Mommy's First Field Trip!

Isaac's old school was so last minute with letting us know about field trips, that I was never able to go. Thanks to Nanny and Daddy though because they chaperoned for him. This year at his new school, they went on one field trip and I was able to go. It was at Storyland in City Park. If you can recall, we went a birthday party there last year and since then, he has gone back a couple of times. He loves it!

I think what was so special about the trip for me, was to be able to watch Isaac interact with the other children. Sometimes I worry that maybe because he's a bit delayed with the speech, that he doesn't get to interact with them. That's definitely not the case! He was talking and playing with them and they were talking to him. We had so much fun! I am so pleased with his new school and so happy that we made the switch. He has had so much progress since then :). Now he'll be starting summer camp next Tuesday then entering the 3 year old class in September! (That is, if he can potty train!) In between, he'll be spending his days with daddy. From the looks of it, they're having a blast.

Isaac with friends

Looking at the ducks

Isaac and his (second) cousins

He LOVED the bus

A Day for Mothers

Mother's Day was awesome this year. Isaac, Andrew, and ate breakfast/brunch at the Court of Two Sisters. If you live in New Orleans and have never been there, you're definitely missing out! We had really good food at the buffet and I enjoyed a mimosa as well :)



Just like last year, we went to a crawfish boil at my cousin's house. It was a lot of fun to spend time with my cousins, and the food was awesome :). Isaac had a lot of fun swimming and jumping on the trampoline. We were also able to spend some time with Nanny, Grandma, and Great Gram. We are so blessed to have such amazing mommies in our lives, including Omi. As for myself, being a mom is absolutely amazing. Isaac has been such a blessing in my life.

Bible Songs

My mom's been wanting to buy Isaac a cd with Christian songs and we found a really good one. Isaac loves it but tends to stick to the upbeat ones! He was trying to sing along too :)

Hearing Test

Since Isaac will be turning 3 this year, they are starting to transition him from Early Steps. In order to see whether he would need to continue speech therapy he needed to get a hearing test. A couple weeks ago, they tried but he had fluid in both ears. They did it today and he passed with flying colors! (Despite still having fluid in one ear) This leads me to believe that it's just an articulation issue. His speech therapist agrees with me. He is saying more and more by the day and even more importantly, he's starting to pronounce things better. He used to just call Andrew "da" and now he says "da-ddy." And it's very clear (and cute!) I might add. He tries to call Molly (although it sounds more like "Ahhhh-eeee").

His teacher told Andrew today that Isaac has come so far. Her exact words were "He is not the same little boy he was when we first met." That makes me so proud...and so grateful for him to have such great teachers and a speech therapist. I'm not sure where we'll go from here, but I do know that I feel very positive about his progress so far and have every reason to believe that he'll do just fine :).

Oh yeah, and one more thing. He's finally saying another word! That's right, he's saying "mommy." :) Some of you may remember some of the older blog posts of him rebelling against this word. What's SO funny about what he's saying is...well, it's "Bobby." He has problems with his m's. But either way, I don't care. It's funny, it's cute, and I know what he means!

Easter Fun!

We had a blast on Easter this year! We dyed some eggs on Saturday night, and he had a lot of fun decorating them with stickers. He was fascinated seeing the eggs change colors.



On Easter morning, Isaac went through his basket from his Easter bunny. He got a book, a toy airplane, a dinosaur, and a stick horse! Then all of his grandparents, Great Gram and Grandad, Tio Shane, and Uncle Todd came over for a crawfish boil. It was the first time that Isaac actually tasted crawfish, and he loved it! He also enjoyed some watermelon. We had an Easter egg hunt, and Isaac played with all his new toys from all of his Easter baskets. He also got some clothes and a new picnic table for outside :)




God has blessed us with so many amazing people in our lives. We are so thankful to be able to share such good times with family. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Silly Boy

Isaac has been so silly lately! I love to see his little personality shine through. The other night we were dying Easter eggs and I brought my laptop over so that I can charge my phone. He demanded that I play Boom Boom Pow. Then he had a blast dancing to it while dying eggs....it's like he couldn't stop moving.

Then I was joking around him with him trying to get him to smile. He kept saying "cheese" and making exaggerating it. So I started messing with him and he totally cracked me up! He makes us laugh on a daily basis!

Angelman Walk 2011!

It's that time of year again to support our nephew, Austin, as well as all the other angels out there! We'll be able to attend the walk in Houston this year, which is on May 21. We are super excited because we couldn't go last year, and we can't wait to see the kids! We will be raising money for the Angelman Syndrome foundation and if you'd like to donate for Austin's team you can do so here. If you live in the Houston area and would like to come walk with us, let me know or you can register on the link above.

Austin has made so much progress since the last walk! If you'd like to know more about him, you can check out their family blog.