Hurricanes....go away!

We've evacuated AGAIN! The second time in two weeks, I actually just finished unpacking from the first evacuation on Monday and had to REPACK on Wednesday to leave all over again. We are in Austin again, enjoying this great area and visiting with friends we haven't seen in a while. Sal is of course in heaven being "home" and I am waiting anxiously to get back to our home, in our bed, in our routine. But I guess that is mostly because I have my amazing little trooper Isaac to worry about. He has been absolutely wonderful, no trouble at all, even when his nose was running and he couldn't breathe, he was happy, he's become quite a little traveler! All we know from home is our fence is down and we have no power - which means our freezer has defrosted (again) and we'll have to clean up a mess (again, ohh I forgot to post those pictures from 2 weeks ago...that's another story...) and we'll have to go grocery shopping again! Oh well, I hope all of you that read this and are not at your home, not in your routine are safe and doing well. We miss all our friends and look forward to a "welcome home" get together! Text me or leave a comment and let me know where you are!

He can make a bad day so happy!

Just a few random pictures I found that I thought I'd share!
I hope they make you smile like they do me!

He discovered he could stand up under our sofa table....he was so proud!

Attacking Ryan's cell phone - he LOVES cell phones!

We have a climber!

He actually scooted around the kitchen on top of the battery box!

Father and Son - in Austin

**We visited Austin the weekend before we evacuated (before the earlier Austin post) but my camera died so I couldn't get my pictures until now!

We went to a park near Sal's mom and dad's house and I got some great pictures of my boys!

Lookin at the duck across the water

Nice Hat Isaac!!

Isaac loves to swing!

He Did It!

HE CRAWLED!!! He's been taking a few scoots on his hands and knees and of course once we start cheering him on, he collapses on his belly and army crawls to us....but today HE DID IT! I sat him down on the floor and he crawled into the bathroom while I was starting his bathwater. Then just to "test him" I sat him in the middle of the hall and called for him in our bedroom - and he did it again, even when his little arms gave out he got back up and crawled! So of course I had to get of film, so enjoy the video! He gets whinny at the end and reverts to the ol' army crawl, but he did it!!

Evacuating to Austin

On The Road...
This is a pretty long blog, hang in there,
because there are some great pictures to be seen!

Living on the Gulf Coast has its ups and downs. Sal would say that there are more downs than ups, and this past weekend would be the perfect example of a DOWN. Hurricane Gustav made its way into the Gulf which in turn forced a mandatory evacuation. Not wanting to be stuck here with an infant, we packed up my moms SUV (Thanks mom, you were a life saver) and headed to Austin. Of course the Zepeda's were more than happy to see us and get some quality time in with their newest grandson! Here's some pictures of our adventure in Austin - thanks to Gustav!

Grandpa and Isaac at Zilker Park

Ooooh Snow Cones!!!

What is this?!?
Don't worry, he only got the plain ice,
no Cherry Snow Cone for Isaac!

Weeee!!! Isaac's first ride down a slide!

So Serious!
We were on top of a HUGE fire truck in the play ground area.

1st Train Ride thru Zilker Park.
He watched as the ground "wizzed" by.

Sweet, tired, hot little boy!

Isaac and Stephanie
(Stephanie is married to Scotty, one of Sal's very best friends. I think she and I would be good friends if we lived closer. She is one of the warmest, genuine and fun people I 've ever met. She really inspired me to have fun with every moment, laugh and make others laugh! Thanks Stephanie!)

BATH TIME!
Isaac got to take a bath in the sink.
He will be too big next time we visit, so I had to capture the moment now!

Always chewing on his washcloth!

We also took a trip to San Marcos and New Braunfels to see our friends Cheri and Zach and to meet Caleb!! Cheri has the pictures of the boys together, I will post some soon! Here's Caleb though, he is so sweet and absolutely adorable! We had a great time visiting with them!

Caleb Andrew - the perfect combo of Cheri and Zach!

We also started feeding Isaac more "solids". He has really taken a liking to anything mixed with Cereal....this time we tried peas....

Even with a mouth full of peas, Isaac is still absoultely adorable!!

We had a great time visiting in Austin!

Messy boy....

I thought I'd try out the ol' teething biscuit on Isaac, just to see what he did...needless to say he did just what I thought he would! A friend warned me that they were insanely messy, did I believe her, kindof...notice Isaac doesn't have a bib on! Silly mommy, but he sure enjoyed himself. He had a mixture of Pears, Cereal, and Teething Biscuit. I found these at HEB, they are vanilla teething biscuits, they sounded more appetizing than molasses YUCK!

***Warning the pictures are REALLY messy, so if your tummy turns easily, avoid this post!***

Look at those hands! It even got up his nose!

It was under his chin, in his neck creases, and in his leg rolls, it was EVERYwhere!

Don't ask why it's on his shoulder, I think he dropped it there.
Doesn't he look proud!

Starting early....

Isaac was soo proud today, I just had to take a picture! Sal said at one point, he had the mouse in one hand moving it around and banging on the keyboard with the other hand! What can we say, he's a genius!