Thursday, June 5, 2014

Isaac

My little Isaac is one of the sweetest, most loving little boys I have ever known.  At least five times a day he stops what he is doing, comes over to me, stares into my eyes, and says "Mommy, I love you." He loves to cuddle and always asks if he can "sit on your legs." It's so cute that he says legs instead of lap. My mom made him a sock monkey pillow when he had heart surgery about 18 months ago and he is obsessed with it. He carries it all over with him.  I know when he is tired because he is laying on his monkey pillow, sucking his thumb. There is one thing about this boy that really scares me.  He loves people so much that even if he doesn't know someone, he will go right up to them.  We were at the playground at our apartment complex the other day and this older lady came out with her three grandsons.  She sat on the bench with one of the boys in a stroller next to her.  Isaac went over, climbed on to the bench, scooted right up to her and started talking to her.  We have never seen this lady before! Another time we were having a family party and my grandpa showed up.  We don't see him very often so my kids are usually shy, just like with any extended family member you only see a couple times a year.  Isaac came running out of the water slide/pool and threw his arms around his legs.  It was so cute!  I have at least 10 other stories like this.  I love that he loves people so much and is so affectionate, but it scares me that one day he might climb up next to the wrong person on the bench. 

Isaac is such a tiny little guy.  He is almost 3 1/2, but he still doesn't even weigh 30 pounds. Becca is at least 2 or 3 inches taller than him.  People always think Selena and Becca are the twins instead of Becca and Isaac because he is so much smaller than her.  He may be small, but this boy can eat! He probably eats more that the other kids combined.  He loves fruit and vegetables...weird kid, I know. I try to serve at least one fruit and/or vegetable with every meal, and it is always the first thing he eats.  He loves broccoli, bell peppers, cereal, and bananas; but there is nothing he refuses to eat. 

Crazy is a great word to describe Isaac! He has so much energy and loves to run around, wrestle with his older brother, and climb/jump off anything he can. Going to the park is one of his favorite things to do.  He isn't a big fan of the swings, but he loves everything else about it.  Loud is another great word to describe him.  He screams instead of talking about 80% of the time.  His laugh is one of my favorite sounds in the world. Whenever we watch movies or cartoons, he will repeat all the funny parts and break into a fit of laughter.  He then wants everyone else around him to reenact the part also.  We watched Free Birds the other day and the little girls says "I'm tired now" and falls asleep.  Isaac has been walking around for days saying "I'm tired now" and pretending to fall asleep.  When my mom came over today he was making her do it too.  One of the last times Anna was here she was trying to be funny and called Josh a hobo.  Isaac now asks everyone if they are a hobo and thinks he is so funny. 

He may be crazy and loud, but he can also be sensitive and a little bit of a scaredy cat.  He isn't a huge fan of heights, unless he climbed up himself.  Like I mentioned in my post about Becca, we went to Little Amerrikka last summer and he refused to go on any rides.  The few we forced him to go on he spent freaking out and crying.  Swimming isn't his favorite either.  He loves to run through a sprinkler and play at the splash park, but he's doesn't like being in a pool.  Hopefully that will change this summer, because I plan on spending a lot of time at the pool and beach.  There are a bunch of other little things that set him off into a panic, but other times he acts fearless.  For example, if you read my Mother's Day post, you saw a picture of him holding a frog. I'm hoping he grows out of a lot of this stuff in the next year or so. 

Isaac loves to watch Paw Patrol, Wallykazam, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.  He loves the Air Buddy movies.  Now that Dominic is older and watches TMNT, Spiderman, and other "big kid" shows; Isaac is into that too. We found some little army guys at the Dollar General awhile back.  Isaac loves them and plays with them almost all day.  He always tries to bring them in the car and to bed with him. Wendy's was giving out these little connector toys in their happy meals a couple times when we went, and those are also some of his favorites.  Now that Dominic is in school, Isaac is stuck with the girls all day.  They always seem to talk him into pretending to have a picnic or a tea party.  Thankfully Canaan is getting to the age where he is showing some interest in Isaac and in the last few weeks they have started playing together more.  Isaac also loves dinosaurs and animals.  We have buckets of animal/dinosaur toys, and those keep him busy for quite awhile.  He is a great sleeper and falls asleep within minutes of being laid down for nap and at bedtime (I wish his sisters would be more like him). There is something so special about this boy and his heart.  I can't wait to see what kid of person he becomes.

PS My internet crashes every time I try to add pictures which is why there are no pictures on the last two posts

STATS
Height: Not really sure, he goes to the DR in a couple weeks
Weight: Hanging on to his 29 pounds
Clothing size: He wears mostly 2T pants, but is starting to finally wear some 3T and is in almost all 3T shirts. He wears a size 7 or 8 shoe.

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