My First Mother's Day

We wanted to go to the National Zoo, but I had gotten home from work the night before around 11:30pm. I love Isaac for sleeping in till 9:30am. LOVE him for this. I'm so happy he got the memo, hehe.

We got up and we had some family play time, reading books, changing Isaac, and mirror play. Michael then made waffles for breakfast, yum!

The 3 of us then ventured to Dinosaur park, which has a creek and plenty of shaded walking trails. The park itself is one huge play ground.

Isaac LOVED his first swing ride.

We then took a walk as a family and put Isaac back in the stroller for a nap. Michael gave into my pleas to allow Sydney to run in the creek, and she hoped like a deer. This is definatly going to be a hot spot for us to enjoy family time! We are already looking forward to our next trip.

We ended the day with some extended family time at Michael's parents house for dinner. 

I got everything I dreamed it would be, a relaxing day with my family, thanks to my husband for making it such a special day, now I've got to plan for father's day!

Tripod

Our besties came over today!

Benjamin and Aubrey are some of your best baby friends, we were only missing a few of your others (but I haven't gotten permission from their Mama's to mention them here). I love their mom's Katie and Brynn. We met through Swimkids and have been joined to the hip ever since.

Today we planned to go to the Reston Zoo, luckily Katie got there before us and told us to make other plans since about 25 school buses showed up. We then re-routed our plans to Frying Pan Farm Park, which is even better since it is free! Isaac enjoyed watching piglets nurse, mama and ewe's were in the buttercup field. Then of course I started to nurse in the barn and a baby goat went rogue and started to try to nibble on my shirt, it was quite comical.

Once it started to rain we headed back to my house. Where the tripod exploded into and awesome play date! Here are the pictures to show their love for each other!

I can't wait to see these 3 grow up together!

Anyone have a good caption for this picture?

Benjamin decided to celebrate Chanukah a bit early :)

When I was pregnant I was driven to meet other Mamas for friends, I knew to be a SAHM I had to find  Mommy companions to make it through this time in my life. Plus all of our "old friends"are just not in the same life cycle as us and to be honest we don't keep in touch (except Alison- we LOVE you). It's fine because I need to put my energy in people who will have our kids grow up together :)

All of the mamas I've been hanging out with, we all have so much in common, and I'm sooo happy that I got pregnant when I did not only to be fortunate for G-d to chose Isaac for me, but for him to choose these mamas for me too. They all really seem like sisters in a way. I am one lucky mama and feel so blessed. And some of us have even met our husbands and we all were easy to get along, especially had some good laughs!

5 Months to Love

Dearest Baby Isaac,

I am so unconditionally in love with you. Daddy and I continue to be amazed at your progress thus far. Ever since Mother's Day you have been wanting to say "ga-ga-ga" or any "G" noise. When you were 4 months old you said "Da" for the first time. You continue to babble frequently and scream for fun!

We continue to help you strengthen your muscles in order to sit up/ start to crawl. You can now sit by yourself for a few seconds until you roll into a tummy face plant. You still haven't rolled from "Back to front" but we daily continue to have lots of play time on your back/front. When you are doing tummy time you continue to only want to "super man" or now a recent development is that you like to do "push ups" which is very fun, I am still loving my stationary baby who smiles at me. Isaac you know your name and you also know the word "love" which is adorable to watch you smile after we say this word.

We have a plentiful social calendar these days. We have met so many wonderful Mama's and their babes. I'm so thankful to Swimkids for having their free swim classes for 2-5 month olds (4 months free!). I have met more Mama's to hang out with here than at our INOVA Mom's group. And through Brynn, I have met so many instant friends. Isaac and I usually hang out with Brynn and her LO Benjamin on a daily basis. Through lunches, hanging at eachother's homes, walks, Frying Pan Farm, Claude Moore Rec Center, story time at Ashburn Library and then getting our families together for dinner/ brunches. We also have enjoyed getting to know Katie and her LO Aubrey. Michael and I don't see much of our "old- high school friends" so it is such a joy to be creating great new friends! Especially since we can all understand where we are coming from since we have babies.

We are so fortunate for those free swim classes. We started you at exactly 2 months old, and I am so thankful we have, not only to meet great friends but for you physically. YOU LOVE THE WATER, just like your Mama! I really enjoy the times we are in the pool together, especially now that you are so comfortable in the water. You've learned to hold your breath, for a quick second as you test me when you dunk your self while in the back float position. Hands down this is my favorite activity together.

We got Sydney's fur shaved for the summer. You ejoy prtting her even more now (more like squeezing her skin) and of course when she sees I'm not looking she gets to sneak a kiss on your face. You love doggy kisses!

These days you are mainly chewing on your fingers all the time, you don't seem to like chewing on plastics/ silicon- which I prefer you chew on fabric any ways. 

Tonight you started to roll from back to front, with some assistance but the hardest part of actually getting your torso to roll was all you buddy! The best part was you knew what was happening and you were so proud of yourself! We also accomplished today sitting up even more, each day you continue to change and grow, looking back at your newborn, and first couple of months saddens me knowing we can only look forward, but also excited for what is to come.

Love,

Mama