I love feeding myself!

So I haven't posted anything for quite a while and it's mostly because...WINTER WILL NOT END! Just when you start to see the grass again and get all excited about the 55 degree weather, BAM! Another storm hits and you're back to the 30's and 40's again. In the meanwhile my boys keep growing...especially the one inside me. Here's a shot of Isaac after feeding himself some pasta. You may think that I'm a good mother to let my child get nice and messy as he learns better eye hand coordination, etc. No, no. I would have happily postponed this developement to save myself the major job of cleaning up, but Isaac just won't have it. HE HAS TO FEED HIMSELF. So yes, my independent 1 year old is pleased as you can see...with his clear achievement of manhood.

Isaac's 1st Birthday!

Isaac had a very lovely first birthday amoungst family...complete with a scrumptious dinner, presents (cute clothes), and a delicious chocolate birthday cake made by his gourmet grandma.

Ever since Zekie's birthday in October he's been really into the whole blowing out the candle thing, and was more than happy to help Isaac in the extinquishing dept.

Here he is! The Birthday Boy :) It's been a fabulous year with Isaac Robert...and to prove that he was older and officially more able he took his first steps the night before he turned one. What a big, talented strong boy!

2007 Family Update

2007 has be a great year for the Bachman clan. We kicked off the year with the birth of Isaac Robert on January 6th, which means his one year birthday is just around the corner. Over the last year we have thoroughly enjoyed his unique personality. In a word, we would describe him as intense. He will almost hyperventilate for a bite of coconut cream pie, beat down pop up toys with sudden sneak up whacks, full on wrestle anyone willing to challenge him in a game of clean diaper or clothes and believes with all of his kicking and paddling heart that he CAN swim. Despite all his intensity, he is a very sweet and loving boy and will stop in the middle of speed crawling to happily flash anyone his two bottom teeth grin the second you smile and say his name.

Zekie has also had a wonderful year of growing and learning. He turned “twoooowah” in October as anyone who meets him could guess from his onslaught of “Noooooooooo’s”. He is very pleased with his latest tricks of counting to 10 and singing his ABC’s, which I can only take partial credit for and owe the rest of the teaching to his FAVORITE DVD’s “Signing Time.” Zekie is a wonderful older brother to Isaac. One of our favorite Zekie moments of the year happened recently, when I found Zekie had climbed into Isaac’s crib with the shampoo and sponge and had begun giving him a bath. Zekie still loves balls and especially enjoys his Little Tikes basketball and “shooting hoops” with Dada almost every night.

Katie’s biggest news for this year is being pregnant with child number three. We snuck in an early ultrasound with Rob’s sister who’s a nurse and currently believe it’s another boy. He is due on May 28th, and we’re leaning towards the name Caleb but are happily taking suggestions as well. When I not busy chasing around two little boys I enjoy all of my incredible hobbies…oh wait, I’m always chasing boys so I have no hobbies! Actually, I really do love being a mother and homemaker and count myself very blessed to be able to stay home and do just that. I also love serving in the Young Women’s program at church and sending all of you pictures and updates of our little family.

Rob has continued to be a hard-working husband, father, employee, bishopric member and golfer. He has been able to take a couple weeks off during this Christmas season and it has been great to have him around. At Ernst and Young, he was recently promoted to manager and continues to gain great work experience while working with great coworkers and clients. He also really enjoys serving as 2nd counselor in the bishopric at church and all the opportunities he has to meet and mix with the wonderful people in our ward. With all of his work and church responsibilities, he is very busy, but still manages to spend as much time as possible with me and the boys. However, he does sneak in a little golf here and there. Luckily work has help out in that department quite a bit.

We have loved receiving Christmas updates from many of you and hope this has given you a small glimpse into our year. We hope you all had an incredible Christmas holiday and wish you a VERY Happy New Year for 2008!

Snow Dance

Zekie was sooo excited that it snowed yesterday! He exclaimed "Oooooooooh s'no'w". As well as "Zekie, no, outside." He did lots of snow dances and jumps, but mostly enjoyed catching snowflakes in his mouth :) The exciting life of a 2 year old.

Thankful for Thanksgiving!

We had an incredible Thanksgiving! We started off with Katie's family for a lovely Thanksgiving breakfast complete with waffles, eggs, bacon...the works :) Then after a quick nap for the boys, we cruised up to Farmington to see Rob's extended family who got to meet Isaac for the first time! After eating to our hearts' content, we played a little pool and ping pong, and watched and danced to Hairspray. Next we headed over to Rob's parents for a relaxing rest of the evening. Needless to say we are thankful for our family and many blessings and are grateful for such a wonderful holiday to express our thankfulness :)

Isaac is a BIG fan of Thanksgiving. This was his first one and he is anxiously awaiting next year when he has more teeth!

To Isaac, there is nothing much finer than romping around the leaves and sampling a few here and there.

"Rob Buzzed the Baby"

Isaac was majorly due for his first haircut. He was starting to resemble Conan O'Brien, who is hilarious, but not exactly who we want our baby to look like :) As you can see, his hair helped him get intouch with his wild side...

AND now with the hair gone he's feeling much more subdued. Or maybe this is just his tough, freshly buzzed army face.

Halloween in the Jungle!

Well, we survived another Halloween! As you can see by the pictures we dressed our boys up at cool cats this Halloween with Zekie as a lion and Isaac as a leopard. Zekie's roar still needs some work considering it's a mere whisper...but it wasn't likely he was going to scare anyone anyways. Zekie did think Halloween was rather terrifying though. Something about knocks and ringing at the door always sends him into hyperventilation. However when it was his turn to ring the bell and say "treat!" he decided Halloween wasn't so bad afterall. I mean what other holiday can you grab as many suckers out of a bowl that your little hands can manage to grab onto. NUM!!