Buds

Today, my bud Joia met me at my house so we could go for a walk. She was out of town and then I've been out of town so it's been awhile since we could hang out together. It was a beautiful fall day, and we had a wonderful time. We ran into Tiff's Dad who is visiting, and he offered to walk Scrubs for us and join in on our good time! Scrubs loved the new companion, and I loved reconnecting with Joia.

After the walk, Keenan wanted to stay and play so he did while Mom and Moriah ran to the store for a few things. As Isaac gets older, they are really able to play together instead of doing their own thing. They had a fabulous time. Keenan is such a sweetheart, and we are hoping he is going to start coming over to play even more often. He was very patient trying to teach Isaac how to color.

Our little Isaac is really in the "sponge" stage of childhood. He is doing new things everyday. Today I left Elijah and him in the kitchen for just a moment while I ran into the living room to grab something. Suddenly Isaac emerged from the kitchen saying, "Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh oh." This usually means that a car went under the oven or he dropped something and can't reach it. But this time it meant: "Hey Mom, Elijah is headed right for Scrubs' water dish." Thanks to Isaac I caught the little guy at the very last second.

Elijah is absolutely cracking us up. We call him our "passionate spazz." He has a deep chuckle and cries soooo hard when he or his feelings are hurt and then stops as suddenly as he started. I let family know when we were in Fort Lauderdale that the passion of his crying does not indicate the level of his pain.

He is in to absolutely everything. I do not leave him out of my sight for a second unless he is in the penned in area of the living room. And even there he managed to pull a stick off a wooden basket and attempt to swallow it this morning. Yesterday, he found the bills as illustrated by the video below:



I am vacuuming everyday to prevent all foreign objects from getting lodged in his little chipmunk cheeks. Oh man. He is soooooo different from Isaac. Totally different kids. But so incredibly stuck in our hearts just the same.

But he also is a fantastic snuggler. He'll sit on your lap and just let you hold him over for long periods of time and is even starting to sit still and read a book without grabbing it away from you. This has made Isaac very happy. We can finally read a book with both kids at the same time without having Elijah trying to eat it.

. . . all right, off to get some more unpacking done while the duo-afternoon-naps are still going on.