Random Pictures of the Fam...

Since I have sucked soooo badly at blogging, I'm gonna make up for it by putting up random pictures of our adorable child. Don't take my word for it though....look for yourself. HE'S AWESOME!

We went to Friendly's, he takes after his parents and LOVED it, especially the ice cream.

OMG, look at that smile! And happiness! And that STUDLY sweater? I mean, COME ON!

I love this picture! and his hat. I picked it out myself, spent forever looking for it! I wanted a Russian hat for him, but could only find one with puppies on it. SOOOO CUTE! And his shirt is accurate, he's soooo big!

Teething biscuits are lifesavers, especially when you have not one, but TWO teeth! These particular favorite's are the vanilla-flavored ones from Whole Foods. I never got to Whole Foods, but I will make a special trip to get those suckers. On a cautionary note, they are MESSY! Hence, the bib - in case you were wondering, the bib says "What happens at Grandma's stays at Grandma's." I'm pretty sure that an accurate statement.

I love these two, I also love mornings where we can all sleep in together. Isaiah may not look super thrilled here, but TRUST me, he is thrilled.

My HANDSOME baby!!! Wearing his outfit courtesy of Titi Alicia and Tio Justin.

LOVE the hat the best!

OOOH wait! I'm pretty. The two of us together make an AWESOME couple. :)

Christmas! in February....

Okay, so since I have been failing at blogging, I am going to make up for it, by putting up some pictures. :) Hope that makes up for failing in the past few months.

Blogging Fail

So inspite of my best efforts, I continue to fail at blogging. Oh well, I can only try and keep uo when I remember to. The good thing about forgetting though, is that you have lots to talk about once you DO blog. So there's a silver lining to everything! So, as Jenny SOOOO importantly pointed out, Isaiah is a gremlin, b/c he growls ALL the time. Its pretty hilarious! Other accomplishments since the last time I posted:

- he has not one tooth but TWO! Both on the bottom, its his front two teeth! HAHAHA! And those suckers are SHARP! He will totally bite you too, so don't get to close.
- with the advent of his teeth, is the introduction of more foods. So far blueberries, and carbs of all types are favorites. Also, bananas and apples. He's not so much a fan of eating peas, but he does love to squish them.
- he is toying with the idea of walking. He has one of those push/walk cars, and he pushes them all around the floor like a drunk driver, (ie, not in a straight line)
- He is still "da-da-da-ing" a lot. He throws me a bone every once in a while and "mamas", but its obviously not as fun a syllable to say as "da".
- CHRISTMAS HAPPENED! Christmas was fun, and as anti-climactic and anyone with a <1 year old knows. He was more interested in the paper than the actual toys, but now a few months later he's getting the hang of playing with the musical toys we bought him. SO far his favorite past time is banging balls together and eating puzzle pieces. I don't see what is wrong with that at all! :)

In other news, this weekend is a spectacularly HUGE weekend....wanna guess why??? If you guessed a) Tyler and My birthday and b) the Super Bowl which includes the Pittsburgh Steelers, then you are correct!!!! Every few years the Super Bowl happens on the same day as our birthday, and it just so happens that this year our team is in the Super Bowl as well. It's really a perfect storm for greatness. :) In true form, we are having a Birthday/Super Bowl Extravaganza, full with team-color-coordinated foods, (maybe if I'm not a total failure, I will actually post some pics of the event.)

In other news, our jobs are going really well. We have mostly got a handle on this 2-working-parent home deal, and we have all adjusted quite well. We plan to move in the beginning of March to an apartment that is equidistant from Tyler and my jobs. This will cut down our commute time in half for both of us, and therefore make our lives a bit easier. We will have to move Isaiah from our current babysitter (which is sooooo sad) but I'm hoping and praying that Isaiah adjusts well. I think that the hardest thing for him is going to be going from napping in a quiet room, to napping in a room full of other not-s-quiet babies. I know that he will be fine, but I'm a little heartbroken that we have to leave Melissa's. She's pretty awesome.

Hopefully I will post again sooner than 2 months from now....GO STEELERS!

It's December....Oh No!

Man oh man! I promised myself that I would be better about blogging this time. Seems it lasted...for a while, and then....life hit. So its been about 2 months since the last time I blogged, and MAN a lot has changed. It would take too long to recount everything, but here are the highlights;
- I started looking for a job
- I found a job
- I found a babysitter for Isaiah
- Isaiah started "da-da-da"ing
- I started a job
- We ate lots of food for Thanksgiving
- We went out Black Friday shopping
- I started reading again!
- Isaiah started crawling almost faster than I can walk...
- I discovered www.thepioneerwoman.com (Thanks Colleen!)
- I discovered www.sporcle.com (Thanks Tyler!)
- I discovered that a few weeks into my new job, I still have time to browse the internet during the day.

Anniversary

This year Tyler and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we went back to Ithaca, NY to cisit Cornell University where it all started. This is the first time that we have really been back to Cornell since we graduated in May of 2007. Here are some pictures from our brief, but FUN visit. :)

Isaiah and I at Collegetown Bagels....mmmm delicious!
Our view from our room at The Statler Hotel
On our way to visit Uris Library, where I spent A LOT of time studying, and where Tyler, didn't so much. :)

Anniversary in Ithaca

Cute of today!

Rainy, but still smiley!

Nana's Weekend Visit

Quiet & Sleepy

Holding my own bottle! Like a big boy! :)

"Daddy, why aren't you talking to me!?!"

Ready for game day!!! (it was Saturday - they won!)

Milestones MILESTONES!

So Isaiah is not yet 6 months old, but he is already a mover and a shaker!! Here is what he's up to these days. Isaiah sleeps through the night, (although he considers 6:30am an appropriate time to wake up in the morning). He is crawling, he started just about at 5 months. He LOVES to crawl towards powercords. So our laptop is often dead seeing as that is his favorite cord to pull. He is starting to teethe, so he loves to nibble on adult fingers, but he HURTS when he bites down. He also loves to nibble on powercords....so we're in trouble all around really.
He is has also been using his walker. This has LITERALLY been a lifesaver. He started getting really tired of the swing after he figured out that he could move around. So at a consignment sale a few weeks ago, I picked up a walker for him, and OMG its awesome!!! He loves it! He sits in it for anywhere from 30-60 minutes perfectly content!! Since he has a walker now, and will obviously start moving around, I had to get him his first pair of shoes. SOO CUTE! Unfortunately he has very wide and fat feet. So his shoes don't fit perfectly, but they do protect his baby toesies when we are outside. And that's all that matters.
Speaking of moving around, I really have to babyproof our house! We haven't really done any preemptive baby proofing, we're doing it on the fly. Which is probably not the best way to do it, but hey. For example this morning. Isaiah was hanging out on our bed while we were getting dressed. I had to leave the room so I put him on the floor of out room. I turn around for one minute and I turn back to find Isaiah on the floor, with a metal hanger, which is precariously close to an EXPOSED OUTLET!! So I immediately found one of the snazzy outlet cover things, and plugged up the exposed outlet. Man on man are we in trouble!

We also rode the swing set for the first time. Isaiah enjoyed the first 5 minutes or so, but then he didn't really know what to do with himself, so he started crying. When in doubt, cry I guess is their motto as children. LOL.

Another milestone, although this is a Mommy milestone is that I finally have a car! I won't say I own it, its more like I owe someone money on a car, but hey, you get the point. It's really exciting, because with the car, Isaiah and I have a lot more freedom. We can go to playdates, the supermarket, anywhere we have to without having to inconvenience Tyler, my Mom, or ourselves. It's very exciting! So now that we have a "baby car" we will have many more adventures! I will also try to post pictures from those here.

Cute of yesterday! I love fall b/c of the cute clothes! Hats, booties and footsie pajamas. Yay!

Elevator Daddy!

Fun with Dad!

Swinging at the park!

Let's go Phillies!! 8.11.10

So I only like baseball live. I can't stand watching it on TV. And since we are in Philadelphia, and the Pirates are awful, we can enjoy the Phillies. We took Isaiah to his first Phillies game, and he did great! He took a nice little nap on our way down 95 to rest up for the game. He sat contentedly and watched the Phillies beat the Dodgers (sorry Cali fam). We ate some ice cream and then came home. All in all a wonderful night out. Tyler and I are very lucky that Isaiah is such a good baby! We have pretty much been able to take him EVERYWHERE! I'm hoping that trend continues, because we enjoy getting out every once in a while.

GO STEELERS!!!! (Early August)

Yes, I grew up in Philadelphia, and YES I am a Steelers fan! How that happened is anyone's guess, but YES Tyler is very lucky to have an awesome sports-loving wife like me! I have had my Polamalu jersey for a few years now, so OF COURSE we had to get Isaiah his jersey. We have to be ready for pre-season football!! Thanks to Nana he has 2 jerseys now! Here are we are sporting our pride...we're only missing our terrible towels!

Rollover! Rollover! (early July)

I'm going to have to back date some posts to catch you up on Isaiah. So the date of the event will be in the title...sorry to be so confusing. Anyway, so Isaiah started rolling over in early July. It was slow progress at first, but once he got the hang of it he couldn't stop himself from doing it! Here are some examples of his work.

I love the picture of him in the swing. He was in there, and didn't want to be, so he tried to roll himself out. Almost worked had I not been paying attention! LOL.