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).

We tried a new food today.  As you may have guessed from the title, it was avocado.  As you may also have gleaned from the title, Isaac was not a fan.  To give you a perspective, this is the carrot aftermath from yesterday:

Today, he wanted nothing to do with the avocados.  I think he ate less than 1/4 teaspoon.  I will try again tomorrow morning, but I’m not going to force the issue.  If he doesn’t like them, he doesn’t have to eat them.  We can try again in a month or so and see if he’s changed his mind by then.  I have some summer squash in the freezer, so I am happy to thaw it and try that next.  This was today’s attempt at avocados:

My friend, Marielk, brought her son, Christopher, to our Wednesday gathering this week.  Marielk held Isaac for a little while.  He really seems to like her.  I am trying to get him used to being with other people.  Next weekend, we are supposed to be leaving him with our friends Kyle and Mo for a couple of hours while Todd and I go out dancing with his parents.  Hopefully, separation anxiety won’t have set in by then.

Marielk’s son is about 10 weeks old.  I can’t believe how small he is in comparison to Isaac!

Speaking of size comparisons, our friends Arves and Tica had a little girl last night.  She is exactly the same size as Isaac was at his birth.  She’s 20 inches long and weighs 6 lbs. 10 oz.  (Isaac was 6 lbs. 9.5 oz.)  We went to the hospital tonight to see them.  I can’t believe how small their little Emily is!!!  It was odd for Isaac to be the biggest baby in the room.  Tica’s mom didn’t seem to mind, however, and she was happy to hold our big boy the second I handed him over to her.  He really likes meeting new folks.  Let’s hope he does well staying with “new” people for a couple of hours next Friday…

We tried to get Isaac to bounce some in his Johnny Jump Up today.  He still hasn’t quite grasped this concept, but he did manage to turn in a bunch of circles.  Always in the same direction…  Perhaps how he managed to get the cord wrapped around his neck 5 times in utero?  When he started to get tired to “walking” and turning, I grabbed his feet and pulled them toward me.  In case there were any doubts, he’s definitely my son.  (For those of you who don’t know this about me, my two favorite things in the world are swings and rocking chairs).  He got a HUGE smile on his face!  I decided to play with it like a swing for a little bit and I can’t tell you how happy he was.  I couldn’t resist making a little video of it.  I know it’s crummy camera work, but you won’t care when you see how sweet this is!