14 months

Most of November and December are recorded with Isaac's birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  That doesn't capture all of the fun times we've had with Isaac though!

Naptime!  Notice the hand holding on to my hair.  That's key.

Morning's are daddy time.  Isaac loves chillin' with Dad before the day starts.  I'm just grateful to be able to shower while Andy's still home! 

We spent so much time outside in November!  It was perfect weather.  Isaac decided that he was old enough to actually walk on our walks... which led to longer walks that covered slightly less distance.

His first time picking up a stick to play with while walking...now it's practically a requirement!

Every once in awhile Isaac will go on a "no"kick.  He'll start shaking his head at everything!  One night we caught it on video.

Isaac LOVES bathtime!

Isaac babbling away!

The problem with Isaac walking is that he could stop to look at all the interesting things...like manhole covers!  Those are so interesting to him!  They have an interesting texture, they're a different color, and they're perfect places for things to get stuck!

We spent (and still do spend) lots of our time outside looking at acorns.  It makes me so happy we moved here since Isaac loves the acorns so much!

Playing peek-a-boo one morning with Ellery on the stairs.

This is one of those times I had to restrain every bone and muscle in my body in the name of being a good mom.  Isaac found a puddle and started stomping in it.  But soon stomping wasn't enough and he wanted to sit down and splash.  By the time we got home he was SOAKING!  I think I carried him by his armpits so he wouldn't get me all wet.  

Sitting and talking about how awesome "winter" in Dallas is.

Chasing Ben and the lawnmower.

Trying on all mom's jewelry.  I'm in need of a prettier way to display jewelry on a wall so Isaac can't get to it!

First bubble bath...

Isaac loves watching Andy get ready in the morning.  Andy's had to start hiding his razor because if Isaac gets hold of it he'll pretend to shave his face.

Playing in the giant pile of leaves at the beginning of December!  Towards the end of October the leaves finally started to fall, and we had leaves everywhere through the first part of December.  Isaac was in heaven stomping through the piles of leaves along the curb.  They would come up to his knees in some places!

Workin' away!

Trying on mom's new shoes!

Isaac loves hanging out by the pool!  Usually he's trying to get into the pool, but sometimes I can convince him that the chairs are just as awesome.

Telling Dad all about his day.  Apparently it was a pretty interesting day.

Wearing Mr. Potato head's glasses.

And one last video that will leave you giggling...

Since turning 1:

• Isaac has started talking all the time!  At 14 months we was definitely saying "bath" and "mama" and just generally blabbering all the time.
• Knows what sound a dog makes.."arf, arf".  My parents were always telling Ginny to get "off", so Isaac started associating that with the sound a dog makes.
• Is done nursing!  On New Years Eve, after a string of long nights, I decided to quit nursing him and see if he'd sleep better!  I swear he hardly noticed that we quit, which made me both happy and sad.  Happy that it was going so easily because that proved that it was time for us to quit and sad that he was so okay without the time we spent nursing.  I did make it a priority to just sit and cuddle with him for awhile after his naps when we used to nurse and I think that helped.
• His favorite foods are cheese (all kinds: cheddar, cottage cheese, whatever interesting cheeses are available for sample at the store), bananas, and tomatoes.  If we're having tomatoes in a salad at dinner I can hardly get him to eat anything else.
• Likes to walk around and talk on the phone.  Just about anything is a phone though!
• Loves, loves, LOVES bathtime!  We take baths 3 times a week, and every time we tell him it's time for one he runs straight to the bath.  His record is an hour in the bath!

When Isaac was a newborn I thought he was cute, but now that he's a toddler he's so much fun!  Every day is some new adventure!