Isaac is now Two!! December 30, 2008

 

Here he is, Isaac.  Once known as Cricket, sometimes as The Goat, Bobby, Buddy, Little Man.  (I’m sure I’m missing some from his first year of life.)  Two years old.  A toddler.  2.  So much changes from one to two!  He has followed in his older brother’s footsteps, and always has lots to say.  He’s a mover and a climber, not afraid of too much, a brute, (says Skipper), a lover, a hugger and a kisser, one with a full range of emotions that are all fully expressed throughout the day at different times.  :)  

 

Isaac.  What does he love?  Mommy.  Mommy.  Mommy.  Other things…pealing the paper off of crayons.  Dogs.  Wrestling with Gabe.  Hugging Digger or Seville.  Playing hide-and-go-seek games with Daddy.  He’s actually quite good, you know.  Very good at being quiet while he’s hiding.  Which is weird because he can be quite loud most of the time.  Louder than the other three of us.  We have no idea where he gets his pair of lungs from.  Which reminds me.  He likes to sing…loves music.  Always has.  

 

Food.  Peanut butter and jelly…or, “lunch”, as he calls it.  Oatmeal cooked with a banana.  Juice!  He’ll eat my Masoor Dal.  Pizza is always a good dinner.  Fruit bars!  

 

Words of note.   “Pell” = smell.  ”Poofvy” = smoothie.  I guess the “sm” sound is a tricky one for him.  So cute when he says those words though.  

 

Birthday cake was baked by Daddy, frosted by Mommy and decorated by Daddy.  It was Elmo.  Simple birthday with Grammie and Skipper at their place.  Pizza and cake and presents.  Oh yes, he got a “hockitter” from Grammie and Skipper.  If you can figure what that is, leave a comment.  It’s funny!  

 

Two.  That he is.  We love you Isaac Robert!!!

 

Funny times… October 24, 2008

 

The Monster Dance

 

 

 

Daddy Shoes

 

Our NY cousins…in midst of Fall beauty. October 16, 2008

Gabe is 4! October 2, 2008

Gabriel Mullins Righter is officially four years old!  As his mom, it was interesting how my mind automatically started reminiscing, reliving you could say, each important hour before, during and after his birth, as I passed through them starting two nights ago.  Now I know why Mom, every year, without fail almost, calls us to let us know: “this is when I started labor, or this is when I started walking those stairs”, ( I can’t remember each kid’s specific scenario).  It’s been four years and its clear as day in my mind!  

This is the first year where Gabe really seems to be into “his story” as I retell it.  He also has been VERY excited about his birthday.  He knows when his birthday is now….September 30th.  He was able to “write” a list of birthday wishes.  This year it included a gorilla set remote control, and various other remote control things.  (I’m still trying to figure out the gorilla one…his imagination takes us to many places never before imagined!)

Just to explain the theme for this year’s party, Gabe loves “American” stuff.  American can be translated to military camouflage, soldiers, etc.  No use trying to explain that we are all Americans, as well as soldiers.  Well, maybe he is starting to differentiate, but its not quite consistent.  He is starting to say camouflage more now.  So, this year we came up with the idea to have a camouglage theme party.  (This is my first theme party, and it was fun, I must say.)  Enough said.  Enjoy the pics and videos!

 

 

Isaac – English Dictionary…first addition September 11, 2008

Babriel:  (N) Gabriel                                     

Bice:  (n) the pacifier 

Belle:  (N) Seville, (or Digger)

Nono: ( no no)  (n) banana

Pillar:  (n) catepillar

Noor:  all gone

Onion:  all done

…and my favorite one of all!…Foffers:  (n)  flowers

Chocky:  (n) chocolate, (recently learned word)

Pocky:  (n) pocket

 

 

 

 

 

Funny videos of Gabe and Isaac September 11, 2008

Gabe and Isaac seem to have many ways of being goofy, sometimes surprising me with their cleverness, though I hang out with them everyday.  Here are some videos of the fun from this summer.  (It was fun being a kid, wasn’t it?)   Oh!  By the way…can you believe the first day of Fall is just around the corner?

Playing in the rain: Part I

Playing in the rain: Part II

Cockroach stew

Mischevious Gabe

Isaac’s first hair cut. July 1, 2008

At 19 1/2 months, Isaac has finally had his first haircut.  I suppose the curls in the back were just getting too pretty.    So he has a big boy cut, but he’s still our little Cricket Bear.

Grandpa and Grannie’s visit… July 1, 2008

We had a wonderful time with my parents earlier this month.  They took a week off from their busy schedules and flew down to see us and the boys.  Gabe was excited for a very long time before their arrival.  He certainly was going to get right into conversations with them when we picked them up from the airport.  I think we were all more curious how Isaac would react.  Well, at first he wasn’t going to leave my arms for Grandpa’s.  However, after about one minute in the car leaving the airport he was laughing and talking with them from the back seat.  In some of these pictures, you’ll see him cuddled up in my Dad’s lap, holding his ear, (in his signature way), and drinking his milk.  That was pretty much the way it was during the week.  They had some good bonding time, I think. He felt real comfortable with both of my parents right away.  Didn’t even cry when I left them together one morning.   Both the boys did well with both my parents.  It really meant a lot to me for them to have that time.

Since their visit, Gabe mentions things like these:

“I want us to live in Grandpa and Grannie’s house, or right next to them.”  6/30/08 while riding in the car.

“I want to go to the playground near Grandpa and Grannie’s house.”  last week at the table.

“I have green eyes.  Grannie has green eyes too.”  6/30/08 while riding in the car.

Distance can be a sad thing to think about when you’re raising your kids away from family.  But I’m learning that children have a keen understanding of who is family, who is important in our lives, who we love, and they are attached to them, even though they see them in person very little these days.

Pictures from Memorial Day May 29, 2008

We had a great time at Allison & Wayne’s house on Memorial Day.  The kids in particular had a lot of fun with the water.  Needless to say, sleep came swiflty after bedtime that night.

Rob Takes Gabe to Lake Winnie May 18, 2008