Family Reunion

We had a nice trip to Ithaca last weekend to see all of Aleks' family. It was fun to see all the little kiddies. Isaac is the runt of the clan and seemed to enjoy himself. We were glad that all of his family could meet him.

Here he is with his Uncle Mike the first night there.

We had a nice picnic at a park on Cayuga Lake the first evening. Thankfully I married someone with a good eye for photography, so here is one of the great shots he caught of the sun setting over the lake.

Day two we headed out for a walk in one of the many gorgeous gorges around Ithaca. Here is the crew as we got going.

A major objective was to get some family photos. We decided to save a ton of money and use our camera and tripod. Overall we think the photos turned out great.

Getting set up.

The whole clan.

The siblings.

Four month check up

So, I am behind on posting and will try to put up some more photos soon. But in the meantime, Isaac had his four month check up today and did great. He is now weighing in at 15lbs 1 oz (50th percentile), 25" long (58th percentile) and 44cm head (90th percentile). His doctor's comment when I mentioned how much we like his large head was: "yea, he's really got a melon there!" He sure does and it is pretty dang cute.

Finally, some video

We have been trying to post video for a while and finally managed to do it. Here is the kiddo in action.

Iron Ike!

We have been working on this post for a long time.

Playing with Daddy

Isaac has really gotten into his play mat. He is easily entertained there for long stretches of time and will smile when I smile at him, but otherwise seems to prefer to be hanging out there with his toys to other activities. The animals on the mat are really getting worked over.

Aleks has been working on help Isaac learn to stand. Sure he is still working on mastering head control (tough with the size of his head), but it is never too early...

Pudgy Boy!

There is something really satisfying about seeing Isaac get so pudgy. He was so scrawny to start off with, but that has certainly changed...

Trip to Utah...continued

Here are some more photos from the trip. We first visited Isaac's maternal great grandparents.

Four generations of men-folk.

Four generations of women-folk.

Isaac was fascinated by this balloon, which conveniently had a ribbon that attached to his leg. He was pretty amazed to see that when he moved his leg the balloon moved...magical.

Later on, Isaac got to meet his paternal great grandparents and other relatives at a BBQ at Aunt Susan's place (thanks for having us!).

Next stop: another family gathering of the Cannons. Grandma made a lot of great food.

With cousin Peter. Peter seemed fascinated with Isaac-at one point he got so brave as to touch Isaac's tongue (Isaac conveniently left it hanging out a lot).