Explorations of an almost 1 year old

Ahh...If I use my own spoon, I can make a bigger mess!!

The beautiful bathroom..you have to come visit if you want to see the final result.

Two little sleeping bears


Isaac absolutely LOVES the water and sand... up next, bodysurfing!



What state/country am I in again????

Where the wind goes sweepin' down the plains...err dunes

Here is just a collection of pics from the past 2 weeks. We all went to Warren Dunes State Park (a little under an hour and a half away) for part of our anniversary and ate at Bob Evans...anniversaries are a little different with little bears!!

Kristi is still busy, but happy she is getting to do new surgical procedures and looking forward to ER where she doesn't have to take call. She definitely misses us during the days and long call nights. Isaac and I (Mike) have gone to visit her a few times which definitely helps her day go by better.

Isaac is really quite a mobile bear these days. He is starting to stand unassisted for longer periods and cruises all over the place. I walked out of the room today and left him in the family room and within less than a minute, the fridge was open and he was talking to the mustard. He is definitely a fun little guy and loves exploring EVERYTHING!!!!

His birthday party is coming up soon and we are excited that a few of Kristi's resident friends are coming since we still don't know many people here. One of the residents is making an amazing cake for Isaac which I'm sure Kristi will write about on the next post.

As for me, I have been redoing the master bathroom with new tile, paint, fixtures, and faucets. HGTV makes it look so easy and fast, but I guess that's b/c they don't have 1-2 hour increments restricting work schedule (thank the Lord Isaac is a good sleeper!). Actually it hasn't been that bad aside from changing our mind on the paint choice 3 times. It definitely going to look much better than the 80's decor it used to have.

Its Been a Long Time

My first car ride facing forward (Isaac wouldn't stop smiling about his new view)

So its been way too long since we have updated all that has happened in our lives. Obviously we have finally moved and now have connection with the outside world (ie internet). Thank you to all our family and friends that helped us move our stuff, its always a blessing to have that help.
This will be a brief post with mainly Bubby pics, but it has definitely been an eventful past month. Just a few highlights;
-Both sets of grandparents were here for about 3 weeks overlapping a couple of days, and it was great to see them and play with Isaac
-Kristi is fully immersed in her tireless intern schedule and starting to feel much more comfortable with her job and call schedule
-Isaac and Mike have been having lots of fun running/crawling around and have been to the beach a couple of times, listened to a steel drum band, been to the zoo, biked around the neighborhood, played in the sprinkler, and had lots of fun playtime our bigger house.
-Mike is now stuck renovating the bathroom after a slight faucet geyser mishap (it was going to be redone as is about everything else in the house, its amazing that someone can have that much hideous wallpaper!)
Enjoy the pics!

I LOVE my books

Maybe Isaac thought I was going to jump in Lake Michigan (he was actually crying because we stopped moving!)

Its a barrel of monkeys (also known as morning time with Grandpa)

Now which yacht is mine Grandma?

The Manion crew