Best Friends

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted....life seems to just get away from me. Looking back at these last posts, I laugh as it is now 50 degrees and we have been running around the backyard, playing with the ball and swinging on the swings.
I now have spring fever!

Yesterday we had a play date with our friend Olivia. Olivia is 3 months younger than Isaac and was adopted from the same agency in Texas as Isaac. We met her parents at a meeting here in Oregon and found out that they lived just around the corner from us. People often think they are twins or brother and sister! Isaac had so much fun having her over. He calls her livi Ah!! emphasis on the Ah! Isaac would give her things and say "peas" (please) He is a very polite little boy.

The first photo is of our little rock star playing a song for his girlfriend! Isaac is showing his musical side, he loves to drum on anything and actually has pretty good rythm, he also loves to crawl up onto the piano bench and play a song. (Again, no tune, but he is getting much more deliberate in the keys that he hits)
The second image is blury I know, but I just had to post it. These two love to kiss, and will have many good photos like this for their wedding slideshow! :-)hehehe.

The last photo is what happens after you play with your best friend for 2 hours. The minute they left, Isaac was sacked out on the couch, sound asleep! Nice for me too as I was worn out after playing with the two of them all afternoon.

Sledding fun

I ventured out yesterday to buy a proper sled and Isaac and I had a great time walking around the neighborhood. Today we went out and went down the hill a lot (nice workout in place of the gym for me!) I figured I spent $25 for a sled I better get more than one days use out of it. Isaac loved saying weeeee as we went down the hill, and I LOVED having an excuse to go sledding.

Sadly enough the snow is melting and alas our fun in the snow is coming to an end. Here's hoping we get snow at least one more time this year!

More snow pictures!

WoW! We finally got a good amount of snow. When Chris got home we went outside and played a lot! Isaac and I built a little snow boy, he had a great time piling up the snow and putting the face on. Today I am hoping to get out of the house finally and buy us a sled. We tried to sled on the lid to the sandbox, but it didn't work that well.

Bogey is really fun to watch in the snow. She goes ballistic! She runs in circles (i know...she always does) and she loves to jump into the air and try and catch snowballs in her mouth. She is really fun to watch.

And for the record, Chris made it home from work, no problem with chains on. We were glad to see him home safe. Still wondering what is in store tomorrow...will we have a third snow day???? (only teachers and kids hope so!)

Finally....a winter wonderland

Yesterday we went for a drive up to Mt.Hood so we could play in the snow. Last week was upsetting as the forcast kept promising snow, and then it never happened, we even had school cancelled on thursday because it started snowing, but then nothing happened and it was a beautiful sunny day. We pulled off into a camping area and let Isaac and Bogey run around. Isaac had only seen a dusting of snow, so he had a great time throwing snow in the air and running around. He kept saying NO! NO! (snow, snow) It was bitterly cold though, so we did not stay out too long. These are pictures from yesterday



Last night the newscasters called for a dusting os snow this morning, and after last week, I did not believe them. Much to my suprise it was snowing hard when I got up this morning! Isaac was soooooooooooo excited as he had never seen so much snow. This is a picture taken of Isaac trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue this morning in front of our house.



We got about 3 inches before it stopped around noon. Of course the entire Portland area is having a cow as everyone is stuck on the freeways. Why is it that when we get more than a dusting of snow, the news is on all day! When they started talking about whether the snow was good for snowballs I had to turn it off. The big discussion last hour was how they hadn't recieved any pictures from viewers of hummingbirds. Too bad.. hehehe. News is so fun to make fun of!

Chris went into work before it got bad, and now has to drive home in it! He went on his lunch break and bought chains, hopefully he wont have to stop too much. He promised me he would come home before it gets dark. (He normally has a 35 minute commute, but I bet it will take at least an hour if not more) ugh.

We went out for a walk in the snow earlier, unfortunatly we have no sled, but Isaac doesnt care, he just wanted to walk in it. It was all fun and games until his gloves fell off and then he cried because it was cold. He kept saying "owie,,,cold" poor thing.

As I have been writing this, my poor neighbor has been trying to get his car up the hill of our culdesac, he has gotten half way up and then slid back into his driveway at least 10 times....of course he is driving a mini with no chains, go figure. At one point he skidded the wrong way and about ended up in our front lawn. :-)

In the beginning...

No, this isn't redheadedmama - I, Lokoyan, have hijacked the Redhead's blog for a night. This is what married people with young kids do for fun on a Sat night...

Isaac will turn 2 next month, so I thought it would fun to post a photo of him from each month. Here are photos of Isaac's first year - we'll post year 2 next month when he turns 2. Please feel free to post a reply, saying he is indeed the cutest little guy ever.



Isaac’s Birth Day! February 20, 2005.



When he was 5 days old, we took Isaac to the Johnson Space Center. He was the talk of the town, and everyone was impressed with how well Anne looked with a 5 day old baby! I sent this photo to Buzz Aldrin, and he signed it for Isaac. We also had John Glenn sign a copy.



March - Isaac’s 1 month portrait.
OK, that’s not Isaac's face – just wanted to make sure you were paying attention.



April - 2 months old, and very cute. Isaac had a full head of hair right from day one.



May - Isaac liked his bottle. Maybe a little too much…



June - I’ve always thought this would be a great advertisement:
“Texas A&M – One Serious Eduation”



July - For his wedding slideshow.



August - Mother and son at 6 months.



September - Flashing his beautiful smile.



October - Isaac has never seen a steering wheel he didn't want to drive, or a button he didn't want to push.



November - I can't remember offhand when Isaac started crawling, but by November he was into everything.



December - Isaac LOVES his baths.



January - All of a sudden, he started with this super-cheesy grin.



February - Hanging out with Daddy.



February 2006 - Isaac's 1 year portrait. We hadn't cut his hair at all, and boy, was it long. His Dad was really jealous!


That's it for year 1. I'll turn this blog back over to its rightful owner.

Lokoyan

Quack Quack

This morning, it was nice and sunny, so I took Isaac on a walk to the duck pond by our house. Lately he has been walking around our house flapping his arms and saying "quack quack". He enjoyed feeding the ducks and kept saying "quack Quack to them. He of course had a meltdown when we had to leave! This is one of the nice things about our new house is being close to this pond. It is about half way between our house and my parents...we didnt even know it was there until we stumbled upon it this summer.

I can't wait until the nicer weather hits in the spring and we can stop "hibernating" in the house! I think Isaac is forgeting what it is like to play outside. We have to walk by the elementary school on the way to the pond, and Isaac cried because he could not go play on the playground with all the other kids. It was kind of sweet!!

When things are quiet

When the house is too quiet, while I am at the Computer, I have to wonder what the litte munchkin is up to! He is pretty good about entertaining himself for short periods of time, which is very nice.

I thought it had been quiet for too long, so I went to investigate and found Isaac, not only playing in the bean drawer, but he had crawled in and was dumping them all over the floor. He had a good time, helping me sweep them up afterwards! He is a little devil sometimes, but all he has to do is flash that smile and my heart just melts.