Isaac is 14 months old!

Isaac turned 14 months old yesterday!

Here are some stats and thoughts about this growing boy:

*He's wearing 18 month clothing (we even have one pair of 2T pants that he's able to fit in.)

*He's in a size 4 diaper.

*He's wearing size 5 shoes.

*He's a learner and an investigator. He is a student of everything he encounters, and it's amazing to watch his eyes when they land on something he's never seen before.

*He loves to eat and eats A LOT. We feed him table food (almost everything we eat, except, of course, peanut butter!) I am also still nursing him three times each day for his milk needs. His favorite foods right now are navel oranges, mandarin oranges, hummus, strawberries, Kashi cheese crackers, and chicken (especially Chick-Fil-A nuggets! He takes after his Daddy!) He's not quite as passionate about tomatoes as he used to be, and he definitely doesn't like broccoli or green peas. When we go out to eat, quesadillas are usually a hit, along with cheeseburgers and guacamole.

*He is starting to be quite vocal around strangers. He babbles to most everyone we meet, and he flashes his flirtatious smile as well. His favorite words are: hallelujah, ball, juice, baba (banana), dada.

*He loves playing games with us, and is becoming quite a ham. He loves to be tickled, to play hide-n-seek, and to be chased. He has recently started screaming with a high pitched scream when we play hide-n-seek with him. He gets SO excited, and this must be his way of exhibiting that excitement.

*He loves to dance. We have some music from the Uganda Jesus Village that has awesome African sounds and is very upbeat. Every time we play this music, Isaac starts dancing in place. It's adorable. He loves any kind of music and gets excited when I go to the CD player to turn it on! Of course, Isaac also still loves playing the keyboard with Steven and calls the keyboard itself "da-doe". Since we purchased a Motif for Steven to begin recording, Isaac has seemed a little more interested in playing with all the knobs and switches than actually plaing the keys.

*He loves cords. Of any kind. All shapes and sizes. Plugged in or not. Wrapped up or not. Neatly organized in a box or not. He is a cable/cord lovin' boy. At church, he loves to climb up on the stage to "cord heaven". He could stay there all during the service if we let him... ;)

*He is sleeping through the night (finally!!!) I haven't shared much about this before, but it took Isaac about 10 months to begin sleeping "through the night" (8PM - 4AM). Slowly, though, over the past four months, he has slept longer and longer at a time. He has been consistently sleeping from 7:30PM - 7:00 AM for about three weeks now. We are so thankful for this! I definitely didn't think it would take this long for him to be able to sleep through the night, but the process of waiting it out has been a growing experience for Steven and me, and we learned many, many lessons through it. I won't go into those here, but I will rejoice that it seems that consistent rest for the Mauney family has returned (at least for the present moment...) Isaac also still naps twice a day: in the morning and in the early afternoon.

Isaac is a JOY, and we look forward to what this next month holds for him!

Here are a few pictures from yesterday when he discovered another something new - my scarf (thanks Aunt Susan!)




Precious!