December & Isaac Playing

I haven't taken many pictures of the kids lately, so I've had nothing to post. But today I thought I'd take some video of them and put it up, since you haven't seen a video of them for a while! In it, December reads to Isaac and Isaac says a few of his words.

Speaking of words, I think I'll give you Isaac's ten most favorite words. He doesn't say a TON of words, probably only around twenty or something, but in the past week he's gone on a spree and added a few more to his repertoire. I'll list his top ten with #1 as Isaac favorite word to say (and is the one we hear the most often), #2 as his second-favorite word, and so on down the list.

1. Dada (by FAR!)

2. Ball

3. Roar (for any sort of animal, even the animals that he knows what they actually say. Like kittens. He knows that they meow and says a really sweet, soft "meooow", but in general, if Isaac sees a kitten, he says in a real growl: "ROARRR!")

4. Car (if it's got wheels, it's a "Ka")

5. Enh (This probably doesn't qualify as a word, but we do hear it an awful lot. It means, "I want!")

6. Aww (he likes to give hugs and cuddles, and whenever he lays his head on Brad, or December, or I, he says, "awww...")

7. Please (if he wants it, he's pleading for it. Only his "please" sounds more like, "Peeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeeee-s!" It's incredibly long.)

8. Bird (due to his beloved hummingbird feeder)

9. Moon (I think this was actually the first word he ever said)

10. Gentle (sounds like, "denn-o." I've been working with him alot on this one, because he's trying to hit his darling sister more often, so we're teaching "gentle")

California Adventure

Last week we went to California Adventure and had a good time there. It was nice having a whole day together as a family. Here we are in the entrance area, before getting inside the gates.

Brad and December on the bumper cars. December drove her own car! With a little of Brad's help, that is.

I forget what the name of this ride is, but you can get the gist of it by the picture. It was a fun one that we all could go on, even Isaac and I!

Us waiting in line for that ride. December was able to go on more rides this year than last year, because she'd grown taller! So that made the day even more fun, to take her on some rides she hadn't been able to go on before.

Brad and Isaac waiting for the ride to start.

We're standing in front of a painted wall that makes it look like the street continues all the way down. Pretty cool!

Sitting in the big cart of the Mickey Mouse ferris wheel. We waited in line the longest for this ride and debated several times whether or not it was worth it for us to keep waiting. But I'm glad we did. This was a swaying cart, which was fun and different!

Isaac all tuckered out after lunch time.

Brad and December waiting for the Jumping Jellyfish ride to start.

There they are, jumping away!

The carousel is a classic favorite of December's.

December picked a seal to ride.

Brad and Isaac picked a goldfish.

We went to a little drawing class that California Adventure put on, and they taught us to draw Mickey! Here's Brad's drawing. Pretty good, eh?! (Sorry about it being sideways -- I tried a few times to upload the picture, and I couldn't get it to flip for me....)

Here's Isaac's impression of Mickey.

And here's December's Mickey!

Baby #3

There have been no belly shots yet of Baby #3 yet, so yesterday Brad kindly took some for me. Baby is due on August 3, so I'm 21 weeks along here, almost 22 weeks. Just over halfway and feeling really good! Second trimester really is the best trimester for me (no first trimester sickness, no third trimester giganticness), so I'm making sure I enjoy these weeks!!

Off to LA

Today we are using the second half of the 2 Park Pass we got when we went to Disneyland with Mike and Kim. The other park you get to go to when you buy this pass is California Adventure. The last time we were there, we went with our friends the Seymour family. They graduated last spring and moved away to England, and we miss them! So going back to California Adventure without them this time will be a bit sad! But going together as a family will still be enjoyable, I'm sure! The weather at least is forecasted to be good -- about 75 degrees F (24 degrees C).