• Isaac is obsessed this week with fruit snacks. Especially Dora snacks. He said a prayer the other day and individually blessed Dora, Tiko, Boots, Swiper, Map and the Backback. Wow.
• He amazes me with how quickly he can learn new vocab and phrases in both languages and how he’ll respond to when we correct his grammar. He also likes to make up his own words and one of his favorites is “hati-onk” which basically means to throw something up in the air.
• Isaac still has problems with hitting other kids his age (mostly this happens at Gymboree), but he was humbled this week by other kid biting him (hard enough to leave teeth marks!—ouch!)
• My friend Ann came to visit this week and brought her 10 month old son Collin. Isaac had a rough time adjusting to a crawling baby encroaching on his territory but he did have a few tender moments with Collin (mostly when apologizing).
• I made the mistake of taking Isaac to get a haircut without James there to help me and it seriously took every ounce of energy I had to hold him still so that Carmen (the lady at the peluqueria) could cut his hair. He really freaks out with clippers and doesn’t do much better with scissors.
Levi
• He’s cooing and making a lot more cute sounds this week.
• Our neighbors let us borrow a little baby snow suit that we’ve been swaddling him in at night and it really helps him to sleep longer and be warm and cozy.
• He can officially sit in the “bumbo” chair now for a few minutes and then he starts falling over a bit. His neck is getting stronger everyday.
• When I lay him under his little baby gym he kicks a lot and seems to try and bat some of the little toys.
• We put him under the Tiny Love mobile from my mom and he loves the music and the movement. He’ll move his legs and arms and get a good workout. He has also starting making more sounds and “talking” to us. Very cute.
Dec.11-17, 2006
• This morning Isaac woke up and asked for icecream. When I didn’t respond immediately, he asked in Spanish “helado?” I told him he could have “un liquado” (a smoothie) and he said “y despues un helado!” (and then icecream) He cracks me up how he’ll add things on to what I say.
• “Give me five” baby Levi.
• “Mommy Santiago Nuttall! We have to go to the elevators!”—Isaac seems to have caught on to the fact that the use of his full name means business.
• We’ve been working on having him choose between two things lately and Isaac turned the tables on James and said “choose red or green”
• “tree branch” Isaac has a new favorite place to go on the river trail. He loves to go sit on the big bridge and admire a big tree branch while hucking rocks in the water.
• Levi is starting to give some very genuine smiles now and his eyes light up when he hears our voices.
Dec.18-24
• We went to Isaac’s favorite place this week: the airport. He loves the airport because it has 3 of his favorite things: airplanes, elevators, and escalators. Of course the part about actually being on the airplane is not hunky dory—especially since he does not like to wear his seatbelt at all and would prefer to be roaming the aisles and climbing over the chairs.
• Utah! We headed to Utah to hang out with the Nuttall clan. Everyone but Peter and Amy was there. Twas very cold and snowy and we spent most of the week inside because all of us were sick and James and I came down with strep throat.
• Grandma Nuttall started a new tradition of celebrating Joseph Smith’s birthday on the 23rd of December and while Lara read stories about the prophet, Isaac wowed everyone with the ability to get a candy cane stuck in his hair.
• Getting dressed seems to be more of a struggle than ever with Isaac. Not so much in the morning as at night—he does not like to put on his pajamas and we pretty much have to tackle him to get him dressed.
• Levi was still very congested this week but he slept well snuggled in his snow suit. He was a really good traveler and an amazing sleeper.
• Levi got to be baby Jesus in the family nativity play (just like Isaac did when he was 9 months old) and he was muy precioso.
Dec.25-31, 2006
• Christmas morning was fun for Isaac—he’s definitely understanding a little bit more and he went around saying “Santa Claus brings you candy canes”
• He loved the Thomas trains from Uncle Matt and Aunt Lara and the veggie cutting set from Grandma. Grandpa Roser got him the Moon Girl dvd and that was also a huge hit.
• He went on a 6 day constipation bout—finally he went again after a glycerine suppository and a long sitz bath.
• Isaac loved swimming in the water at the Nuttall’s pool and pointing out the big blue fish on the wall. He also always wanted to do “motor boat” with Aunt Lara.
• Beth Taylor got married on Friday and Jenny came for the wedding (at the SLC temple) and we all went to the reception in Orem.
• Levi is cooing and “talking” more and more and is beaming some very cute smiles this week.
• We had a great game of family laser tag at the laser tag joint in Provo. The Mission Impossible Sound track kept the adrenaline pumping.
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