Seattle Center Trip

We took a trip to the Seattle center for Seafair ( a big summer festival here in Seattle). Before we took our seats on the parade route Craig and Isaac went to play in the big fountain at the Seattle Center. They didn't intend to get wet but they did a little. It was a hot day though so they dried off quick.
Isaac is getting big and LOVES to walk anytime he can.

Family camping trip!

So we took Isaac on his first camping trip. He loved it which is no surprise since he can't spend enough time outside normally. We packed our car and traveled about 1.5 hrs from our house to a small and quaint campground called Clear Creek. It was nice and quite with only a few other campsites. And there were rocks everywhere to Isaac's delight. We took a couple hikes while we were there. This first picture is all of us on a log suspended over Clear Creek.
This picture is quite a bit further up Clear Creek. It was no surprise to us that we had the place to ourselves because we had to do some serious bush wacking and creative maneuvers to get here. But it was well worth the work. It was beautiful and the picture doesn't even do it justice.
This picture is on the Sauk river right next to our campsite. It created a beautiful rushing river sound that we were able to drift off to sleep to. We had a great time camping and are hoping to do it again before the summer is over.

Summertime fun!

Just a little summertime fun. Isaac loves to sit on the porch and he has a new discovered fondness of eating apples.
What child's summer is complete without a ride in a tire swing. You ask, Is he going to fall out? It actually worked perfect because his hips (diaper) fit right inside the tire and wedged him in. Craig had fun swinging him nice and high!

Grandpa Kevin's Birthday!

Isaac's Grandpa Kevin had his birthday on July third so we went to visit them on their boat in Poulsbo, WA. They have a big fireworks show there on the third so we played in the sun during the day and watched the fireworks that night. Well Isaac actually stayed up until 10:30 when the fireworks started and them promptly fell asleep with all of the big blasts going off all around him. But as you can see in the picture he had a long hard day playing in the sun and driving Grandpa's dingy.

Double Birthday Bash!!!

Sorry it has been so long since we updated our blog but here are a few of Isaac eating his 1st Birthday cake. He decided not to use his hands and instead pecked at the cake like a chicken. It was quite hysterical to watch. Craig then proceded to army paint Isaac with the frosting from the cake as you can see. We had a great party celebrating Isaac's 1st and Craig's 30th Birthday. The weather was nice which was an answer to prayer because I wasn't sure how we were going to fit everyone in our little house and we had a pinata filled with candy that needed to be blasted, and those just tend to work better outside!

I know how to point!

Isaac has discovered that pointing helps let us know what he wants or is talking about. So now he points at everything and jabbers away truly trying to tell me something (although I usually have no idea what he is saying). His words are limited to Mama, Uh Oh, and occasionally Dada. The fact that we can't understand him has definitely not slowed the jabbing at all. We are quite entertained because he is very animated as you can see in this picture. Hands fly, eyebrows go up and down, and he contorts his mouth in amazing ways creating the funniest sounds. Does it sound like we have fun with him? Well we do. He keeps us laughing all the time!

Playgroup

Here are our playgroup friends. Isaac is the one second from the right, and yes he is being a bully and pushing poor Jasmine. He is quite opinionated these days and is not shy about telling (or using phsical force) to express what he thinks. So we are working on what is okay and what is not. My baby is turning into a toddler?!?!?