Weeeeeeeeeeeee

So, I thought Isaac was napping because he was in his crib...and it was very quiet. But, when I peeked in, he was wide awake and just kicking his little noisemaker. He even manages to turn it on occasionally with his feet!

We went to the park today on our walk, and Isaac really likes the swings. My little guy is growing up!

Latest Project

I have spent a lot of time (and money) at the local Michael's store lately. This is how I fill my days when I have no car and the store is within walking distance... I've been wanting to make a "Quiet Book" for Isaac, but lack confidence and ability in the sewing department, so I made him an activity book out of paper and laminated it with contact paper and reinforced the holes with metal eyelets. Each shape is attached with velcro so he can practice matching and there is a little pouch on in the inside cover to store the smaller shapes on the last two pages. I stayed up really late last night working on it and was excited to show it to Isaac this morning. Much to my satisfaction, he laughed out loud every time I'd tear the shapes off the page. I like how it turned out, and I think Isaac will like it too!

Frog-a-holic

So, I found this little friend on the fence in our backyard. I love frogs (you may or may not have noticed that Isaac is wearing the same froggy pajamas in the last several posts...it is by chance alone, though. I do actually put him in clean clothes.) Here are a few more snapshots. Isaac is finally getting better at sitting up. He'll be 8 months old next week!

Land Between the Lakes

We took our first family camping trip last weekend at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The park is half in Tennessee and half in Kentucky. We went to the Kentucky side and camped at Energy Lake. We weren't sure the weather would cooperate since it poured our whole way up there, and for a little while after we got there.

Luckily we got pointed to Aurora Bar-b-que in Aurora, KY for lunch. I wish I snapped a shot of the outside! It was an awesome greasy spoon joint that was SOOOO redneck Southern it wasn't even funny. Lance and I hated to leave, we were so entertained. One of my favorite parts was the menu. They had a special that included a BBQ sandwich and 2 veggies. I wasn't in the mood for carrots and celery, so I skipped over it. As I read further, I came to the veggies section. You could choose from: french fries, onion rings, corn nuggets (yes, fried corn), and fried pickles. We had their onions rings (SOOO good) and tried the corn nuggets (also surprisingly good). Just as we were leaving, a family came in raving about their milkshakes...we stopped dead in our tracks (as we are both dessert-a-holics). We couldn't leave without ordering a chocolate peanut butter shake (which was almost too good). I was so full all day that I didn't even want dinner, which is not like me. The employees there were pretty funny. too. We told them we might stop at Clarkesville on the way home and they told us we HAD to go to the Harbor Freight store. She claimed if they ever went anywhere, they went to the Harbor Freight store and it was not to be missed. I had heard of Harbor Freight, but when I got home I saw their ad in our Sunday paper and it is a cheap hardward store chain...I'm glad we missed it. They were so friendly there, I think we'll have to go back!

I couldnt' resist snapping a shot of the Choking poster...there were 2 in the restaurant. People, you have got to stop inhaling your corn nuggets!

Isaac chilling in our new family car camping tent.

Funky Humpty Dumpty

Seriously, this is so funny.  Kohl did an awesome job. Feel free to share this with anyone that needs a good laugh.

Labor Day

I was so happy to have a good old fashioned weenie roast in Mom's back yard...ahhh, the smell of campfire. Everyone made it except for Anna (who oddly enough ended up with pink eye), and Kristin & Brock and family.

Sunday with Lauren

After church on Sunday we went over to Kristin's to stay with Lauren while they went to church. My mom has been doing this for the last month or two since Lauren's health isn't quite good enough to withstand all of the Nursery bugs. She is well past the half-way point on her chemo though! I also got to spend the evening with the Lindbergs (and forgot to take any pictures!) We had a delicious meal mostly prepared fresh from Lisa's garden. It was SOOO delicious and fun to see everyone. It's weird that Lance will have gone an entire year without seeing his family as he won't be able to go home until Christmas :(

Cousins

Here are the 3 cousins again: Eli (6 months), Isaac (7 months) and Courtney (9 months). Don't you see the family resemblance? ;)

Kohl's Baptism

I was lucky enough to be in town for Kohl's baptism. He has been talking about being baptized since the calendar changed to 2010. Congratulations Kohl!

Lake Mary

I have enjoyed my trip to Utah. I flew in Wednesday and hit the zoo, worked a shift on Thursday while my mom babysat Isaac (who was a stinker and wouldn't take a bottle for most of the day). Then Friday we drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon and hiked to Lake Mary. It was mostly empty, but it was so nice to be up in the mountains again! I miss the smell, the cool crisp air, and riding my bike down (and up) the canyon. We made a bit of a detour and drove over Guardsman down into Park City, then took Parley's Canyon until the exit for Emigration Canyon and went up and over and had lunch at Ruth's diner. I love their mile-high biscuits (I hate to say it, but they put the Loveless Cafe biscuits to shame...Lance has a different opinion.) Isaac was surprisingly a perfect angel the whole day. It was a blast!

Hogle Zoo

Isaac and I made our quarterly pilgrimage to the homeland this week. We (me, Isaac, and my mom) went straight from the airport to my sister Kristin's house, then made our way over to Hogle Zoo for the afternoon. I hadn't been there in ages, but enjoyed leisurely wandering around the zoo with the kids.

Isaac was all tuckered out from our early morning. I wouldn't have minded taking a nap, too, since we got up at 5 am to catch our flight. (And unfortunately Isaac has still been getting up in the 4 o'clock hour almost every day due to the time difference!!)

Brady on the carousel...it was sure hard to get a shot of them because it was moving too fast for my slow camera.

Grandma, Courtney, Lauren, and Kristin

Grandma, Courtney, Brady, Kristin, and Lauren