Isaac's new walker

Jason had some equipment shipped to him from work in a couple of boxes. Isaac discovered these boxes and they are his new favorite toys. He loves using it as a walker and stepping stool. Which just proves what I've always believed about Christmas presents for little kids... all they need are some good boxes.

just... cuteness.

Since discovering he can stand, Isaac has been pulling himself up to everything, resulting in some hard knocks, but he still loves it. Last night he had a really rough night, usually he sleeps well... daylight savings?... but this morning around 9 am we heard him whining and went to get him, and this is what we found.

Then I found him looking through the bookshelves, I love the look on his face... "whaaa?"

The Best Sports Bra Ever!

Right, so I know, a post about a bra... is that legal? I don't know, but I'm making it legal here. Since I had Isaac I've been doing some high impact workouts (my favorite). I'm not really into jogging, but I love the sprint interval training, basketball playing, and running. I did a lot of sports in high school and I'm ashamed to say, my stock of sports bras really didn't change much since my senior year of high school. Anyway, because of our new family and tighter budget I had avoided buying a good sports bra for a while. I did some research and wanted to try out an Under Armour bra that I had read a lot of great reviews about. Finally after a few weeks of hard work and reaching goals Jason surprised me by coming home one night from work with a brand spankin' new hot pink bra that I had wanted.

The very next day I tried it out. I usually do Sprint Interval Training (or HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training) at our YMCA (gotta LOVE the Y!) and I'm not kidding, I was blown away at the comfort and support ("comfort and support"??? sounds like a playtex commercial! but I'm serious!!!) of my new sports bra. It is amazing! I love it love it love it. It's a little on the pricey side for me, but I did buy one more (the hot pink one was on sale).

I'm serious, every day I was coming home from my workouts, like, "Man! This is awesome! I've gotta tell everyone about this! Can I blog about a BRA? Why can't I? Shoot, I'm just going to do it!" (am I really going to publish this post? ... yeah...)

Fun in the sun... sort of.

Come on! How cute are those blue eyes!?

Isaac got to go on a swing for the first time when we went to the park with Aunt Camille I love this kid!

Knee deep in snow, litteraly.

His first snow angel. He had a little help I must admit.

Little-man

Isaac is growing sooo fast! I think I say that a lot. He got his first tooth this week. We didn't really notice until he was chewing on my finger and I felt something sharper than just his gums! He's been taking it incredibly well. This week he also has learned how to pull himself up, he gets stuck up a lot though as he can't sit back down once he's up. It's pretty cute. He can FINALLY say "m" much to my delight and he is scooting very fast on our wood floor and crawling well on carpets now.

Here he is helping me with laundry. We'll see how long that lasts. He loves the laundry baskets :)

Ward Spotlight

I thought this was pretty fun. Our ward asked us to do a spotlight for the back of the program and I thought it was a fun questionaire you all might like reading.

Where you're from and where you are going. How long you've lived here and how long you plan on living here. Occupations, Hobbies & Interests. Goals & Aspirations.

Becca is from Davenport, Iowa and Jason grew up in Westminster, Colorado and moved to Plano, Texas when he was 15. Jason served in the California Roseville mission and Becca served in Chile Santiago East. Jason graduated in Recreation Management and Becca graduated in Secondary Education Spanish and English as a Second Language Teaching. They met at BYU in 2006 married and moved to the east coast where Becca finished school in DC and Jason worked repairing and installing home security systems. Isaac was born in August and we moved to Downers Grove in September. Jason is applying to law school for next fall. We hope to get be able to stay in Downers Grove (or close) while he goes to school and hopefully forever after that if he gets a job in Chicago. We both like to play sports a lot, volleyball, basketball, racquetball, baseball, and football and enjoy exercising. We love music, art, and photography. Jason loves to fix computers and anything electronic and loves learning and problem solving. Becca loves languages and likes to learn about cultures. She also enjoys cooking and learning about health and fitness. She is a homemaker right now and is Isaac's, biggest fan. Isaac loves to smile and laugh and scoot around the house in his walker or on his belly.
Jason hopes to become a lawyer in maybe child and family law or buisness/entertainment law. He plans on taking his wife on many missions.
Becca wants to get a master's degree in high school counseling or administration and work with immigrant students in the public schools. She would also like to coach and mentor students in after-school activities. (And hopes one of the their mission calls leads them back to Chile!)
Isaac looks forward to learning zone defense, how to audible, switch hit, reading Pablo Neruda, install a processor, and going on a mission.

QUESTIONS (PICK YOUR FAVORITES):

What is your family's favorite game to play? Hoopla, (a Cranium game) volleyball, and basketball
What is your favorite family home evening activity? watching "Chuck" together

Favorite family vacation? Santiago, Chile

What is your favorite book to read together? Huevos verdes con jamón (Green Eggs and Ham)

If you were all in a talent show, what would your act be? solving rubiks cubes.

If you were a part of a scripture story, which one would it be? David and Goliath, except Goliath would be the "Borgs" and actually the good guys... and win.

If you could move anywhere in the world tomorrow, where would it be? We'd migrate: part of the winter in Switzerland, the rest of the winter in Costa Rica. Spring in Greece and Italy, summer in Spain, Fall in Southern Chile.

Isaac thinks he can crawl

but he can't. It's pretty cute to watch him try to figure out how he can move. He his the happiest when we are holding his hands walking around with him through the house. He always wants to be moving. It can get pretty frustrating to him at times when he just can't go where he wants to alone.

This is his move I like to call the plank. Look at those rippling hamstrings :)

About a week before Christmas he started getting his legs underneath him but they just keep sliding out or he lunges forward since he can't quite move his hands yet while holding himself up.

He sure is getting closer, only a matter of time before we have to really watch what we are keeping on the ground.Oh yeah, he's also sitting up by himself now!