My mom called me today and told me that she wanted Isaac’s 7 month picture and that I hadn’t posted it. Well I thought that I had so I apologize for not doing so.

This month was a lot harder to get a picture of him with the paper in it. He was very intrigued by the paper and really just wanted to eat it. This is the best we could do in the paper visible/Isaac paying attention category. Thank goodness both of us were there to attempt this maneuver.

Here are the rest of the pictures of him that we took during our little “session”.

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With Isaac now a man of the world, Erin and I had to find a way to contain him while still letting him see the world in his own way. We figured our best option was a back carry. Yes, the yogurt making, cloth diapering, baby wearing hippies decided to not only wear him up front, but to wrap him on their back as well.

Fortunately, Erin found a group in the Houston area that is all about wearing their babies, so we went to a meet-up of theirs and got to know them. They’re great people and have already taught both of us a lot about wearing Isaac. They’re not solely about wearing their kid, they’re really just a group of friends who we’ve befriended. They get together for the day and talk shop, make crafts and just hang out.

Erin had watched YouTube videos of carries but wanted to get some hands-on experiences around people who knew what they were doing and could give her some advice that would be useful. As opposed to me, who has absolutely no idea what’s going on and would really just be telling her “Don’t drop him, don’t drop him, don’t drop him!” They definitely were a lot more knowledgeable than me.

Apparently Erin was pretty good at it. She perfected the Double Hammock, or something like that. Me, on the other hand, well I was struggling. For anything. I couldn’t wrap Isaac using just our wrap because my arms aren’t flexible enough, so the group was nice enough to bring me some carriers I could try before we went out and dropped some real money on one. Here’s me trying a carrier called a Calyx.

We didn’t end up buying me a Calyx, but I did buy a Mei Tai that allows me to get Isaac up on my back high enough for him to see over my shoulders and I can get him up there on my own. So far he’s loved it. I wore him around Ikea when I had to go get some picture frames and I’m pretty sure every single person I passed looked at me.

Guess we’re just quite the duo, a cute kid and a weirdo with the kid on his back!

So…

The last few weeks I’ve really been slacking on this blog, but I promise there’s a good reason.

I have been starting up a new blog which Erin and I are hoping can generate some revenue and also help other stay at home parents. I’ve been posting over on www.hangingwithdad.com three times a week and I’ll still be posting here (I promise it will pick up soon), but I’d really appreciate if you visited Hanging with Dad as well, the more traffic I have the more I can charge for banner ads. It’s not completely built out, I’m still figuring out exactly what I want it to look like, but the basic framework is there.

Thank you to everyone for understanding.

Just recently we had Isaac’s 6 month pictures taken by Chubbyfoot Photography here in Houston. We got the pictures back the other day and wanted to share them with everyone. Isaac is so ridiculously cute it’s…ridiculous.

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Earlier this month, Isaac and I took dinner to my friend Erin and her husband as a “don’t bother cooking, just spend time with your new baby” gift. Erin and her husband, Travis, had a baby girl named Clara, and she’s really cute.

When Isaac woke up from his morning nap we hopped in the car and made the trip down to Manvel. We’d made a double bath of Rigatoni D the night before so we’d have plenty of leftovers for the Lyons.

Erin’s mom was there to greet us when we got there, and I got to meet their dog, Cash.  Apparently Cash is very fond of babies and wanted to lick Isaac. While I didn’t have a problem with it, they were understandably trying to keep Cash from getting all up in Clara’s face right now so we had to keep him somewhat away from Isaac.

It was crazy holding Clara. I know Isaac was that little not that long ago, but it seems like a lifetime. She was so tiny! Clara was pretty tired, and when I took her from Erin she promptly fell asleep on me. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to get Isaac to just fall asleep on me like that. I miss it and hope maybe he’ll start doing it again.

While I held Clara, Erin and her mom had fun with Isaac.

Enjoy your time with Clara before she’s as big as Isaac, Erin. It’ll be sooner than you realize!

Before we left I had to get a picture of the two of them together. Who knows, it may be his first picture with an in-law. No pressure though.

And yes, Isaac still loves that Texas teether. Absolutely loves it, almost as much as his Sophie.

So congratulations Lyons family, you have an adorable little girl and we can’t wait to see her at church soon!