Fall & Christmas

Isaac loved the leaves this fall! The first time I took him out to rake the leaves into piles he would stand in the middle of one and say "more will come!" until I had them raked up to his chest. Of course as soon as I started trying to bag them he realized the joy of running through piles and scattering leaves!



The first snow was also a hit!


And there's nothing better than the wonder and excitement of Christmas through the eyes of a two year old! We got a few good laughs from his ideas. Having just had his birthday, he understood that Christmas was Jesus' birthday. While we were out one day, he piped up and said, "Jesus is flying through the sky, coming down to blow out birthday candles." And Christmas morning, Isaac crawled into bed with Aunt Caroline, and when she told him, "Christmas is here!" He asked, "Getting out of the car? Coming inside?"

"Happy to You"!

Lucky little boy got to celebrate his birthday with his grandparents and his friends!








Thanks to Tim for these photos.

For those of you not in our family (and maybe those who are ;), this video is a bit long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6SEoApsTQY&hd=1

A sister for Isaac

Third ultrasound was a charm; the baby finally cooperated! It looks like Isaac will be getting a little sister in late February. :)

Isaac at dinner

We had a good laugh at Isaac talking/playing with his food at dinner last night!

"Brocoli biking" as he pushed it back on forth on his tray.

"Skin off eggie" as he peeled the crusty part off of his fried egg.

"Hi, fishy" when offered a bite of my fish. He proceeded to ask for several more bites and had this conversation with himself while eating the bites:

"Fish swimming!"

To a big chunk--"Duda (Daddy) fish! Give kisses!"

To a stringy piece--"Fish with long tail! Be so gentle!"

Petting Zoo at the Apple Orchard

On Saturday we took a visit to the apple orchard and made lots of apple sauce with our friends, the Bibos. Isaac ate an unseemly amount of apples, enjoyed chasing his little friend Anna up and down the rows of apple trees, and had a blast at the petting zoo. He especially loved the little bridge you'll see him on in the picture below (that is until he fell off and landed face first in the mud--quite horrific to the pride as he's just now going through the stage of understanding being "dirty.")

Thanks to Tim for the pics.

Isaac and the Giraffe

Isaac recently had his first trip to the Baltimore Zoo--courtesy of Matt's work. It was raining that day, but the rain actually made the animals more interesting to watch especially the big cats; none of them were sleeping! I think this is the first zoo trip where Isaac was old enough to really get it! He's been asking to go back everyday since then and obsessed with the gorilla fleece you'll see him wearing in the video. Here is Isaac feeding the Giraffe.

Isaac and most of his Aunties (on the Conner side)

Isaac loves his Aunts!

 

 

Isaac and Grandma Conner

Isaac had a wonderful visit from Grandma and lots of his aunties this summer!

 

 

 

 

Catechism

Pastor Paul gave Isaac a copy of the First Catechism put to music for us to listen to and think about for Sunday school. Isaac especially loves the first song that goes "Who-oo-oo-oo made you?" and the children answer "God!". We are going to have to work on the message though cause Isaac asks for it as the "owl song." :)

Grandmother's Two Coo Apricot Preserves

15 minutes at Larriland farms yielded 16 lbs of apricots. We did have the help of two expert pickers: Caroline Conner and Meredith Toering.



Caroline called Grandmother Conner (Isaac's Great Grandmother) to get her apricot preserve recipe: apricots, sugar, and patience. Grandmother's preserves are the best!

Here we are washing, pitting and cutting.



Matt almost got himself kicked out of the kitchen for wanting to take too scientific of an approach with something that was clearly an art. :)



One of the two pots...


When Isaac eats something he loves or is excited about he coos. His first taste of the preserves earned two coos!



Yummy!


And as a bonus: Isaac's first (and I'm sure not last) marker disaster.

someone can run!

It's been a while....

Well, Isaac's been growing like the weeds in my garden! And he's started in the last month or so to speak in (rough) sentences. For example: "Isaac push (whoever happens to be holding him) outside!" Here are a few pictures taken over the last couple of months.

Hunting for Easter Eggs

 

 

 

 

Boo

Isaac loves to hide!

A horse of course (nevermind it's a rocking bear)

Seltzer

Daylight savings is a little confusing. Who wants to go to bed while it's still light out? Here's Isaac having his second dinner in his PJs and showing off one of his new words--"seltzer."

Climber

Oh, no!

At Grandma and Pepa's for Laura's (might I add beautiful) wedding, Isaac fell in love with Athena their Lab. Since we've returned home, Isaac's been obsessed with dogs. Yesterday we thought we would get him a goldfish. How we were foolish enough to think a goldfish would be a consolation is another topic. Anyway, we get to Petsmart and are looking at the goldfish, and Isaac every so gently and PERSISTENTLY keeps turning his daddy's face away from the fish and toward the dogs. We ended up leaving the store in tears--no fish, no dog. And now we are considering the lunacy of adopting a dog. Somebody stop us before it's too late. ;)