11 Months

Isaac took his first steps on November 4th. We were at church, where I let him crawl around the back of the Primary room when I'm not conducting or teaching sharing time. He stood up (like he's been doing for months now) and took two tiny steps towards a chair. Yay! Since then, he's been taking a few more steps each day. He's still crawling quite a bit-- and does his Mowgli crawl too. But the more he walks the more he seems like a grown-up boy. And this outfit makes him look even more grown-up! 

In the last month Isaac has also found a new friend-- who lives right across the street. They've been playing together quite a bit and are so cute. It's just been in the last month that I've noticed Isaac really interact with his friends. He'll crawl away and look back giggling, asking to be chased. And when a friend goes over to a box and starts hitting it, he'll crawl over to join in on the fun. It's so cute to watch his social skills just beginning to develop.

Because the weather is so great right now in Houston (in the 70s-- yay!), we've been spending a lot more time going to the park and going on walks. One of our favorite spots is the Tanglewood walking trail, just a block from our house. 

Isaac loves pulling books off the shelf, exploring the safe cupboards of the house, pointing at everything, and turning off light switches. He just barely learned how to clap, which is so cute. And he points to the picture of Jesus when I ask him "Where's Jesus?" He's very interested in animals now and will point at birds, cats, and dogs. Our neighbors have a porcelain bunny rabbit on their porch and Isaac points to it every day. I'm not sure if he thinks it's real or not. All-in-all, Isaac makes life pretty fun! 

Here are a couple videos of him. In the first one, he takes a few steps. In the second, he does his Mowgli crawl.