The sunshine is back!

March has been a very wet and cold month for us. In the past month we witnessed: 4 hail storms; 15.58 inches of rain (normal for March is 6-7 inches); falling trees; power outages (our longest was 36 hours); broken water pipes (at Mission Springs, we were without water for a couple days); flooding and mudslides throughout Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz; and road collapses (part of the road we live on was undercut and collapsed, leaving only 1 lane of traffic open). It's been a fun month. The last storm was ended Sunday and we have had beautiful weather since. Today it was in the mid 80's and Isaiah and I headed to the beach with Yai-Yai and Cousin Sophia. What a way to end this crazy month. Here are a few pictures from today.

Dancing

Papu's Retirement Party!

Papu retired on Wednesday! We all went out to dinner at a local Italian place that is very kid friendly. They had a play station and music and disco lights (that Isaiah loved). It was a fun night.

8 Months!

He's growing up so fast. Isaiah is busy, busy, busy all day long. He is exploring every part of the house and loves to try to find the vacuum cleaner. He is standing next to everything and starting to go between furniture. One of his new favorite things to do is stand up next to his toy box (Rubbermaid container) and pull out all the toys he can reach. Here are a few pictures of the little guy.

He always carries something around with him while he explores the house. His favorite things to have with him are his sox, shoes, magnetic letters (that are on the fridge) and Stella's rope.

Isaiah's favorite place to be is outside, so when he can't be outside he loves

looking out the window.

Reading a book with Daddy on our new couch.

Big smiles with Yai-Yai. He loved trying to get the gum out of her mouth.

So proud of himself.

Energy

Isaiah is full of energy these days and has decided that he needs to pull up next to everything...our legs, the refrigerator, couch, highchair, the bath tub...keeping us on our toes for sure.

Isaiah loves to get his hands on the newspapers and spread them around the house.

Bath time has become quite difficult as Isaiah refuses to sit down. He wants to be standing all the time. :)

Isaiah's Tricks

Here is a little video of what Isaiah does all day long. We like to call them his tricks. Right now he is really into crawling under things, as you can see. The only thing that is missing from the video is him going up and down the stair :) Enjoy.

7 Months

Isaiah is 7 months old today and full of energy. He is keeping us very busy as he crawls around the house and tries to climb on everything. He is a very curious kid and likes to explore every corner of the house and is fascinated with going up and down the step in our entry way. Here are a few pictures of Isaiah's favorite things...

Climbing on the kindling box. He is very excited that he can get on top of the box, but hasn't mastered getting back down.

Standing up by the kindling box. He is trying to pull up by almost everything now,

but he's not always successful. :)

Going on walks with Mom, Dad and Stella. Isaiah seems happiest outdoors, so we have been taking advantage of the nice weather and going for lots of walks.

Okay, this really isn't one of his favorite things, but I thought it was a cute picture. Isaiah is not so sure he likes the high chair and doesn't care to much for eating solid food, but he loves to play with it.

Riding on his fire truck. Isaiah loves to ride around the house on his truck, a Christmas from my brother Jason and his girl friend Amy. He looks so cute holding onto the handle bars.