45 Weeks

Isaac is now 45 weeks old!

(I wonder when I'll ever stop naming these posts by the week. I guess I should just call them weekly posts by now. It's not like I tell people that he's "45 weeks old" when they ask his age. LOL)

Updates on our cuddlebunny:

* Becoming increasingly mobile! He can crawl extremely fast and when he really gets going, he'll squeal with excitement. It's super cute when he crawls up to someone and tugs on their pant legs for attention. We've blocked off a section of the living room with gates so that he doesn't have free reign to terrorize the whole house. The dogs steer clear of him when they see him coming. ;)

* Pulling up on most everything now. He used to be shakey and nervous about it. But, he lets go with one hand now... and does fun stuff like clear tapletops. Cruising from furniture piece to furniture piece as well.

* Bending knees to get down from a standing position. This is KEY because for the longest time, he would just whine to be helped down. The poor little kiddo thought falling was the only option. He can now quickly get down from standing and that's been great. It's cute when you call him from across the room and he crawls all the way over to you. If you ask him where he's going, he looks back with a funny face.

* Climbing over floor pillows, toys, and parents is exciting these days. We haven't introduced him to the stairs yet.

* Still loving books all the time! It seems as if he's not crawling and pulling up to discover, he's sitting down looking at books. His attention span has grown. We can read a whole stack of books together now. His favorites are still the flap books because he's learned how to open each and every flap! Animal books and books with other babies in them are hits, too.

* Waving a lot more often and on demand. When we say "Hi!" or wave to him, he waves back.

* Not napping well as usual. Did you expect to hear differently? (sigh)

* Not leaking out of his diapers anymore, thank goodness. It's Huggies Supreme during the day and Huggies Overnights for nighttime.

* Has gotten a little bit of a sassy attitude when it comes to me telling him "No!" When he goes to touch the corner guards on the entertainment center, I will either tell him no or will say, "Ahh, ahh!" Well, the little stinker loves to repeat sounds we make. So, now he goes over to the guards, touches them, and says, "Ahh, ahh!" LOL It's so hard not to laugh. For the record, he wiped out by the tv and hit his head on the leg of the entertainment center. It swelled and look bad, but ended up as just a scratch. It would have been a gash if he had hit the door. So, I'm leaving the guards up even though they cause undue stress.

* Eating A LOT these days. I think he's going through a growth spurt. Josh is already joking that our grocery bill is going to start going up!

Enjoy the new pictures!

I'll pick THAT punkin right in the middle. :)
"What? You mean I can't EAT the crayons?"
We have a fishy on our hands... he LOVES bathtime!
Reading books, all calm and serious
Riding in the car, silly as can be
I wonder how long this scrunchy face phase will last?! "Hey, I'm locked in!"
"Want to help a little guy out?"
Thanks for checking in!