What a Week!

It's hard to believe that it's been over three weeks since my last post. Everytime I sat down at the computer to type, something else caught my attention. It's been an interesting week, to say the least. Isaac has been sick all week, and Wes and I have taken turns staying home with him.

Last Friday, I left school half a day early so that we could take Isaac for his six month checkup. Everything looked good during the visit. As of last Friday, he was 27" and 18 pounds, 11 ounces. He's meeting all of his milestones, and he did great with his immunizations. Isaac didn't make one sound when the nurse gave him his first shot. After the second one, he fussed for about five seconds, and then he was fine. Thank the Lord for a good baby!

After we left the doctor's office, we drove to the coast where Wes's parents were waiting for us. One of Wes's uncles has a house out there, and he let us stay for the night. When we got there, we only had enough time to go to dinner. By the time we got back, Isaac was ready for bed. On Saturday, though, we took him for a walk throughout the neighborhood in the morning. In the afternoon, we took him for a boat ride to a manmade beach. Wes's parents bought him a lifejacket, and he looked so cute in it. We took it off when we got to the beach and let him play in the water for a little while. We left for home soon after we got back so we could give Isaac a bath and put him to bed.

On Monday, Labor Day, we relaxed around the house for a while and then had some family over in the evening. Wes's parents, brother, and cousin came. My parents, sister, and her boyfriend also came over. Wes grilled some chicken and vegetables, and I made some potato salad. Everyone had a nice time.

On Tuesday, I woke up with what I thought was pink eye. Thankfully, I found a substitute to go in for me. I went to the doctor and breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that it was not pink eye, just an eye infection. So Isaac and I were able to spend the whole day together, and that was nice.

On Wednesday, Isaac woke up with a 102 degree temperature, and he's been home ever since. Wes and I have taken turns staying home and taking him to the doctor. Wes took him to the doctor on Wednesday, and I took him today. It turns out that he just has a really bad cold. It's a virus, though, so no medication for that. He was throwing up, coughing, sneezing with lots of drainage, and being pretty fussy. The last couple of days have been better though. He seemed to be in a better mood last night, and he ate a little better today. The nurse practioner told me he should be fine by Monday.

Since I last posted, Isaac has tried many new foods. So far he's eaten rice cereal, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, sweet peas, bananas, applesauce, and broccoli, respectively. Most things he tried for a week at a time so we could make sure there were no allergies, with the exception of bananas. Normally, he starts his new foods on Saturdays, because I like to see his reaction to them. But, I decided to give him applesauce on Tuesday since I was home with him and he really didn't like bananas when we gave them to him over the weekend. Today, I made my own broccoli for him since I couldn't find any prepared packages in the store, and he really liked it.

Since Isaac has started solids, his eating patterns have changed. He nurses when he wakes up in the morning. Then he eats cereal, fruit, and nurses (or takes a bottle at daycare) for breakfast. He eats a vegetable and nurses for lunch. Usually, he nurses mid-afternoon. Then for dinner, he eats cereal, a vegetable, and nurses. He nurses one more time, and then he goes to bed. So now Isaac is not eating as frequently, which is a breath of heaven for me. The first time he went three hours between feedings, I was elated. I truly did not know what to do with my time. Now if only I could get him to sleep through the night.

Isaac can also do many more things now. He's sitting up by himself, with very little help. Sometimes he will fall over, but he's getting more and more proficient at it. I also saw him roll from his back to his stomach for the first time today. The girls at the daycare told me he does that there sometimes, but he had yet to do that at home until this afternoon. Isaac is also much more vocal. So far, he has said eight words: dada, hey, mama, boo, bye, Bible, ball, and hi, respectively.

Yes, he really said Bible! I was reading a Bible story to him out of his Beginner's Bible one night. He started trying to grab the book and made a b sound. I said, "Yea, Isaac, we're reading a book. B-b-book." He kept making the b sound, so I closed the Bible and said, "Look, Isaac, we're reading a book. We're reading your Bible. B-b-Bible." I moved my finger across the word and said, "Bi-ble" very slowly a few times. Wes came in the room, and he started saying it too. And then Isaac said it, several times!

I looked at Wes incredulously and said, "Did I hear that right? Did he just say Bible?!" Wes nodded and smiled. Then he grabbed a baseball that someone gave Isaac as a gift and said, "Look Isaac, it's a ball. B-b-ball." Wes said that a few times, and then Isaac repeated him exactly, "B-b-ball."

Something else Isaac has been doing a good bit of is laughing. He laughs over everything. The girls at the daycare were marveling over how much he laughs, and I said, "Well you know what his name means, right?" They didn't. "'He laughs.' He's definitely true to his name." He is, and he's such a blessing.