A Month of Firsts

I have been meaning to post about what a great month August was for us. It was truly a month of firsts.

 Isabel has blossomed before our eyes. She began walking and feeding herself with a fork. She is quite the comedian and laughs her hinder off at most of the silly things that Maxwell and daddy do. Her laugh is so sweet and silly. Like Maxwell, she often can't quite catch her breath. She holds her hands to her head in an "oy vay" reaction and drools copiously all the while. What a deliciously sweet girl she is. 

The first time she walked she took 7 steps with daddy, then 5, then 2, then did not walk for over a week. Just a teaser!! Then when she started again she was really working it all out. A little wobbly at first, but she has gotten better every day and now regularly putters around the house, picking up stuff and moving it around.

This first video was about a week before she took off on her own. She loves pushing this thing around, way more then Maxwell ever did. I think it really fuels her sense of accomplishment.

This is one attempt. After taking out the camera to get some video footage, she decided she was pretty much done with the show.

Attempt #3, it was after this that we would have to wait or a week to see her try again. By the way, that little necklace, she found it one day and now puts it on every morning when she gets downstairs.

She has always been an amazing eater and throughout August she would look at Maxwell, with his fork and point and shriek. So what did we do...we gave her a fork of her own. She is obviously absorbing everything she sees her big brother doing.

Here she is feeding herself with both fork and hand. Much faster that way. Rice and noodles are her favorite to try with the fork. I could literally bathe her after every meal. She is quite the exhuberant eater.

She is growing us so fast, right before our eyes. I feel like any minute words and full sentences are going to come out of her sweet little mouth. What a joy she is!

Maxwell had a first of his own, his first day of school. He had been looking forward to it for weeks, Pre-K. He goes 3 mornings a week and loves it.

Wearing his new backpack he got for his birthday. He and Isabel both love a camelback.

In front of school waiting for the doors to open. He is doing soooooo well. I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but he knows and identifies all the letters of the alphabet and counts to 20 by himself. Handsome AND brilliant, what a combination! He is even a better big brother. Sharing is coming a little easier, now that he has to share at school and we are working on "gentle touches," so Isabel doesn't look like a punching bag. But, really he is doing so much better with his jealousy issues, I am happy to report