isaiah rolled over yesterday! to his right from back to front! we were on a bit of an incline on the grass in the back yard, but it still counts! a teeny incline!! he hasn't done it since. if i remember correctly, charlie didn't do it right away either. (after the first time) and he only rolled one way (charlie did) i don't think he ever went from back to front!..and isaiah turned five months yesterday, (the 26th? two days ago~) & we think charlie started crawling about six months. we were in spokane for thanksgiving when he started..after jack left, he thought he'd try it out for himself that weekend!!
we're working on his (charlie's) speech. everything seems to begin with a D...last time he saw the doc, (a month ago for his three year check up) she suggested taking him to a speech therapist...(really?!...) so now i'm all worked up about it & i can't seem to get him to progress in his speech..i guess i've enabled him since i allow him to talk that way & i just repeat it the right way...this last month though i've really been working with him & he just won't budge...damn taurus!! potty training isn't fabulous either!!...oh well, i wouldn't trade our lives today for the world!! we're pretty darn lucky they're really good boys!! (even if charlie allowed me to blame the kitties for peeing on the patio yesterday when i caught charlie doing it this morning!!) (gross...)
love you, hope your day is happy~

OOH! also, there is an albino deer at laddieland this year! isn't that amazing!! these pics are from uncle grudgy!

also, not sure why my music isn't playing....has it been off for a while? maybe the site quit allowing playlist? whatever..will deal with it later...
we're going to try a new church this weekend. our lady of lourdes downtown. ooh, say daddy, there is an 8am mass on sunday..you can come!! lol....
i'm feeling pressed for time to get isaiah baptized. shame on me for not getting it done sooner, but i didn't, can't fix that now! hopefully we'll get him in before he can walk up there himself!! haa..speaking of the little guy, he's waking up..love you, tata.

man, these guys are awesome :)

auntie lynn, we still use this pack & play daily!!! thank you so very much!!

aww....plumb pooped out again..in the big bed...ahhh...so lovely! little did we know that when we bought a california king that it would serve two adults, two kids & two kitties!!...good thing we got the big one!

gg, we are loving the shower curtain!! thank you! you have wonderful sewing skills!!

look! my hair is coming!! (still looks red doesn't it!)

this one is for the barges! i believe these overalls were worn by grandpa barge once upon a time!!!

yummy! 4 1/2 month old toesies!

he's sitting up pretty good this week :) ack..that means he's getting closer to running!!! EEK!!!

anyone recognize the quilt? i thought it was one of nana's...

our last crib was recalled. so izzy gets a brand new one! here is charlie showing him how to use the remote for the rainforest mobile!!

one really cool thing about our new home is we can watch the weather coming from the south east, & in the southwest, we can watch it around the mountain!!...cool!!! (it isn't usually this exciting~this just happened to be a particularly "stormy" day!!)(that's "rainstormy" for those of you not in the NW!!)

i had to throw this one in. charlie loves to take pictures & he also loves fruit snacks!!...so this wasn't too much of a suprise shot for me!

bubble machine!

this was when grandpa brought over our new fridge! thank you sooo very much, we love it!! charlie was having a blast running up & down the ramp into grandpa's truck!

last summer (ish) charlie was at grandma mary's. he wanted to play outside, but she told him the "grass is wet", so they'd have to wait till it was dry. well, mister charlie promptly walked himself to the kitchen, grabbed the dish towel off the oven rack, & proceeded to go dry off the grass!!!....

thought of that the other day & couldn't remember if i shared it or not..but still makes me laugh!

yesterday, i get off the phone with barefoot, & charlie asks who i called. i told him my work. he says, "silly! you don't call work ("wort") you call people!"

he's starting to say more & more things that are pretty cute. i'll try to keep you a bit more updated!!..

what's making izzy laugh these days? he loves to watch his brother do anything. he giggles when you tickle him (a lovely easy trick!) especially if you use your chin (while giving kisses!) to dig into his chest or shoulders!

he's had his first foods these last couple weeks. he seems to love them all. rice cereal, and mashed up bananas & carrots. i heard a rumor he also had whipped cream one night when i was at work! oh, & yogurt too. which reminds me, grandma mary, i was wanting to get some apples for you to make applesauce for isaiah. wouldn't that be special if that was one of his firsts? we'd like that! which apples do you like to use?

as for his giggles. i find myself doing some hilarious dance moves & sing songs to get him to laugh. he just melts my heart in the most amazing way!! i'm so blessed to have such a wonderful family...:)

charlie & i made "mater" (a disney-pixar movie character) out of some boxes!..

we looked out to check on the mountain one afternoon & found this instead!

WOA!!! we can see mount hood looking out the south side of our new place!! how amazing is that!?!?! (i zoomed in a bit ;)

this poor goldfinch is destroying our mirrors on the cars!! he must spend hours a day here!! he's even tried to get in our back sliding glass door!!

moving day!!! how excited was charles to have an 18wheeler in his driveway today?!?!

before the movers came, charlie ran & ran & ran & ran!!! he's never had so much space to frollick!!

we're so luckY!

okie dokie...so..sorry for the long delays here! however! today is the day! we'll get you updated on a few things!!..

hmm..i'm thinking we did this weekend already...???
this is memorial weekend..yes, you've seen a few of these already..this was the hotel pool room...loads of fun! charlie had a blast!

charlie didn't have much of a blast in the caboose of this ride! he pouted the whole time! jack was driving this round!!

isaiah peeking from the cradle.."hey guys, whatcha doin?"

manito park (the north side!)

man, he wouldn't stop for a pic!!

action by the lilacs we got from the alley!

skyping with grandma mary!

the beautiful boys...

charlie took this one..he's getting pretty good at aiming the camera!

charlie on more rides at riverfront park..he loved them!

the scrambler

charlie looks squished doesn't he! he has a partial piece of an elephant ear here..most of which fell !!

grandma barge & her boys

all aboard!!