2 Months and Conversations with a Teenager.

Sam turned 2 months on July 9th.  He had a good appointment at the pediatrician.  He's growing quite heftily!  He weighed 15.0 pounds, which is the 98th percentile, was 23.5 inches tall, which is the 67th percentile, and his head was in the 84th percentile (that's weird for me, because Isaac was always below 40 for head, and Sam's stayed above 80 so far.)  He's our chunky little monkey. 
Sam is giving out smiles pretty readily now, and continues to be fairly mellow.  I say fairly, because compared to the first month, he's definitely more vocal about what he wants and when he wants it.  Sam is very observant, like his mama.  He just quietly takes everything in.  Quite opposite of Isaac, who likes everything to take him in :)  He's not sleeping any better than he was in the beginning.  We co-sleep, though, so I feel adequately rested.  It would be nice for him to go 5 or more hours without wanting to nurse, but we'll cross that bridge a little later.  Sam looooves to have conversations with us.  He babbles and coos, we talk back, and it's very much a 2 sided conversation.  It's adorable.  We all continue to be very smitten with him!
These pictures were all taken withing a couple days of his 2 month mark.  As you can see, I have been playing with a photo editor/collage app. 

Smiles

Many faces of Sam

Love his little baby fat rolls.

Sweet Boy...

Isaac is our rollercoaster.  Isaac has been hilarious, stubborn, fun, calculating, cute, mature, silly, tantrum-ridden, witty, crazy, sweet, and the list goes on.  Some of his more recent nicknames include Captain Destructo (though he says his pirate name is Captain Widdershins,) Bouncy Face, Mr. Contrarian, and of course, Ike-a-roo.
Sometimes I feel like I have a teenager with the way he thinks he's right all time, the door slamming, and the words, my gosh, THE WORDS  this child speaks.  When he's upset, he tries (unsuccessfully) to really stick it to you by saying things like "Let's throw our house in the garbage!", "You are not in my family ANYMORE!", or "Tell (insert victim's  name here) to get out of my life!"  Luckily, within minutes, he's telling us that he loves us all the way to the sunshine.  But aren't hormonal teenagers also very wishy washy? :)  We saw a lady at the store that had some obvious issues the other day.  We passed her quietly and a couple minutes later, Isaac piped up "I was totally freaked out by that lady."  Again, teenager.  If it weren't for him reminding us frequently that he will say "get off my lawn you teenagers, shoo, shoo," if a teen dare come near, then I'd be sure he was trying to be one himself :)
On a side note, Isaac wants to know, "does Sam have a neck?" hehehe  He also insists on telling people he meets that "my name is Isaac, my middle name is Jiri.  I'm Isaac Jiri Vala."  He's usually greeted by a puzzled look from the recipients, who are mostly other kids.

clockwise from left to right: 1 - I found Isaac in the bathroom pooping with a toy catalog set up on the stool. haha! 2 - Isaac loving Sam, self-dressed in winter boots, undies, and a t-shirt.  3. We went to Ben's house to have a salmon feast (Ben and Nate just went to Alaska for great adventures, including catching their max. quota of  salmon) and Ben was teaching Isaac some guitar.  

Just our everyday Isaac.  He also loooves this shirt that Uncle Jiri and Aunt Jen brought back from India

Cute Isaac.  Love that photo of him in the hat, courtesy of Russin.  thanks!