Friday, February 3, 2012

What Israel's Been Up To...

In a way, it seems just like yesterday that we got the surprise call from an adoption agency in Utah, telling us to get on the next plane possible to come pick up a baby boy who had been born earlier that morning. 

But I also can hardly remember what it was like NOT to have Israel in our lives. He is getting so big (well...not really size-wise...he's only in the 5th percentile) and growing up so fast.

Lately, our five-month-old has been...

trying out some new looks,





sitting,



standing (I think we need to get him a more boyish toy to use to stand...),



sucking and chewing on EVERYTHING, including his hands,



getting swaddled up like a burrito to sleep (still!),



getting his various body parts pointed out by his sister ("Ivy, where is your brother's nose?"),



getting out of his bumbo chair on his own,


spending a lot of time cuddling with mama and papa while he battled the stomach flu for almost a week,



getting his hair done by his sister,



and being VERY happy 99% of the time!



He brings us such joy :)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

AWWWWWW!!!!! HE is just so sweet! Love the pics. You have some adorable kids! What a blessing.
Can't wait to meet #3!

Aimee

Bekah Brooks said...

He is such a baby doll! Seriously - so stinkin' cute!!!

Anonymous said...

He is a keeper. He will be running around in no time.(hopefully without the Cubs cap).
Grandpa Jim

Rachel said...

Adorable!!! He is one cute kid:) And such a cool kid, too!!! I love the hats:)

Anonymous said...

I can't say anything different than everyone else! He is so CUTE! and I agree -- such a joy:)
gma jan

sarah.flyingkites said...

I cannot get over how adorable he is. Oh. my. I LOVE the color of his eyes!

Kim Mierau said...

Leo and Israel have the same playmat!! :)

Amber said...

what a stud!! love hit shirt in the second pic :)

Keri said...

He is absolutely PRECIOUS. I wanna squeeze him!

abby said...

such a cute smiley little guy ^^