October 28, 2007

This has been such a fun week. This week Joshua decided to make everything into a guitar. I mean everything he could find..brushes, wooden spoons, combs, fly swatters. Grandpa Baker observed then decided to take actions!(Why are grandparents and grandkids such natural allies? They have a common enemy!) Thus a new guitar appeared. For some reason the guitar coincided with Joshua finally talking and now his is also singing. He stands infront of his favorite shows, sings and plays his guitar.
Isaac is 12 days old. He had to take his first trip to church today. I was not planning on taking him so soon, but today was our primary program and there were some last minute difficulites that I had to go attend to. The program turned out great and the kids had a postive experience. What more can I ask?

This was cute this morning. I was frantically trying to get ready for church. Joshua climbed up on the bed. I said Joshua please leave the baby alone. As I turned back to the mirror to finish my hair, I look in the mirror and he was doing his favorite activity. He loves to kiss Issac and have him suck in his lips. This time he had pulled Isaac on top of him. Isaac did not mind at all. He just stayed asleep
My project for the week was mulching the black berries. It has been so nice outside. I could not stand to stay inside. So every time Isaac would take a nap I would run out and weed and mulch. It was fun to watch Taylor, Andrew and Robynn come out without being asked to help. I love to see what hard workers they are becoming. It looks like we are going to have another week of lovly weather. I know that we need rain, but I am loving working outside. It feels so good. I am sad that I will not get as much done this week. Grandma Law heads back to Utah in the morning. I could keep her here for another month.
We are all enjoying our new baby. He is really good natured. Taylor will just sit and hold him for hours. (literally). Andrew spends a few minutes each day with him. Andrew is by far my biggest helper with Joshua. He tries to keep him busy when I am busy with other things. He will read him stories or take him out to the trampoline to jump. It is so helpful. Robynn likes to keep a watchful eye for anytime she can help with Isaac. She is very tender with him. Aimee gets the hard spot. She is not really the littlest, but she is not old enough to just take the baby from me like the older kids do. Her favorite thing to do is burp the baby. Joshua is always curious about the baby. Now that he is talking he tells me what the baby is doing every minute. Eat. Sleep. Hiccop are just a few of the things that he likes to announce. Michael is enjoying Isaac. He really enjoys holding him when he is asleep in the evening. I just love that he is here!