Special Visitors at Daycare

This is community helpers week in Izaak's class at daycare. Izaak was pretty excited when the firefighters visited his class to talk about fire safety, but what made this experience even better was that one of the firefighters happened to be his tio (uncle) Jonathan! Thank you Jonathan and Sean for the service you provide to our community and for having no fear when surrounded by a bunch of 3 year olds. You guys are awesome!
When we asked Izaak what they talked about in class today, he said "Fighterfighters are our friends." Silly boy!

Our Sunbeam

Primary already? I can't believe our little boy has joined primary this new year. It is a reminder that our wonderful boy is growing so rapidly. Zak and I tried to prepare Izaak about joining the big kids class and he really seemed happy about it. Sunday came and on our car ride to the chapel Izaak says, " Mami I don't want to go to Primary." I mentioned again how much fun he would have. Then it was time to take him to primary and Izaak was a little nervous but he was brave and sat down with his Sunbeam class. Zak and I visited the Primary quite a few times and Izaak did wonderful!

Santa Baby

I may be a little bias because I am his mother but I think

he is the CUTEST baby ever.
Love , love , love those cheeks!

Disney On Ice

Izaak's first class field trip was to Disney on Ice - Toy Story! Boy, was he excited to go. Zak and I decided to come along for the show. I cannot deny that I was super excited too.Izaak's hero was Buzz Lightyear. When Buzz was not on stage Izaak asked when he would come back. We had a great time and loved watching Izaak's reaction to all the lights, music and to the best toys in town.

(Sorry for the blurry pictures - I forgot to charge the battery.

I'll try to be prepared next time)

What did you do?

Wednesday was boys only night while mami was at a RS activity. This is what happened while I was away...

Before

After

Remind me to hide the scissors next time I set foot out the door. Yes, Zak is in trouble!

Is it too early for Christmas?

Our boys think not!

They had their pictures taken at daycare and I think they did an amazing job. I am just in love with this one. I have two handsome boys, agree?

8 months

I can’t believe my little bear is 8 months today. I feel so blessed to have Izaiah in my life. He is so cuddly and just a wonderful baby. His laughter is so contagious and it makes all those that hear it just smile! Zak and I are trying to encourage him to crawl since he can get into crawling position (on his hands and knees) but has not quite got the moving part. He is just content scooting. It’s pretty funny to watch him just drag his body from one side of the living room to the other. Izaiah’s favorite toys are now whatever Izaak happens to be playing with and big brother does not always like that. We do enjoy the moments when these two buddies just make one another laugh. For example when we are in the car driving back home after work and all of the sudden Izaak makes a weird noise or screams and Izaiah just starts laughing, well in turn this makes Izaak laugh too and encourages him to make the noise again, which again makes Izaiah laugh. They can go for quite a while on the same routine. Zak and I just smile at each other and think how amazing it is to have our two little boys and what fun the future holds for us with these two boys of ours. We love them and are so happy to be the parents of such amazing little bodies.

Happy Halloween

We had so much fun this Halloween weekend. We started out our celebration on Friday morning getting Izaak ready to wear his SWAT team member outfit for a trunk or treat at daycare. As you can imagine he was super excited. Something about handcuffs, dark shades, a whistle and a flashlight makes this little boy really happy. Izaak looked great. We were also super excited to pick up Zak from the airport that afternoon. Zak was in Texas on a business trip and we sure missed him tons. Zak brought back some presents for us too and that made us extra happy!
Saturday we had our Ward’s trunk-or treat. It was so much fun. We enjoyed a taco dinner, showed off our costumes and Izaak won 2nd place on the children costume contest (Zak may or may have not pulled some strings for this since they asked the bishopric for votes and guess what? Zak is in the bishopric! J). We enjoyed all of our wards families costumes! Then the fun part began at the trunk or treat. Zak and I took turns taking Izaak around to pick up some candy and handing out candy to our little friends in the ward. It was fun. We managed to entertain Izaiah with a glow stick while he sat on the trunk of our car. He is such a good baby! We had to make a stop at the grocery store after the trunk or treat and people there enjoyed our boys all dressed up in their costumes too. I enjoyed all the cute comments my boys were getting.
For Sunday Zak and I had decided to keep it low key and wanted to enjoy just a fun time together as a family, so I made a special dinner for us. I made a stop at the Dollar Tree (which I love especially for the holidays… you can find great decorations there!) during the week and some fun items to entertain our boys. Hubby also showed another talent of his which the boys and I really enjoyed… he is a balloon artist! He made Izaiah a puppy, Izaak got a crown and sword and I got a beautiful flower! (I am kicking myself for not taking pictures of those wonderful treasures) My man has so many talents besides being a wonderful husband and a great father. I love him! Izaak also enjoyed handing out candy to the few trick-or-treaters that stopped by. He was so excited about handing out candy and he kept digging in our bowl for more and more candy to hand out. All in all it was a fantastic day!

Our little Tigger Izaiah and his cute cheeks

Zak being silly

Our decorated dinner table

Watch out! This SWAT team member is on duty

My chick magnet

The astronaut

(Gracias abuelo y abuela!)

6 months

Our baby had his 6-month check up today. Stats are as follows:

Weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces (90%)
Length: 27 1/2 inches (85%)
Head Circumference: 44.1 (60%)

Izaiah is growing very quickly which is makes me a little sad, but I am very thankful for his wonderful health. The physician lifted Izaiah while examining him in an upright position and Izaiah proceeded to jump and she mentioned that he was certainly a strong baby. Poor baby got four shots today. He managed to not cry through the first shot, but then it all went down hill after that. He curled his bottom lip and the tears came down his face and all I wanted to do was just hold him. I tried to remain strong for him, but it was really killing me inside watching him. I wanted to stop the nurse and pick Izaiah up and take him home. We don’t like shots!

Rolling and teething

Izaiah is growing so fast. It is all so amazing and sad at the same time. My baby is changing so fast right before my eyes. It is a little unfair that their infant stage goes by so quickly. We have some news to share. We discovered some pearly whites on our baby. That’s right there are two teeth making their debut. This explains the blowouts and the constant drooling. Every time we pick up Izaiah all he wants to do is grab unto our hands and nibble on our fingers, chin, or arms. He also chews on all of his toys and if he is not wearing a bib you know that you will need to change his shirt because it will be soaked in a matter of minutes.

3 already?

I woke up this morning anxious to hug, squeeze and kiss my little birthday boy Izaak. As I teased him and sang happy birthday in silly voice tones to wake him up the thought that I have a 3-year-old boy started to sink in. I begin to understand more and more why people say that time flies by. I have truly enjoyed learning how to be a mami with this amazing boy. Izaak has the best personality ever and is a sweet, sweet boy.

My Izaak,

Happy Birthday buddy! I feel so privileged to be your mami. You have taught me so much throughout the past 3 years. I love you so very much!
You are so special to me. There are times that I ask myself whatever I did to deserve you. Every hug and kiss from you just brightens up my day and makes me feel so good. You are so smart and I am amazed at how much you are learning each day. You have learned the ABC song and are starting to recognize letters, numbers and shapes. You are a pro when you play the pre-school games that papi downloaded for you on his ipod. You know how we sing you are my sunshine? Buddy you are truly mami’s sunshine!
I love our reading time and our playtime. You don’t like bedtime too much right now but if we decide to read a book together in bed it makes you so happy. I love when you call out “Mami play me, play me.” This is your current way of asking that we play together. I have tried correcting you but your way of saying this is much cuter.

Here is a list of some of the things you do now:
- You are fully potty trained; no more pull-ups at all! You are doing a great job even during nighttime. I must admit that I was a little hesitant to let you sleep in your big boy underwear but you have surely shown mami. Great job!
- You love to help mami set the table when we are getting ready to eat. You could be in the worst mood ever but when comes to setting the table you are the happiest boy ever. You use your counting skills to make sure you have the right amount of cups, plates, utensils and napkins for everyone.
- You really like Thomas and Friends and want to watch their videos on “the red” (Netflix) almost every day.
- Izaak you are a great big brother. You try to be so careful with Izaiah and we can just see all the love that you have for him with every hug and smile you give him.
- Your vocabulary is expanding everyday. You are getting better at using “please” and “thank you” and “may I.” You are awesome!
- You have had a love for Popsicles for sometime now, but you recently tried ice cream too and now your request is “can I have some ice cream please, not Popsicle, ice cream.”
- You like to offer others a snack/treat whenever you have one and you get so excited when they accept to have one with you. Super cute!

Our little beaner

While window shopping with my mom and Amanda,

Izaiah found a way to get all of our attention too.

This is what we came across to ...

(Amanda - thanks for the laugh!)

Four Months

Here are the stats of our chunky monkey, Izaiah.

Weight: 18 pounds 2 ounces
Length: 24 inches
Head circumference: 16.75 inches

He sure is a chubby boy and we are enjoying every single roll!