Isaiah--10 Months Old

It's hard for me to believe that in 2 more months, Isaiah will be a year old. He continues to be a BIG joy in our lives...and each day he continues to grow BIGGER!!!

Isaiah is very proud of his new abilities. He walks now. Yes...that's right. He is walking. He is still a little shy about it, though. He doesn't really want anyone making a big fuss about it. His best walking times are those when he thinks he is doing it alone or unwatched. If he thinks someone is watching him, he stops and just crawls.

Isaiah continues to put EVERYTHING in his mouth! He loves to eat and nimble on ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING! I was hoping that this phase would end as soon as we began introducing him to real food, but no. He does enjoy his new food (brown rice, sweet potatoes, avocados, wheat porridge, and oatmeal), but he's not quite ready to let go of his old favorites (leaves, lint, bugs, tinsel, sticks, foam, toilet paper, paper, crayons, etc).

TJ and I both thought that we were going to have a lot of trouble with Isaiah getting into the Christmas tree, but he hasn't really bothered the tree at all! I think it's because the tree "pokes" him, and he just leaves it alone.

It's hard to believe that last year at this time, we were still getting things ready for him to join us. We were constantly thinking about him, wondering what he was going to be like and how our lives were going to change. Now I can't imagine him NOT being with us!!! He is such a special part of our lives!!!