Shake, Rattle, and Throw

Here is a little clip to show you how Isaac's hand-eye coordination has improved. He is into throwing things lately and then picking them up again. I don't know how well the video illustrates this, but I had to duck out of his way because he kept almost hitting me with his toy.

Rock 'n' Roll

Isaac has just started to rock back and forth when he gets up on all fours. He often uses his head to prop himself up and get his knees underneath him. Sometimes he can stay up for minutes at a time, and other times he does a face plant seconds after he gets up. Here's the proof:

Wearing a White Coat

Today we went to Ryan's "White Coat Ceremony" for school. It's a ceremony that they do every fall in order to inaugurate the new students into the field of medicine. Sounds fascinating, right? It was basically like a graduation but he didn't get a diploma (only 4 more years until that happens!), he got a jacket instead. Ryan took one of his study guides for his biochemistry class and Isaac and I found some friends and watched the two-hour event from the audience. It wasn't as bad as we all expected. Isaac was a little angel through the whole thing--I didn't have to take him out once! This is shocking since lately he loves to test out his vocal cords and scream at the top of his lungs in the most quiet places-he just loves the sound of his own voice. All in all it wasn't too bad. Now Ryan has a snazzy new white coat that he will wear in the future when he works with patients. Here are some pictures from our eventful morning. Isaac with Ryan in his new white coat.

Isaac and I standing by the Des Moines River after the ceremony.

Fall is finally here and I am so excited because I get to dress Isaac in his army coat that I found for $4 at The Children's Place. It's my favorite baby clothes purchase so far.

Happy Hands

Last night Ryan and I took Isaac to a baby sign language class. There were tons of babies and Isaac got really excited being around all of them. All of the babies were going crazy while the parents tried to teach the different signs to them. Isaac, of course, picked up on the signs very quickly, as you will see in his rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," which he learned last night. Please don't let his off-tune singing distract you from the complex signs he makes with his hands (let's face it, his gene pool was pretty shallow in the musical department). He's nothing shy of a genius, this boy of ours. We can't wait to see what he learns during next week's class. :)

Isaac's Latest Trick

My baby boy is growing up! Today he held his own bottle and fed himself for the first time (but only for a couple of minutes, until he decided that he preferred to have me do all the work).