Leg-warmers

The other day, Isaac's cousin Izzy was wearing a typically stylish outfit (seriously, this kid always looks good) that included leopard-print leg warmers. They were super cute and so I asked Danielle about them. She waved away any mention of style and said it was to keep his legs warm and keep his socks up. Great idea! I thought for a second and said that we could make them by cutting off the feet of adult socks. I probably would have forgotten about it. Josh remembered and the very next day, he made Isaac some very cute and practical leg warmers. Here's a picture showing them off.

Isaac rolls finally on camera!

Sometime around July 4th, Isaac started rolling. It wasn't just me and Josh who witnessed it, lots of people saw it, but I just could not capture The Roll on film. Well, flash-forward to now and Isaac rolls all the time. In fact, it's now really hard to change his diaper because he's so squirmy. He's also no longer camera shy about it  so I caught some great rolls with the Flip camera. Enjoy!

Isaac "Walks" to Cure Diabetes

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Train, Boston, cousins, JDRF Walk...can't miss a thing!

On Saturday, my entire family participated in the JDRF Walk in Boston. Here is a link to our fundraising page: JDRF Walk. It was a huge success--our Team Manchester-Essex (nicknamed "Team Ryan") raised over $1000. The weather was beautiful and we all had a great time. Josh and I decided to take the train into the city, but the only one we could take left Waverly Station at 8am. We were very proud of ourselves when we got to the station on time and carried our Bob stroller and all of our various bags onto the train. The thing is that Isaac usually naps around that time. We figured it would all work out. Well, the city was so exciting and there was so much to take in--sounds, sights and smells--that he didn't really nap. He started getting cranky and finally fell asleep in the Bjorn as Josh walked during the event but it didn't last long.

By the time we were celebrating the end of the walk, Isaac was really tired. The other part of the story is that his little teeth have completely emerged. I learned the hard way that when Isaac gets tired, he wants to clamp down on whatever is in his mouth. That's right--he bite me. I yelped and then was in shock when I looked down my shirt and saw a little blood on my nipple! We have a vampire on our hands! Thankfully, the pain didn't last long. After lunch, Isaac finally fell asleep in the stroller so we ended up walking to Cambridge to the MIT station and then taking the subway to Harvard and then walking to Fresh Pond. We spent the rest of the day with the S-Os and my mom. Highlight--I made a pumpkin pie from scratch--so yummy.

After such a bad-nap day, Isaac could not sleep well at all! He woke up over 6 times last night. Needless to say, Josh and I were exhausted today.  My goal today was to get him back on track. We did it--great long nap in the morning followed by two naps for a total of 3-4 hours of naps.

Hopefully, all my effort to get him to sleep well today will pay off with a good night's sleep tonight. My fingers are crossed!

Isaac is the cutest model!

Amazing professional pictures from Mary Beth of Isaac!
http://www.mbmillerphotography.com/Clients/Isaac/13943451_XwF48#1024284028_NFALp

The password is Mason (use the capital M)
I love them!

Pittsburgh visit September 2010

Saturday morning, we flew to Pittsburgh to visit Josh's parents. It was Isaac's first flight and he did great. Once there, we basically just hung around--a treat for us after the stress of travel. Their neighbor took some professional pictures of Isaac that I'll post soon. Below are the few pictures that we took while there. We loved our visit and look forward to Grandma T's visit to Boston in November!

Too few naps and Two front teeth!

When I arrived at daycare this afternoon, Isaac was rubbing his eyes and had a little runny nose. It was evident that he was way overtired. "We tried to put him to sleep in so many different ways," his two teachers announced. His first nap was an hour in the morning (good) and then a half hour a couple hours later (not terrible), but that was it! In contrast, when Isaac is with Josh, he easily sleeps 3 hours a day. I know it must be hard to have all those babies and tend to their needs, but it makes me feel sad when Isaac is not getting enough sleep in a day.

As I put on the Bjorn baby carrier (we walk to and from daycare), the main teacher, Dana, told me that Isaac's teeth are coming in nicely. Confirmation! Just this morning, I told Danielle that I thought his teeth were coming in so I felt excited that my baby expert agreed. The poor guy is nursing in a vigorous way that makes me think he's trying to soothe himself. I can't believe that my baby is going to have TWO teeth soon. It looks like the two bottom center ones. I don't know how long this stage lasts where the teeth look like spots on the gums, but I would think they'd emerge by this weekend. Right?

The other comment Dana made is that Isaac likes to practice rolling back to front and front to back. He does that home, so I love hearing that Isaac feels comfortable and is given the space to move around at daycare. Last week, she told us that Isaac was talking a lot. That's no surprise to us--he's really loud. This weekend, he was so loud that he made Matt and Maura's baby cry because his voice startled her (I should mention that she later cried at the sound of an unbalanced washing machine).

So while I really like the teachers and that Isaac explores the daycare space, I am unhappy with Isaac's sleep situation. I'm not really sure what steps I should take to help him get better sleep while there. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Ahh--at 10:15 Isaac woke up with a strange painful cry and after consulting our sleep book, I went in and nursed him. Is this how the night will go? I just sat down again and his cries are starting. Baby Tylenol?