Isaac is seriously so so fun right now. He's a little sponge that soaks in everything around him. he is learning things so fast! For instance, last week we were at church, and he was babbling and being a little too loud during sacrament meeting. So Brad looked at him, put his finger up to his mouth and shushed him. What was Isaac's reaction? He shushed him back with his finger to his mouth! It's so fun to see him imitate everything we do. :) He probably doesn't understand exactly what shushing means, but he's quieter when he's shushing us then when he's talking ha ha. He can now show you where his ears, eyes, toes, mouth, and belly button are. About half the time he gets his nose right. He has a little toy that says "blaa", so he likes to yell "blaa" back at it. His first word is poop- and he's trying to say many other words. Since we live with birds now, he takes special interest in them. Everytime we go outside, he'll look for the birds, then do sign language for "bird" when he hears them.At breakfast I always put cheerios on his tray for him to snack on, and he always drops some on the floor. Of course the bird is right there on the floor waiting for them, then Isaac enjoys watching the bird eat his cheerios. This morning, Isaac tried eating his cheerios by sticking his head down to the tray, and eating without his hands. I then realized that he was trying to eat like the bird! What a funny little boy.
Finally, Isaac is learning to walk, and doing quite well. For quite some time, he's been walking along furniture, and while holding onto our hands. He's always been scared to take a solo step though. Then on Sunday night, he was super tired, and super wired and hyper as a result. He started playing this game where he'd stand up all on his own, then we'd clap for him, then he's sit or fall down. He got such a kick out of us applauding him, that he'd stand up over and over again. I think he finally found out, it's not so bad to fall down after all. The next day, we visited my mom. When we were in her front room, I put him down on his feet, and he surprised us all by taking about 10 steps! He wobbled around like a drunk man, but he seriously walked 10 steps all by himself! Here's a video of him taking a few steps later that night:
So, he is finally learning to walk. He still wobbles around like a drunk man, and falls after a few steps, but I'm sure he'll get the hang of it soon! His biggest problem is that he's just so anxious to take off running, he forgets that he has to keep his balance :) I think he's going to be a handful when he does get it down....
