them? He's defiantly delayed in his speech but I imagine that he'll catch up pretty quick. Apparently, most of my siblings didn't start talking until they were at least 3. The problem is once they started they never stopped!!! He weighs 27 lbs and is 33.5 inches tall. He's continuing to follow along his 25 percentile line. He's been there is whole life and I imagine he'll continue right along that line for a while.

I felt so guilty getting his set up for his shots. He thought we were just playing and was giggling and laughing right up until the needle entered his leg. Then his eyes got all big, he looked at me like, what are you doing to me, and then started screaming. I felt so bad. What kind of a mean Mommy does that? I know, a loving one, but you still feel bad for those poor little guys when they get that shot! He only cried for a 30 seconds while at the doctors office, but he started again once we got loaded into the car. He cried for the next fifteen minutes or so. He was pretty cranky the rest of the day and only napped for 30 minutes. It was NOT long enough for my big sleeper!

Isaac is a serious sweetheart. He loves to give hugs and kisses. He loves flirting with girls. He loves to hold Lydia, kiss her, and tackle her. He has the best smile and is always showing it off. He loves trains and making train noises. He says, "Dude, dude, dude" all the time. He loves words that start with the letter B. At least 75% of the words he knows start with B. He calls all little kids, "Baby" which I love. It's always funny when a little guy calls someone a baby when they're the same age or younger. When we drive anywhere I hear, "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom...." the whole way. How come it's never, "Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad?" He hates when Lydia cries and runs to find her a binky or pacifier at the slightest whimper. (She's spoiled by him.) He loves to eat bananwitchs. (Bananas with peanut butter in the middle.) He lets you know when he's ready for bed. Often I hear, "Mom? Bed, please?" We're so lucky. I think he secretly enjoys putting his nose in the corner. He's so good at staying there that sometimes I forget to tell him he can come out until I walk by about a few minutes later or I hear a little peep of "Mooooommmmm"

He's my boy and I couldn't imagine life without him. He is always full of giggles and laughs!

We love you so much Isaac!

Fairy Princess

On Friday at chick-fil-a it's dress up like a prince or princess and get free food day. I finished Lydia's fairy princess costume this morning, except the crown. I love it!!

Isaac's new shoes

Great Grandpa Powell (Larry Powell) send Isaac's some money for his birthday. While we were at the store today he would not leave these shoes alone. He liked them better than the toys we looked at. I guess that doesn't really surprise me because he plays with the box of shoes at our house as much or more as he plays with his toys. He just loves shoes. These shoes light up and are toy story shoes. He loves them. Every time he stomps his foot he makes his little gasping face. I love it! He just gets so excited about everything.



On another note, Isaac now thinks that all buses, trains, semi-trucks, and even small trucks have horns. When we are driving in the car, he is constantly saying "dude, dude, dude," (his version of toot toot toot.) whenever one drives by. Then he pulls the imaginary horn cord. It's so funny. I guess the train rides in Scottsdale really made an impression on him.

Lydia's new tutu.

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Army Crawl

Lydia doesn't like to crawl on her hands and knees. She can, I've seen her do it, but we have tile in most of our house, and it hurts. She usually uses her army crawl. I wish I was as strong as her!

FUN WEEK!

We have had so much fun having Lisa and Kerstin visit. Isaac is totally in love with them. They left during his naptime and when he woke up he went to find them. When he couldn't find them he went into their room and cried for about 15 minutes. He was so sad they were gone. He would marry Lisa if he wasn't two!!!


Lydia loves to crawl between the chairs in the living room. This time she got stuck. She was NOT pleased that the chairs were so close together!

Here is Isaac loving on Lisa. Poor girl couldn't even eat her breakfast in peace!

Isaac loving on Lydia.

Lydia loves to sit on Isaac's racecar toy that Grandma gave him last year for his birthday. He loves to push her! It's a good combo! The only problem is she can't get down. It makes her really mad when Isaac just leaves her up there!

Lydia loves Lisa too! She is great with kids and ours seem to love her an extra lot!
Don't you just love the wave Lydia is sporting!?!?!?! The day after her hair is in a pony tail, it always looks like this. It surprises me because I washed it with shampoo and everything.
Lydia loves better than sex cake!

Kirsten set Isaac's train tracks up with a bridge. Isaac thought it was so cool. He made her reset up his track every morning.

It was so fun to catch up with Lisa and Kirsten. I loved hearing about Lisa's family and all thier adventures. It was fun to remember all the fun times we had in Germany together and to play lots of different games together!

WE MISS THEM ALREADY!

The German's are coming!!!!!!!!!

Yes that's right, we're at war! Ok not really. But my friends from Germany came to visit this week. We have been showing them our real American ways. Fast food, pizza, giant drinks, and Indian Leg Wrestling. Isaac kicked our butts!

Speed Racer

Lydia started full on crawling on Isaac's birthday. She is such a speed demon now that Isaac sits on the couch to play with his toys away from her. Especially his new birthday presents that he doesn't want anyone else to play with. I think it's funny.

Lydia has also learned to wrestle. She tries to climb all over Isaac. She loves him so much and wants him in her mouth. If she loves it, she wants it in her mouth. Mom, Dad, and Isaac included. Silly little girl!



Apparently Isaac didn't want to be eaten. So he's pushing her away!

Isaac's Birthday Party

We had Isaac's birthday party on Saturday. It was super fun. We had three kids from the ward come over and a few adults. Isaac loved his birthday cake and was so excited to see it on the table when he woke up from nap time. It is a Muno Cake, from Yo Gabba Gabba.

Isaac loved blowing out the candles and knew just what to do this time!!

He thought opening presents was so exciting and loved playing with his new Thomas the Train sets!

It was a great birthday party. The kids played so well with each other.

Ringworm

Lydia has ringworm all over her back. Its gross. I took her to the doctor for it on Friday to make sure that is what it was before we started treating for it. It's a good thing we did because we learned that Lydia has lost about 1.5 lbs. The doctor thought this was concerning and ordered some blood tests for her. They took three vials of blood to run about 7 different blood tests. I'm hoping they all come back negative and that she was just running low on calories!!! She was a trooper when they drew her blood. She cried for a little bit but stopped crying before they were finished drawing all her blood.

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Isaac's Birthday

Thursday was Isaac’s second birthday. We had a great day. We started off by singing a nice happy birthday song to him in his crib. We made him a little happy birthday crown and put it on his head. Isaac didn’t seem to enjoy our serenade and ran to the back of his crib to hide.


We let Isaac play for a little while and then he helped Daddy make pancakes. They were super yummy. He made Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Isaac, Lydia and I loved them. Daddy didn’t seem as thrilled as we were. We put strawberries and a candle on top of Isaac’s. He didn’t understand that he was supposed to blow them out, so Daddy helped him a little bit. When we lit it for him a second time he knew just what to do and blew it out perfectly!!!

The kids took their morning bath and then played with Daddy until nap time. Isaac took a good nap so he was super happy when he got up. We went out to dinner at Red Robin. We chose Red Robin because they still sing happy birthday. Isaac loved it when the sang to him. He was so happy and he thanked them when they were done. The brought him out a little ice cream. He probably ate about one or two bites. The kid doesn’t really like ice cream that much!

We didn’t do any presents because we’re having a party for him on Saturday. That’s when we’re going to do his cake too!!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC!

Lydia's 1st Ponytail

I gave Lydia her 1st ponytail today. She looks so sweet!

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Isaac Train Noise

isaac tooting his own horn.

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Blogging from my phone

I just discovered blogging from my cell phone. This is a trial run.

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Scottsdale Vacation

We had the best mini vacation this weekend. Brandon didn't have school on Monday so we figured now was our chance. This is the last day of vacation Brandon has until he graduates, we figured we'd better make the best of it. We went to a resort in Scottsdale. Scottsdale is about 1.5 hours away from our house. We stayed in Scottsdale for two nights.

The rooms were nice and the hotel had a huge pool. It was fun because it was mostly shallow so there was lots of room to roam with the kids. We got to the hotel in the evening. We checked in and then took the kids swimming. Lydia and Isaac LOVE swimming. They love kicking and splashing. We swam for about an hour.

We got cleaned up and went out to eat at an oriental buffet. I was surprised at how much both kids ate. I guess swimming really worked up an appetite for the kiddos. The food was really good and the kids really behaved themselves.

It was around eight when we got done eating so we decided to see if the kids would go to bed. Isaac and Daddy cuddled on the bed and watched TV for about an hour. Then Isaac started getting cranky so Daddy put him in the pack and play just to see what he would do. He played in his bed for about 30 min and then laid down and went to sleep. I was floored. Daddy was floored. We couldn't believe he just laid down with us in the room.

Lydia on the other hand was another story. She didn't seem to be able to settle down. I was also floored by her attitude. She is usually so easy to get to sleep. She'll sleep at church, when we go out, in the car, and in her crib. She would NOT sleep in the hotel. She finally fell asleep around 11 but seemed to wake up about every two hours. I wasn't able to get to sleep until around 4AM. We tried to keep Lydia quite as much as possible because we didn't want her to wake up Isaac.

The next morning was the BEST. Isaac woke the family up just like we'd set an alarm clock. That boy is a great alarm clock. We got the kids ready and headed out the door.

We took a quick trip to target to buy a stroller and some deodorant for Daddy. Then we headed to the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. It was sweet. They had a little train and a carousel that the kids could ride. (During the on-season they have three different train rides.)

We bought some tickets and took the kids for a carousel ride. Isaac was so excited but when the carousel started he was terrified. He didn't seem to like it at all. He would give us a smile when we asked if he was having fun but it would quickly be replaced by a look of terror. Lydia absolutely loved it. She was all smiles and giggles. It made me feel a little sick. Daddy thought it was super funny.

After the carousel we let Isaac play at the playground equipment. He had a lot of fun but was ready to go about 15 minutes later. IT WAS HOT!

We went to stand in the train line. As we were getting ready to load onto the train ride I realized Lydia needed her diaper changed. Daddy decided to take Isaac on the ride anyway. He was really excited and we had already promised him. He doesn't understand waiting and we didn't want a breakdown.
Isaac could hardly contain his excitement as he rode the train. He made the best surprised face every time the train whistle blew. When their ride ended Lydia and I went with themm two more times. It was a bunch of fun to watch him over and over.

Isaac made this silly face every time the conductor blew the whistle.

After riding we went to Jamba Juice and got smoothies to cool off. It was around 102 that day. Somehow Isaac managed to shove the straw all the way through the cup. I don't know how he did it but he was pretty upset when his Jamba quite working.

After lunch we went back to the hotel and tried on convince the kids to take a nap. Isaac and Lydia were having none of that. We decided to take a quick swim. Hoping it would tire out the kids enough to make them take a nap. The swim was fun, until we decided to go home and Isaac didn't want to. He'd been flirting with some 20ish girls and didn't want to leave. He knew he was putting on a show. He took off running, before we could get to him, he feel down the pool stairs into the water. I caught him before he went under but somehow he managed to cut open his chin. After that he was ready to go back to the room.

The kids went down for a nap super easy after that. We let Isaac have a bowl of apple jacks in the pack and play and he laid right down. About ten minutes later he was asleep cuddling the full bowl. It was so cute. Lydia laid down on the bed and went to sleep too. Daddy watched TV and I read the third Fablehaven book. Lydia slept for about two hours and wanted to play.

We didn't want Lydia to wake up Isaac so I left while Daddy stayed with Mr. Sleepy Head. There was a hammock outside our room so we played in it. I read and pushed us while Lydia sucked on her toys. She loved swinging in the hammock. It was so relaxing to lay in the shade and gently rock in the hammock.

We went to dinner at Olive Garden when Ikeman got up. It was super yummy. Isaac and Lydia love noodles so they had a blast.

The next morning we had Denny’s for breakfast. We knew Isaac loved the train park because he made a train out of the jam packets and his car. He kept saying , “doot doot doot” which means “toot toot toot.”After breakfast we went back to the railroad park. Lydia loved the carousel again and took a nap on the train ride. Isaac was a little less scared but still didn't like the carousel. He loved the train ride and was so happy to be riding the train again!

Isaac was very sad to leave our vacation!!!