I should be working... or sleeping...

but I'm watching "Corner Gas" instead. It's a Canadian TV show that I've subjected most of the family to at this point. Very funny... if you're me.

We've recently returned from California where we gathered with Dan's folks, Terence, Wendy and August. We spent a few days at Yosemite. It was wonderful! I'll post pictures soon, but Wendy has a few posted here. I remembered to bring the camera to CA, but forgot it at the house for our little trip. So, lucky you... you don't have 30 pictures of us riding in the car.

Oh... and, in addition to other cool stuff, Isaiah finally said MaMa!! I am very excited.

Well, Corner Gas is now over... I should go to bed.

It is like having a little bird.

This is Dan giving Isaiah a piece of cherry. The first bite in a long line of food that he will eat for dinner. He LOVES to eat! And, until today would eat anything. At lunch today, he decided that he wasn't interested in baby-food. If it wasn't relatively solid, he didn't wanted.

The trend continued at dinner. He ate half a peach and 3 cheese tortellini. I managed to sneak in about 2 oz of banana/peach puree, but he's a quick study.

I've got a call in to the lactation consultant as he only nurses twice a day now. He eats mostly fruits and veggies, a little meat and beans, but no real fat. So I'm starting to wonder if he's getting everything he needs. If my phone works, I'll be able to talk to her tomorrow and get more info.

I've also included here a few shots of Isaiah on the move. We picked up a friend, Joanna (pictured below), at the airport and hung around at her place for a while. Of course, Isaiah wanted to pick out a fancy bottle of wine to celebrate. Uncle Gregg has quite a collection. And he's in Iraq now, so he'd never know. :-) (Gregg, we got him before he touch anything.)


And we miss you bunches Uncle Gregg. (See, I'm waving to you!) We're keeping Aunt Joanna busy though.

A much better day

Thankfully, Sir. Super-fuss has vacated, at least for today. Isaiah has a rather large area in the living room that is sectioned off for his use. The only problem is, unless we're both in it with him, he's unhappy. We'll see how he does tomorrow without Daddy home. :-)

It's been a great weekend. We didn't get as much done on the house as we wanted, but we had a nice time.

Fuss O Ramma!

Isaiah is super cute, and we love him bunches... but when he fusses ALL DAY it gets to be a little much to take. We don't know if he's growing, so he was just hungry all day. Or maybe it's his teeth, he's really close to having his top 2 break through. Whatever it was, he's sleeping now and we are super grateful.

We're also having a little supply/demand issue. Isaiah seems to be constantly hungry. His solid food portions have gone up quite a bit. I remember Wendy talking about making herself and August lunch one day and August ate both portions. We're in a similar situation. He nurses about 3-4 times a day now - breakfast, after he eats lunch, a snack, the before bed. He also eats dinner. For the past 2 nights he's been so hungry, Dan's made him a bottle even after he's nursed! This might be a temporary situation or it might be the beginning of the end of the boob-juice. We'll see how the rest of the weekend goes and I'll touch base with the lactation consultant on Monday.

Other than Sir. Fuss-a-lot, it was a happy 4th. We're watching a movie while the fireworks dance outside. Happy Holiday All.