Isaac turned 7 months old on Monday.  I can’t believe how quickly my little boy is growing!

He’s gotten so much stronger over the last few days and weeks it’s really incredible.  This one is for Nana – Isaac can get his foot into his mouth.  Proof that he is my son as I am notorious for putting my foot in my mouth!

He is able to sit for longer periods of time, usually without too much wobbling.

He is learning to make new expressions.

Isaac is also much more able to move himself around and get to his toys.  My brother-in-law, Dave, has estimated about 2-3 weeks before we have a crawler on our hands.  We have a LOT of baby-proofing to do between now and then!

Isaac’s teething has made things a little more interesting at our house.  First of all, there’s been very little sleep for the last few nights.  I talked to Mom tonight about Isaac needing a change of activity every 15 minutes or so and she suggested that I dance with him.  A tangent:  one of my sister’s coworkers has a theory that Elvis is so ingrained into our culture that we are exposed to something Elvis-like every single day.  We refer to this as the Daily Elvis.  This was my Daily Elvis today:

I am sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again.  Wednesday is my favorite day.  Last week, we met for our moms/babies group at my friend Marielk’s house.  It was a lot of fun to see the older boys (Isaac and Henry) playing with Jackson.  Jackson’s about 6 weeks younger than Isaac, but he’s learning a lot of the same skills that Henry and Isaac are mastering.  Pretty nifty!
They are all learning to roll to get somewhere.  Henry’s pretty much an ace on this:

Jackson’s not far behind, though:

It’s also good because the boys generally get in a little nap at some point during our meetings, but the mommies are still able to hang out and talk.

Unfortunately, a couple of our members have recently returned to work.  One of these members is Marielk, who hosted last week with her sweet little Christopher.  This week, we were back to Stephanie’s house, which is always a fun place to gather (since I take over the biggest, comfiest chair)!  Isaac was “bullying” Henry for the toy Henry was using by trying to beat him up with another toy.  It sounds like all of the boys are teething now, too, which makes for some interesting playtime.

They did eventually get better… Or maybe we just decided to separate them after a few little encounters.

Isaac was baptized on November 7, 2010.  My sister and brother-in-law agreed to be Isaac’s godparents.  They arrived for the blessed event late Friday night.  They immediately set about spoiling him rotten (not that they weren’t already doing that with their nephew)!!

Isaac wore a sweet little linen outfit that Judy and I found.  It was just perfect because the rector’s (priest’s) assistant had called to tell me not to put him in a hot, satin gown for the baptism.

The baptism itself was a wonderful event and the service was beautiful.  Isaac was baptized by Susan Barnes, the same priest who conducted our premarital counseling 8+ years ago.  Todd and I were happy about this because we’ve felt a stronger connection to her over the years (even if we haven’t been regular churchgoers).

After the service, we had a shindig at our house with enough food for an entire army.  Dave Baum stepped up to the plate as grill-master and the food was great!

In a fun twist, Dave and Kristin were supposed to leave for Virginia on Monday afternoon.  As it turned out, a bird flew into their airplane as it was landing in Austin, so their flight was delayed and they ended up staying another night.  What a great bonus!!!  They got a little more time to spend with Isaac and then left Tuesday morning.

Isaac sampled peas for the first time today.  It was definitely more of a success than his last “green” food!  It sure beats avocado.  It almost makes me wonder if he can really be my child – I love avocado and I totally hate peas.


I apologize for the shaky video.  I set the camera on top of Isaac’s high chair tray and he kicks the tray when he’s excited.

Isaac has learned a new trick!  I have more to post about our Wurst Fest weekend later, but I had to share this video right away.

Isaac managed to roll over at least 15 times in a row prior to this video.  Actually, I keep having to jump up and move him back onto his blanket long enough to finish uploading onto the blog…  Things are about to get much more exciting in the Walter house!!!

Todd’s parents arrived in Austin yesterday.  We are so glad they are here!  Isaac is a completely different baby than when they last saw him at 2 weeks old.  Now, he is using his hands to grab his toys, he babbles, he rolls from his tummy to his back (and is trying to learn how to roll back), he is learning to eat solid food, and all sorts of other things.  Grandma is quite smitten with her youngest grandson and they had a little chat last night.  Isaac was laughing at Grandma quite a bit and he was all smiles while they caught up on the latest news.

This weekend, Isaac will be attending Wurst Fest for the first time.  This is great because we’ve been so many times and it’s one of our favorite family traditions!  We’ll be sure to get photos and video of Isaac dancing to some polka music.

Isaac sampled squash for the first time on Wednesday.  He seemed to really like it!  (As a side note, he was much keener on avocado the second time around, as well, but he’s only had it twice now.  We may wait to try it again in a few weeks).