In about 10 days we have received more than 30 inches of snow. It has been brutal work removing the snow, but Subbie has been fantastic, chewing up frozen, slippery roads. She has been great (and warm) carrying Bianca and Isaac to and from school/work. Here are some crazy images of Hoth, aka Fitchburg:





Isaac has also been recovering from a pretty legit cold--sniffles, coughs, runny nose, and sneezing. Fortunately, he ate pretty well and slept well during the cold, so it wasn't too, too bad on him. He is a really good kid, always does was needs to be done.

Isaac has also taken to making tons of new noises. It is as if he realized that his tongue and lips can make so many more noises. So we will get the "Da Da Da" in between noises that sound unmistakeably like the Jetson's space cars. Here is a sample (towards the end of the clip):



He has also figured out how to do stuff with his hands. He is grabbing puffs like a kleptomaniac in a candy store. He is also starting to learn how and when to wave at people. It is really funny. He gave me a big wave this morning and a big one to Mom yesterday.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, he is babbling "Ma ma ma" to go along with "Da da da." It is much less frequent but it is pretty clear when he does it. I think it melts his mommy's heart every time.

New video and pictures uploaded.

Here is one where I imagine Isaac telling his mommy "Stop your embarrassing me"



Here is one, taken for G Daddy, of Isaac with his Alfalfa haircut:

She made it. Bianca Rose made it. It was her first day of teaching. It was also her longest day back thus far. And Isaac did very well. He took about 2:30 worth of naps at school. Everyone did very, very well today.

Now if we could just ditch that runny nose...

It is no fun being sick. And being sick as a little guy...ugh, that must really stink. You have no idea what is going on in the first place and just as you get used to think, BAM, you can't breathe out your nose.

Isaac had a real, full-blown cold. We were able to see a doctor on Saturday and she said it was just a cold, no chest infection and no ear infection. Isaac did really well given his illness. He was crabby in the morning and the evening, but pretty good during the day. Lots of cuddles and being held, but that's not too bad at all. He slept through the night on Friday and Saturday, but Sunday he did wake up. We thought it was his congested nose, but as it turns out, it was probably his bumpers.

On Sunday morning we added his bumpers around his crib, having come in and seen him square against the crib for like two weeks in a row. It doesn't bother him, he sleeps well, but it just looked uncomfortable, so we added the bumpers. He had two bad naps in a row and we just chalked it up to him being sick. Then last night he woke up around 1:15 and couldn't put himself back to sleep. We went in and he was breathing fine, actually better than he had all weekend, but he would go down. Mom took off the bumpers while Dad held Isaac Anthony and he went right to sleep and stayed asleep for the rest of the night. What a good kid. Stupid bumpers. We'll need to figure out another way to soften the crib for Scootchasaurus.

Isaac did really well when he was playing apparently forgetting that the was sick, so we played with him a lot. Here is Mom and Isaac playing their new game:



Not a lot of pictures or videos as we were tending to a sick cute kid.

Here is one though: