Christmas tree

I put up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving, and Isaac loves it. Every morning he asks me to turn the lights on. I made sure to put all the glass ornaments toward the top of the tree so he can't break one. The plastic ornaments and the unbreakable personal ornaments are all at the bottom. He loves them all, but he gravitates towards the bells, his picture from his first Christmas, the snowmen, and the sparkly apple.





This little bear reads the Night Before Christmas, and has a cute little mouse on his arm. Isaac LOVES this bear.

Potty Training

I decided it was time to start potty training Isaac, so we started the 3-day program on 12/1. The first day was really, really hard on mommy, since the good Lord didn't bless me with an abundance of patience. :) But the following days have since gotten better and better. We're still working on it, but he's getting there.

I had to take a picture of him in one of his cute big boy undies. Thomas the Train on his little hiney! :)

Random cuteness

I have taken several random photos of Isaac lately, so I thought I'd post some of the cutest...

Being cute eatin' a grilled cheese sandwich.


This was over Thanksgiving at my mom's. She bought him this "I've been Good" hat. Doesn't he look so innocent?!

This was at our Quinn family Thanksgiving here at the house. My uncle Richard wears reading glasses. Isaac took them off Richard's face and put them on!

Now he has them on upside down! :)

Wearing one of daddy's old cowboy hats. No, he did not drink the Coke, but he likes to pretend.

Trick or Treat

Isaac went Trick or Treating this year as Handy Manny - one of his favorite Disney cartoon characters.

You can see the picture of the character on his shirt and how much Isaac looks just like him in his outfit. He LOVED his toolbox (which was homemade by my mom, along with the tool belt).

We went to my mom's neighborhood in Wylie again this year. She has fun helping Isaac get ready.

His toolbox was his candy bag. Everybody was giving out so much candy at each stop that after two or three houses, his toolbox was getting heavy. Luckily, about half of what he picked was stuff he could eat this year. I don't let him eat chocolate, so I pulled all that out, but he got several suckers and gummy candies.

Each time we would go up to a door, he would keep his head down until the door opened. Then he'd look up and say "HI!" real energetically. It was so cute! He did so good this year, saying Trick or Treat and then Thank You! and Bye! I think he had a great time.

Pumpkin Painting

I waited a little long this year to look for a pumpkin for Isaac, so by the time I did go to get one, all the store had left were smaller ones. Which, turned out just the perfect size. To be safe, and to let Isaac in on the fun, I decided to let him finger paint the pumpkin instead of us carving a face into it. He really had a good time...

This was his first time using the finger paints, so it was a learning experience for him.


At one point, he looked at his hand and said, "Eeewww, dirty!" It didn't phase him long though, he went right back to decorating.

He had so much fun. All the colors turned out more brown and black combined on the pumpkin than they would on paper, but I think his pumpkin is a masterpiece.

Once I felt like the pumpkin couldn't look any better (or worse), I put it aside to dry and gave him a big sheet of paper to paint on. I started it off by painting a little Isaac in the top right corner. :)

He loved painting. I'll have to bring out the finger paints more often.

Mr. & Mrs. Derek Quinn

My brother, Derek, got married last night!!! I'm so excited and happy for him. He married Julie Cunningham at the Dallas World Aquarium in the rain forest division. It was a very unique setting. They were married right in front of a huge glass wall with manatees, huge turtles, and other large fish swimming around behind them. Very pretty. These are all pictures that I took with my camera, so they're not the best. As soon as I get copies of the photos the photographer took, I'll post some of them.

Here he is, waiting for his bride. He's laughing because she came down the stairs, and stopped at the open bar for a quick shot before finishing her walk down the aisle!

Just being announced as Mr. & Mrs. Derek Quinn!!!

The happy couple. Aren't they cute!

Her dress was absolutely beautiful.

Our family - with the newest addition! Welcome Julie!

This is before the ceremony. Isaac had a blast getting to see all the fish and turtles in the huge tank.

Julie decided she wanted some games placed at the center of each of the reception tables instead of a centerpiece. Our table had Connect Four. Isaac had been getting a little restless, until he noticed the game. He's so meticulous that as he was playing, he'd fill up one column, then start the one right next to it, making sure to keep the exact same color sequence!

Congratulations, Derek & Julie! I wish you guys years of happiness and bliss.

Isaac-isms

Isaac's vocabulary has really blossomed over the past few months, and with it comes great confidence in himself and a bigger personality. Here are a few of the cutest things he says/does these days...

"Yee-haw!" - said anytime he sees someone with either a cowboy hat or cowboy boots on (all the time on our grocery outings).

"I break it" (with a very sad, sorry tone) - a recent addition to his list of sentences. It's really cute, since he means well, but sometimes he "break it" just so he can say "I break it".

"It tuck" - aka it's stuck - goes well with "I break it".

"ircle" - aka circle - his newest shape identification (in addition to star).

"Awesome", "wow", "cool"

"It dawk" - aka it's dark - used to be "light off"

"Okie, okie" - aka okie dokie

"Cawk" - aka clock - used to describe anything circular with numbers on it (a clock, a scale at the grocery store, etc)

Mommy and Daddy both drive "big wuk" (big trucks).

He's still learning his colors, but he likes to try (all day long!). Up until a few days ago, "bu" and "been" (blue and green) were his favorite to say, but he's now added "yeddow". He gets this one right more often than not.

He knows a few letters in the alphabet: O, K, P, B, I, U, Y, and sometimes A, E, M, N

He knows most of his body parts: head, hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, lip, chin, elbow, hands, knee, leg, feet, toes, belly button.

As fast as he's picking up new words, I'm sure I'll be posting more of his Isaac-isms soon.