Baby Food

Since Isaiah is at the age that he can eat real food, we thought it would be a fun activity for a Sunday afternoon. Though he is at the age of eating real food, we keep forgetting to feed it to him. Does that make us bad parents?!?

We successfully made potatoes, sweet potatoes, pears and squash for him to eat. Here are a few pictures from our food making adventures and one of Isaiah attempting to eat it. Enjoy!

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When on the Farm...

Isaiah had the opportunity to see Grandma Sam, Grandpa Mike and Auntie Pearl twice in one week. A new world record!!! After seeing them at the Baptism last week we traveled down to SD for the Deacon (Sam's maiden name) Family Hay Ride!

So on Saturday Isaiah got his overalls on and was all ready for life on the farm. Though Grandma and Grandpa promised some Mutten Busting (sheep riding for all of you not familiar) it was decided that it may be best to wait a couple (or five) years for that.

Instead Isaiah experienced his first Hay Ride. Though it was a little chilly and a bit past his bedtime he was not going to let these minor things stop him from this experience. So we bundled him up and off we went on the hay trailor with oodles of Veronica's family members. He was great. A couple highlights: Isaiah found the moon to be mesmorizing, Nathan actually enjoyed a cup of coffee (with a little Irish Cream and heavy cream added) and despite nasty windy and rainy weather in the days leading up to the hay ride, the weather was clear, windless and the moon was bright and beautiful.

We won't be back until Christmas time. It is crazy to think that Isaiah may be crawling by then. We have already started to prep the dogs so that they are ready for pulled hair, ears and tail. Should be an adventure.

Family Time

We were fortunate enough to have our families up last weekend for Isaiah's baptism (my grandma even made the long trek up from Omaha!). It was great spending some time with them and we lucked out with beautiful weather. We even were able to enjoy a picnic at Brighton Beach right down on Lake Superior. Here are some great family pics from our weekend together:

Splish Splashing in the Water!

This past Sunday we baptized Isaiah. Our good friend Fr. Kevin
Anderson came up to Duluth to preside at the baptism in our
living room in the midst of a small group of our family and friends.
We were very happy to invite our good friends Jay and Mary B.
to be his Godparents. It was a really beautiful service, the highlights included:

1. Fr. Kevin gave everyone the opportunity to come up to Isaiah and share what they hoped for his life. Who would have thought that this group would hope such beautiful and touching things?!?

2. Our niece Olivia was a barrel of funny comments. Here are a couple. First as we were putting on Isaiah's baptismal gown (more on this below) she was outraged that we were going to put this "dress" on Isaiah. Another great Livi moment came while people were sharing their hopes. She hoped that Isaiah would stay as cute and sweet etc. and she ended her hope/blessing by saying "God and Jesus." Very cute. Finally she wanted to do an interpretive dance with streamers at some point during the baptism. When given the chance, she decided she was shy.

3. The baptismal gown (aka the "dress" from #2) that Isaiah wore is over 100 years old and was worn by many people including Veronica, her sister Pearl, Veronica's grandmother, great aunts and uncles and more. For everyone baptized in it, there was another strip added to the bottom.

4. It was the first big event that we held at our new home as both of our immediate families along with a few friends came for the baptism. All was a big success. A little more work than expected, but all worth it.

5. Fr. Kevin was wonderful as always. He brought his guitar and lead the singing and brought a wonderful prayerful experience for this special day.

Like Father Like Son

Where does baby Isaiah end and daddy begin?

Girls...The update

I am sure that you have been checking back nearly daily to find out how the Girls are. Well, here is what you have been waiting for.

Our 4 girls have been doing really well. And we FINALLY moved them outside for at least part of them time. I finished fencing in the outside chicken run a couple weeks ago and carried them outside for their first experience of the great outdoors. They were a little scared at first but very soon they were clucking away. Below are a couple pics of them during their first hours outside. Aren't they cute?!?

Isaiah's 6 months old!

We cannot believe how quickly Isaiah grows! We hear it all the time from parents, but we are expereincing it for ourselves! Isaiah had his 6 month check up and this is where he stands:

Height: 29" (off the charts)

Weight: 19 lbs. 6 oz. (90th %)

Head: 17" (50th %)

Isaiah finally started solids last week. His first taste was avocado and yesterday he tasted bananas. Not quite sure what he thinks of it just yet; he seems more interested in chomping on the spoon than actually eating the food!

We've discovered that Isaiah is a true thumb sucker! He loves his thumbs; mostly his left thumb, but he has been known to suck his right thumb when his left is not available, or just not tasting right! :) It's really the cutest thing ever, and so nice that he is able to calm himself when he needs it.