The Teeth, Mischief, Jeeps, Baby Steps

Isaac has officially taken his first steps! He actually took them last week, by accident. But beginning yesterday his stepping has been deliberate and well-balanced. He had a 7-step run last night and then spent most of today practicing. It's only a matter of days/weeks at this point. When he learns a new skill he practices until it is mastered, and he seems to master things quickly. It's pretty exciting!
His teeth are growing in quite adorably. I kinda like him with choppers. I guess he thinks he's "big time" too b/c he absolutely refuses baby food now. Grace dropped the baby food at the same age.
He gets into EVERYTHING as depicted below. Grace was curious, but nothing like Isaac. He really can make a mess. Takes after his father.
Grace's black eye has almost completely gone away- there is only a slight discoloration now. Geez, that only took 3 weeks. My little princess is quite the bruiser. Hammin' it up at the dinner table.

Grace is not afraid to get a little grease on her jammies. Anything to ride in the jeep just a little bit longer! She is pushing our neighbor, Carl, after they squeezed the last bit of juice out of the battery. By the way- Sid has declared that Isaac will not drive a pink jeep. So don't say I am the one who spoils him when he gets a blue jeep.
Choppers last week.
Choppers today.
"Oh- Hey mom! Just thought I would help myself to a little snack. Can I get you one too?"
"Oh- Hey Mom! I noticed that you were unloading the dishwasher so I thought I would help. These go on the floor, right?"

Bathroom Remodel Progress Report

Well, we are moving right along in the bathroom remodel. We have about a week and a half to go- but I think they are at least 5 days behind schedule. Not really sure why as there have been no supply issues and absolutely no surprises. I'll find out tomorrow when I have a little "sit-down" with our contractor. 5 weeks is a long time to have the house torn up with no privacy and I need to have an end in site. This is Isaac's room- The old closet is on the left and his new closet is on the back wall.

Sid's closet and my closet area right after demo-
The old toilet area and my old closet- all opened up and ready to be my new big closet.
My closet area studded out.
My closet area dry-walled and now you are looking at our new little toilet closet/corner with the half wall.
My new closet-

The old shower/tub area. That door on the left is a linen closet that is no longer there.
That area right after demo. On the right is Isaac's closet door-
New tub is in and Isaac's closet doors have been replaced with studs. Dry-wall is up! This is tub shower area-

Shiner

Grace has earned her second shiner. She and Isaac were playing/chasing/wrestling on Monday night and she somehow fell on the corner of her desk. We are not exactly sure what happened as I had stepped out to use the bathroom and daddy was deeply engrossed in washing a pan. Anyway, she wasn't too happy about the injury at the time, but is now enjoying all of the attention. I am, of course, mortified and feel terrible. Our contractor, Eric, calls her "Rocky." Ha ha. Isaac's first tooth broke through about a week ago. He is working on his second tooth right now. If you look closely you can see his tooth on the bottom left (or right if you are look at him). He has handled all of this teething fairly well. The only downside is the constant hands in his mouth. And of course if his hands are not in his mouth they are on the floor crawling around...picking up as many nasty germs/viruses/bacteria as possible. So he did pick up a couple of viruses, but has handled them well. Thank goodness for his nebulizer- I don't know what we would do without it. And people wonder why I want them to take off their shoes when they come to my house! If you could hear my baby cough and breathe at night, they would know why!
The $10 we spent on this pool is by far the best money we have every spent!
Grace's best friend, Hayden, celebrated her 3rd birthday last weekend. Hayden's mommy rented a bounce house. The girls had a blast!
The girls enjoying a special lunch of PBJ and grapes.

Naked Babies

Someday they will curse me for this- but until then I get to embarrass them. And if your wondering why they are naked- it's b/c we had all been playing outside in the pool and came inside to get ready for bed. Isaac was cruising around the house so I decided to grab my camera. Of course, big sister can't miss an opportunity to be photographed if little brother is being photographed too. Also, Isaac is getting his first tooth!


Isaac's first pasta and red sauce dinner. It was tortellini and he LOVED it! He ate 15 tortellini- no kidding.
Big sister doing this weird smile thing for the camera. Isaac ate more than she did.