Random Pics..Random Order

Isaac finally has his belly button! His umbilical cord stayed on until the night before his one month visit and when it did fall off it was still a little gooey which the Dr said was normal but I thought was pretty weird! They had to put silver inside to help finish drying it out and to help keep it germ free. So we had to wait even longer for his first real bath so that everything could continue to heal. (side note: look at that belly, I think it is bigger than his head!) Sleeping babies are adorable I think and you can really see his daddy's inherited lips...just like big brother's. :)

Isaac is 5 weeks old in this picture and and as you can see he is starting to focus in on things more each day. It is really cute to see him watch Peter...it is almost like you can hear him think "what is this whirlwind that is always circling around me?"

During one of our nice days, we met up with my sister and niece to go to the Zoo. We went in the morning which is usually great, almost like we have the whole place to ourselves. Except this day happened to be St. Patricks Day and who knew that there was huge parade a few streets away and half of St. Louis was in attendance! Parking was crazy! But we made it and had a great time. You can't tell, but he was really excited to be on the carousel-he would just stop smiling every time he saw me trying to take a picture. Cold and yucky days are no fun with a toddler and a new baby, so I really try to find things for Peter to do. He really likes markers but I always contain him in the highchair because I don't really trust him...and rightfully so as you can see he tried to eat them and what you can't see is that he also tried putting them in his ears...so he walked around the rest of the day with orange ears!

Daddy son bonding time! Peter loves to lay on the floor with Isaac and having Daddy home was a special treat for him and nice for me since I didn't have to watch him like a hawk to make sure he was not smothering Isaac with love.

Snow...again

Who ever keeps ordering random snow storms needs to receive a wedgie.

Seriously, I was wearing shorts earlier this week and am back to sweaters, gloves and hats today!

New Words and Things

So a few new words Peter picked up this last week...smelly, awesome and germs. And my favorite usage is when Peter told Alan that he was smelly. :) He has also been trying very hard lately to put clothes on himself. He will sit for a really long time trying to put on a pair of pants, a shirt or his shoes and surprisingly does not get frustrated and start screaming. He has been successful in getting them on at times just usually the wrong way, pants on his arms for instance...

Peter has also learned to eat yogurt by himself and most of it usually gets in his mouth. He also learned to climb on the table via the chairs and thought that the salt shaker looked fun and proceeded to shake it everywhere-I am sure I will be finding salt in places for awhile. (he of course did this while I was nursing)

Isaac rolled over 3 times yesterday from his tummy to back and I actually got in on video which I will attempt to post. He also smiled a real recognition smile the other day and is really starting to study his environment more. So far in terms of weight /height he and Peter continue to progress the same (which I find a little weird) except that he is one inch longer than Peter was at this age, that combined with his super long fingers and feet make me think he will be taller than Peter. I guess we will have to wait and see if my prediction is true. I can't believe he is 6 weeks old already!

Grandparents

Alan's parents came into town for 2 weeks after Isaac was born. (I unfortunately do not have many pictures because our camera was stolen and I hadn't downloaded them yet.) But I do have this one, which shows where one of Isaac's favorite napping places was. Peter enjoyed having his grandparents spend the mornings with him at the zoo, the science center, swimming or just running up and down the halls of their hotel. (apparently Peter became quite the well-known personality at the hotel, he was always coming home with something that someone had given him) Peter loved being the center of attention and did his best to show off and win over his grandparents. And I enjoyed having some time in the morning to myself to get organized and to rest, especially since Peter was either up in the middle of the night or at 5 am I think just checking to make sure that his mom was still there!

We went to the Magic House one evening, and I had a lot of pictures of that on the camera but you will just have to take my word for it that Peter had a fun time. There were places to play in the sand, or in water or to crawl through or to build-a toddlers paradise!

Thanks Scott and Norma for coming to visit, we had a fun time!