Cooties and More!

"What have we here?"



The shape sorter from cousin Aydan!

 

He zips along like a madman these days
but still has time to snuggle with Daddy sometimes :)

We are just shy of 8 months and Izaak is doing better with crawling, his style is still very "military" but he can get from point A to point B like nobody's business! And it's so enjoyable to watch him play, he's very inquisitive and sometimes will just sit quietly and carefully inspect whatever it is that he's holding. Mostly though, it's a chaotic race to see how much stuff he can knock over, drool on, and make noise with. Either method is fun to witness. He's sitting up on his own much better and has somehow learned to clap his hands - which we find to be incredibly adorable, of course. Taking pictures of him is getting more difficult since he's so often on-the-go and his playing style predominately seems to be "rough and tumble". He's become a pretty adventurous eater though his appetite seems to be waning. Maybe he'll slow down with growing a bit? He already fits in a lot of his 12-month sized clothing!
We've come down with the first round of daycare cooties. Izaak seems to be on the mend though still contending with a runny nose and a little cough. (His parents are having a rough time with their colds as well!) Izaak has already came home from daycare with some bruises (from falling over) and germs but he seems to be enjoying it. I like that it's learning oriented, he gets to play with other kids his age, they give us written daily reports about his mood and what he ate when, all about dirty diapers, etc., the facility is new and it's much closer to home, plus they don't have a TV in the classroom. I'm not anti-TV, just don't think he needs to be watching it all the time. Daycare even sent him home with a fingerpainting that he did yesterday (we have it on the fridge now, of course!) Having him at the babysitters when he was a tiny little guy was great because he got individualized attention and didn't have all the germs to battle but he seems to be thriving well at his new school.