So Isaac's videos, as you know, are available for all to see on YouTube. It is both the best video viewer on the Web and it is free. Most of the videos have been viewed a few times, some a few dozen times, but one, Isaac's Gabby Belly Button has been viewed, as of this post 323 times. That is way, way more than any of the others. Isaac has gone viral, in the good way. Here it is:



Also, here is a sweet video of Isaac grabbing things, the first time we caught it on video:



Also, we posted a bunch of new videos and pictures, thanks to Bianca.

Isaac is growing fast. He is gaining new abilities faster than a superhero. All the while we are trying to keep up with a camera (qua iPhone) in tow. He is displaying more moods than a Heideggerian. For example check out these shots:

Anxious (or in Heideggerian parlance: mood as thrownness in the world with a possibility of boobie hours away):



Curiosity (or in Heideggerian parlance: curiosity of Mommy being present at hand):



Pissed (or in Heideggerian parlance: pissed itself because I have to get shots at the doctor today):



NB: This post is not an endorsement of Heidegger, his rambling incoherent philosophy, or his tacit support for Nazism. In fact, I disdain all three.

NB II: If Woody Allen couldn't make Heidegger funny, neither could I, but at least I tried to make it cute, which I think I succeeded in doing.

So Isaac and Mom had their first pediatrician visit without Dad and all went well. Isaac again got his all-important vaccines (as did Mom and Dad who both got the flu shot to help protect the little guy). He did fine with those, some crying at the office but nothing the rest of the day. Mom reports him being a little more cuddly than normal, but I am not sure if that was Mom comforting Isaac or Isaac comforting Mom, who really hates these vaccine visits. And now to the numbers:

Isaac weighed 16 pounds 7 ounces, exactly what his Mom said he would (and 5 ounces more than Dad's guess).

He was 26 inches long.

Both were in the 75% of kids, which is really good. It also means, as Auntie Monica pointed out, that we can no long call him Chubby Bubby, 'cause he ain't chubby no more. Oh well, it was a good nickname.

His head was still huge, I believe they classified it as "Chrome Dome" sized, just like his Dad.

The Doc was very happy with Isaac's leg kicking and his vocalizations. All in all, a great visit for our boy.

Perhaps his new nickname can be the Scoocher. For the past few days, since like last Wednesday, when I come in in the morning to get him he has scooched all the way down to the foot of the crib and sometimes his little feet are actually out of the crib. Somehow in the middle of the night Isaac takes off and scooches all around.

Posts will resume now that the grandparents are back in Ohio. It was super busy with everyone here, but we had a great time. There are few things as cool as showing off your kid to his grandparents. Isaac got along great with both of them, regularly suckering his Nanna with his fake, I-need-some-attention cry. It works on us too, but not as fast as it does on Nanna. G-Daddy is convinced that he saw Isaac give us a wink, once his Nanna picked him up.