If your path in life was defined by your interests during walks at 73 days post-birth, Isaac would work with trees. Here, I present the first "IsaacVision" video, following Isaac's gaze as we walked last night. You may notice that one type of thing dominates. I have another cute video of Isaac but perhaps that will be overkill for one post. Maybe later today.
Later that afternoon, Papa went up to Seattle for our friends Greg and Michele's wedding. We decided against all of us going because it was going to be a very long trip for Isaac, and I decided it would be much better anxiety-wise if I just stayed with Isaac, being the food source. So, we walked over to American Dream Pizza and met up with some old friends who were passing through town. Isaac was sleeping the first hour, but when he woke up, he was so good and patient, and just looked at everyone. We were the last ones to leave because I really had no special reason to go home and hang out quasi-alone. As we left, Isaac got a little fussy, and I ended up feeding him in the OSU Federal Credit Union parking lot. He of course relieved himself, so I found a grassy spot right outside Kappa Delta to change him. Not their lawn, exactly, but just on the other side of the sidewalk, although not directly in front of their house. Grass is a very useful place to change a baby. 
We ate way too much food, looked at all the exhibits, got very warm and maybe a little cranky, and might have accidentally exposed the food to innocent bystanders as a result of Mama's lack of blanket expertise. Isaac pooped, and then we changed his diaper and started the cycle again until we ran out of diapers. I thought I had put one more in the bag but I guess I miscalculated.
As always, he was a very sweet boy and just observant of everything when awake. This tired him out several times so he took some naps. Around 8 pm, we went home to get ready for bed.
Papa didn't get home until after midnight, and we were both already asleep.
Today we were very very tired, and I finally figured out the answers to the first of my three finals that I still have to finish. The final product is in the works and I am very glad to be starting a week tomorrow in which I do not have to go to school. Hopefully I will finish this final up before going to bed and then I will only have two left!
When Isaac woke up from a nap around 5, I fed him, changed his diaper, and we went over to Borders because it was pretty hot outside, although it was overcast. I looked at this book which tells you how to make fancy bread in your oven. I am going to try it, although I am not planning to buy the book because Borders is right across the street, and I may need to use that money to buy a pizza stone instead if I really want to make the bread. Isaac read the book with me, reaching out and touching the pages with his hands. We went and looked at a picture book of the ocean too. Then, Isaac started loudly sucking on the Baby Bjorn carrier so we went back home. However, since he didn't act hungry once home, we played some more. I sat him up on the couch and gave him various textiles to explore. He grabbed at a knit hat. He picked up the burp cloth and wiped his face. I clapped and said "Good job!" and he looked up at me and smiled that beautiful toothless open-mouthed smile. Finally, he played with my skirt until he got tired, then wrapped him up, nursed him, and put him back in the sling.
I am really enjoying how he is starting to use his hands and feet to explore his near environment. At the fair on Saturday he was also trying to grab at the flowers on my shirt. Finally, tonight when he was going to bed, I saw him join his hands at midline. He is just a little man. Well, I had better finish my final so I can send it off and go sleep so the little man and I can play again tomorrow!
Auntie Anna came home from Alaska today.
Papa and Isaac have been spending lots of time together too.
Isaac even likes to be fed by Papa. Notice the loving look in his eyes. Ahhhh.
And take walks with him.
It is over 100 degrees here. So, we gave Isaac a bath, as we have been doing generously the past few days. I thought I had better try a different angle on the bath picture, since I have so many. We have a cute whale bathtub for him. :) I like it.
Isaac's little cousins evaluated him two weeks ago when Grandma was down in Eugene visiting Aunt Christy. Aunt Christy reportedly said something like, "Look at Isaac. Isn't he cute?"
The answer: "He's cute, but he has silly hair."
Thursday, when I got home from school, we reveled in the fact that there would be no more homework that night and went for a family walk to the park with my personal favorite baby carrier for walks - our Baby Bjorn. I always feel like since it's a Swedish thing that it's very appropriate for me, but really I think it's just comfortable for everyone. We had a great time swinging. Evidently Henri had already brought Isaac to the park to swing before and he had startled both times, but by this point he was already an old hat at it, so he was pretty darn calm.
We wanted to find some baby sunglasses for Isaac, but these were all they had at Fred Meyer. They still look pretty cool. Isaac looks gangsta.
The other thing Isaac had to get were his shots. He had to get seven of them, but only three pokes. Then, for the rest of the day he was pretty tired, fussy, and generally not too happy with the world. Hopefully by Monday he's totally over it though. Today's already quite a bit better.
I did forget to ask the pediatrician about the fact that when Isaac eats, sometimes it sounds like he's got a kind of wet voice during or after. I don't know for sure if it's a problem, but I think it's best to ask, since I heard something about that during one of my classes.
We also went to Eugene to meet up with this Jeff Lang guy that my Aunt Christy told Henri about. It was cool, although maybe Isaac was not too excited about the car ride at that point.
Also, last evening Isaac was looking at his hands and then he touched my shirt and tried to grab the lettering. I think he's getting more understanding of his hands all the time. On an unrelated note, he's also drooling a bunch.
I think that's about it for right now! The morning bath has been served and Isaac is just sitting there calmly while Henri pours water on him. Did I ever mention that I love these boys?
Actually, we just took Isaac out of the water. He was getting a little pruny.
Henri was singing a cute song to Isaac yesterday to Isaac that was a direct adaptation of the opening song to this old French cartoon that he watched when he was little:
I decided it was unnecessary to kick him out though. He smelled pretty good and he wasn't causing any problems.
Grandma and Uncle Greg came to visit him today, and he got a very nice card from Auntie Barbara and Uncle Theo too! Isaac is definitely filling out more all the time!
Here is Isaac getting a bath again. We are guessing his baptism will go smoothly, because he likes water so much. We will see.
Highlights of the week so far:
Too much homework, too little sleep, but...
The week is going by quickly
My pants got soaked with pee that was not my own.
And, finally, we just got two cute videos of Isaac laughing.
And now, we are both going to bed. I am soooooo excited not to have to put Isaac to sleep and then stay up three more hours writing a paper! Just one more day then only one more week.
Here's the sassy boy again.
Also, I noticed that the cartilage in his ears is getting harder, more grown up. When I was changing his diaper just now, I noticed him definitely start to look at his hands. The way I could tell is that he went cross-eyed to try to focus on the one hand, then he brought it to his face to touch his face. It won't be long before he figures that one out.
Okay, so actually there was a momentary crisis as Isaac was without a diaper for about a minute, so he really only did it halfway by himself... Nevertheless, we are proud of our little son for trying out the big kids' pot at just 8 weeks post-birth!
I lost the other camera (Grandma's nice one). Is it in Grandma's purse? Her glasses got left here too.
