Moving and Slobbering

Isaac is starting to wiggle himself all around. We plop him down, he rolls onto his tummy and then starts to shimmy himself backwards. This was a very choice moment over the weekend when he left a slobber trail (the dark spots on the carpet are slobber) so you can see how far he traveled. We like to call him the slobber monster, or more gently slobber meister.

Isaac's first research study

Isaac recently participated in his first research study. It was being conducted at Harvard and was studying how infants process numbers. So he got to wear a cool neoprene hat and look at dots being flashed on a screen with an occasional farm animal to help him refocus on the dots. I think that he had a blast-mostly because he got to watch something that resembled TV (he never gets to do that at home) and they had really cool toys to distract him while they put the hat on and took these pictures. I have never been able to find toys that he likes so much.

Fun at the Park

So, we discovered that Isaac can enjoy the park now. Yesterday we had a family outing to the park that is practically in our back yard. Isaac is really digging the swing. You might notice the nice drool drop that is about to drip. Isaac is really slobbery (he can saturate his shirt in no time)-I want to compare him to a little puppy, but I am not sure that is something that you can do with your kid. He tried out the slide for the first time. No complaints from him there.

Finally we took advantage of the sprayer in the park. This is one of my favorite things about parks here-the water. Isaac was not complaining at this, but also did not seem to quite know what to think of it. Here are some of my favorite shots.

After all that playing it was nap time. Isaac is getting more agile in his sleeping. It's all fun and games until someone's leg gets stuck in the crib.