Two weeks already!?

I can't believe that we've been home for two weeks already! When Isaac first joined our family he could walk if we were holding his hands. After he'd been with us for 6 days he was walking along the edge of the bed in our hotel room. Now he's having a ball using the walker that Aunt Wendy gave him. Since he started practicing with the walker he has even tried a few steps all on his own a time or two. He usually gets to two steps and falls down, but he keeps on trying. He even tried to let go of one of our hands and try walking with one hand held, but tipped like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He is quite a determined little guy and I'm sure we'll see our little man walking around the house on his own in no time!

On Friday before we tried to go Trick-or-Treating we had our first visit with Dr. Fields and discovered part of Isaac's discomfort was a double ear infection. He absolutely hates to take his medication, but Daddy & Mommy are learning to be creative and are getting the medicine into him! He must be feeling better because his appetite has returned and he is back on track to eating us out of house & home! I know we'll be in big trouble when he is a teenager at the rate he's eating now!

On Halloween we got dressed to go Trick-or-Treating, with our favorite cousin Zoe but decided it was too cold to go out with an ear infection. So instead we had fun prowling around the house as a very cute lion.

It is simply amazing how a child fills your day with love and excitement. In addition to our doctor visit we have had the opportunity to meet lots of new people. We've gone to the nursery twice at church, we went to Mommy & Me once, we have had Natalie come over to visit and we have gone to visit Anthony & Kyra, and Ethan & Olivia. We've been so busy meeting new people!

Yesterday Isaac threw his arms around my neck and gave me the biggest hug ever! Little kid hugs are always the greatest, but I think on a scale of 1 to 10 this one was a 25! It he smiled and flunng his little arms around my neck and squeezed tightly!

Isaac's vocabulary is growing. Of course due to his severe cleft palat he is not able to actually say the words, but he knows "Mommy", "Daddy", "eat", "Pepper", and most of the time he knows "no." He looks around for the person we are talking about and when I asked where Daddy was the other morning he got a big smile as soon as I said the word Daddy and started looking around to find him.

Below are some pictures from our picnic with Aunt Tina, Uncle Sean, Ethan, and Olivia at Holden Park.