He’s got four teeth coming in on top and the two furthest out are coming in faster than the others so it looks like he is growing fangs. Poor thing has had a rough week. Isaiah’s got a little edge to him these days with the change in temperatures, change in light, and his aching gums. He’s crawling faster and faster and starting to pull himself up on things, exploring the world that exists at 2ft above ground level.

Isaiah has been invited to his first party, too! This Sunday, his one of his best buddies, Rudy Purcell, is turning one. Rudy, also a hapa (aka, half Filipino) is about two months older than Isaiah and his parents are also Xavier alum. We predict that Isaiah and Rudy will probably go on a spring break trip together in their junior year. We want to get them matching shirts that read: SPRING BREAK ’32 BABY!

Nick just went through finals and I was told by my doctor I need to boost my Vitamin D intake. Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine Vitamin, is a hard thing to get adequate levels. I live in CLEVELAND where the sun pays a visit a few times a week, if we’re lucky. Today is the first day in, I swear, 10 days that I actually see color in the sky. The difference is breathtaking.

Isaiah is also going through these mini-hunger strikes, where he refuses to eat anything. Which sends my mother into a fret where she analyzes the pictures I send and they are emailed back to me with questions from my parents: WHY AREN’T YOU FEEDING MY GRANDSON?

Sometimes, I want to reply, “WAIT! I’m supposed to continue to feed him food once I’m done breastfeeding?! I TOTALLY FORGOT!”

Just kidding, Mom. While Isaiah has now been exclusively bottled for about a week or two, he’s just waaay more interested in the world 2ft above ground level than he is with eating. Such luxuries a 9 month old has.

So, I am sending this picture to the world so you can all see that he’s doing wonderfully and while he’s losing his cute round rolls, they are being replaced with twinkles in his eyes, full of curiosity and delight.