Isaac can stand-up...now... and that's all he wants to do-

Isaac started the "official" crawl two weeks ago. Just a few days after that I went to get him after a nap and he was standing in his crib. Since then he spends most of his time chasing his sister and pulling-up on anything he can get his hands on. He has recently started standing unassisted and is now walking along objects, also know in the baby world as "cruising." I seriously need to go and buy him some shoes as his little toes are all scratched up. He turned seven months old last week and I truly cannot believe he is already doing all of these things. He is months ahead of his big sister and she was considered "advanced." So yes, I know I'm in for it.
He LOVES the slide best of all.
Big sister gets in on all of the fun.

He is standing here, unassisted. Little shit.

Nana's New House

Nana moved into her new house in Albemarle, NC last Saturday. She is now only 2 hours away! Yeah...we are so glad that she is back home in North Carolina. Sid was in Charlotte on Thursday so me and the kids drove down to Albemarle that afternoon. Sid drove to meet us on Friday and we all spent the weekend helping Nana get settled-kind of-not sure how much help we were. :-) We love Nana's house. It is beautiful and will be a wonderful place to visit. Her backyard is wonderful too. We also got to spend lots of time with Aunt L. She too is guilty of spoiling Grace and Isaac to the point of no return.
Isaac began to full-out crawl on Thursday. No stopping him now. Grace could crawl forward at 8 months. Isaac is a full 6 weeks ahead of her. I can only imagine when he will start walking if he is crawling at 6 1/2 months. Yeah.

Aunt L brought over this fun water toy. We would like to think we were also helping to water the grass...not just destroy it.
Isaac wasn't too sure about this one.
Nana has lots of baby gear at her house. Isaac felt right at home.

Nana's neighbors have a pool and let us use it while we visited. Isaac got to try-out his new floaty. He loved it.
Grace loves to have her picture taken. And I got my hair cut-off. Hasn't been this short since I was 12.
Grace and daddy playing in the pool. Actually, this is just a picture of Grace sucking down a ton of water. She is actually a great swimmer.
Though there is no sound, you'll have to trust me that this is Grace and daddy making silly noises.

Beating the Heat

Like the rest of the southeastern US we had 100+ degree heat for over a week. It was not so fun. We stayed inside a lot and while outside we tried to be in the baby pool or visited the "big pool" at the YMCA. Isaac spent the majority of these days naked and Grace we tried to keep in at least panties- but you just have to pick your battles with two year olds. Chillin'. Who needs an inground pool when you have a $10 KMart special? Our neighbor Elizabeth decided to break tradition and get in with her dress on. Why not?
Isaac has no choice on whether water is poured on or around him.
Ah yes- Naked and lovin' it! Plus he has one of his sister's new snakes- what could be better?
Apparently the new thing this year is snakes and mermaids. We picked up a package of snakes at Target for $3.99. Best purchase I have made this year. Grace spends hours with them. They are still creepy, though.
Great minds think alike! Nothing like little girls dressed in Patsy Aiken suits. :-) Grace and Elizabeth model for the camera. Grace was so excited that Elizabeth had a suit just like hers.

An evening with Elmo

Saturday evening Sid and Grace headed out to the RBC Center to see 'Elmo Live!' They both got all cleaned up and had a wonderful time. They sat in the front row and Grace got to high-5 all of the monsters. Sid said she was mesmirized. She ate a ton of popcorn and daddy spoiled her with an $8 balloon of Elmo's head.
Just a couple of shots of my little guy.