Such busy guys!

Wow, so much has happened since my last post! These boys have kept us busy, on our toes, and with big smiles on our faces.

Caedmon knows how to answer if asked his age now - "Two years old!" We had a lot of fun building up to his birthday and celebrating with a digger party. He seemed to have a better understanding that the party was for him - he couldn't wait to blow out his candle! And actually, he didn't - about halfway through the birthday song, he went ahead and extinguished it. We had been practicing so I guess he was just too eager to see if he could really do it! We continued singing and just re-lit it for him, something that we did numerous times the week of his birthday.

At his party, Caedmon took full advantage of the fact that there weren't many guests in attendance who would refuse him the opportunity to nibble on as many treats as he could reach - so he had quite a helping of chocolate "boulders" from his brownie cake, marshmallows, and the brownie itself.

It was such a joy to get to sing the birthday song over and over to our darling little toddler, especially to see his eyes light up when we said his name, and to do fun things to make him feel special on his big day. I think I was probably more sad than he was when his birthday was over!

Isaac is changing and learning so fast, the months are just flying by. He has had such a jolly disposition for a while now, and it just gets better as he grows! I had to try to capture the big smile he always shares when I go to pick him up after his nap, he always wakes up so happy and ready to go.

He's been up on all fours for a while now, so I guess the novelty of that wore off for Isaac and he began experimenting with other yoga-style moves for us to enjoy. He pushes himself up on his toes, twists from side to side in that position, and occasionally ends up with one foot off the ground. Sometimes he looks like he's going to just push himself right up to standing. I can only imagine the upper body strength this boy is developing!

We put up the Christmas tree this year, but didn't even try to put ornaments on it yet. Both boys were, of course, drawn to it. Caedmon was thrilled to learn that he could toss toys up into the tree and they would occasionally get stuck there. And despite our admonishments, he sometimes is unable to resist the urge to climb under and behind the tree, and peek out at us through the branches. Isaac hasn't really done a lot of crawling under/behind the tree, but loves to scootch up to the lowest branches and try to grab them.