Random pictures

It has been a while since I posted. We have been out of town and enjoying summer. So, this is the first post to get a bit caught up on the last month. Isaac has been having a lot of fun and learning A LOT. He is talking more and more and running everywhere. He has only gotten one bad black eye as a result.

He is really into his books and will frequently grab one and come up to us and demand to get on our lap and have us read it to him. How could we turn down such an invitation?

We call this the genie or ventriloquist puppet pose. Isaac loves it when Aleks holds him this way. Good thing that Aleks is at the gym right now getting his muscles stronger for Isaac's increasing weight.

Blueberries!

We went blueberry picking yesterday morning. Isaac loves blueberries and seemed to really enjoy himself. He was picking blueberries and eating them off the bushes. We enjoyed being able to come home with two big bags of blueberries. I am enjoying some fresh blueberry spice cake that Aleks just made.

Puddles!

Isaac has discovered a new love recently: puddles. This morning we went to the zoo with some friends. We got outside a little early and Isaac had to explore all of the puddles. There were some pretty good ones since it rained a lot last night. So, he got off to a nice wet start. He then climbed up the neighbors stairs (he loves to do this) and posed nicely for the photo. He was being super-cute. I wish that our camera took photos faster so I could have gotten some more shots.

This was a recent project. We got this table and chairs unfinished at IKEA. I have been painting them and finally finished it last Saturday. Isaac really enjoys sitting at a table and got lunch there this week. He just has a hard time sitting still and wants to go play and then come eat a little and go play some more.

Trip to California

We just got back from a great trip to California. Mark and Vanessa were kind enough to get married in a great vacation spot. We really relaxed and enjoyed the beach. Isaac had a great time and loved the ocean, the sand, the stairs at the condo we stayed in and his cousins. It was a good time.

I love this shot of Isaac and Peter. It was great-if Isaac was grouchy, we could just plop him by one of his cousins and he would immediately be happy.

These two were really cute hanging out on the couch.

We went to the aquarium at Scripps and Isaac loved it. It was the first time we have heard him say "whoa". He said it a lot. The first was at this tank with lots of sardines swimming around in the main lobby.

He enjoyed the touch pools...

...and the rays. Just his size.

Mostly we had a lot of time at the beach. Isaac tasted everything there and loved to play in the waves.

Now we are just trying to adjust back to Boston time. I am definitely not complaining about him waking up at 8am-it sure beats 5:30am.

The Wedding

Mark and Vanessa got married and it was great! Fortunately they picked a great location to get married. Vanessa's family rented a beach condo for the week with an amazing view overlooking the ocean.

The night before the wedding there was a bonfire on the beach with family and close friends.



Here are some random pre-ceremony pics. Mark was looking really sharp. I think that Vanessa is definitely the right one, particularly since she managed to get Mark to wear a suit and tie.





Isaac found some random cat around the place and really liked it. The cat finally left once it realized that it was not going to get a nap.



This was the setting where the ceremony took place.



The ceremony was beautiful. Since Aleks was managing Isaac and I had a reading part, we did not get any photos during the ceremony with everyone there. Some of the highlights were when Vanessa yelled out: "that was freakin' awesome!" at the end of the ceremony and everyone clapped. I also liked it when they were sharing their vows and one would read a part and the other would say: "me too" with a "cool" thrown in every so often. It was really beautiful.

Here they are a little later that evening. Unfortunately Vanessa got stung by a bee which ended this. She seemed to be ok.

We couldn't hesitate getting our photo snapped, as well.

Mount Washington Race

So Aleks ran the Mount Washington road race last week with his friend Mike Grubb. Mike Grubb and Aleks ran cross-country together in high school. It was a 4700 foot climb. They brag that there is only one hill. He did really great. Isaac and I waited for him at the top and enjoyed watching him come in.

It was a remarkably warm and sunny day at the top of the mountain and we had a nice time.



We waited in line a while to take these photos. I think that it was worth it, though Isaac was done with the whole thing at this point. He fell asleep in the car immediately after we left.

Sumo Ike