Bubbles and Gus

We are now here in Salt Lake City, will try to keep the myriad number of pictures of Isaac to a minimum, though it's hard. We got in wednesday, in the rented van, which is working out very well. Gus enjoys the back seat more as he can see out of it.

We got to Matt's house, and he was making fresh trout on the grill, with grilled veggies. We put Gus in the back yard, letting Isaac slowly get used to him. Isaac is talking up a storm now, what a change in the 2 1/2 months since we've seen him. He seems to remember us, as he took right to us, showing us his books, showing off the words he knows, dancing, reading, etc. He was sceptical, yet fascinated by Gus, whom we kept outside. Isaac kept going to the back door to see him, wave to him, and just check on him, though he was tentative about petting him or getting too close.

Matt and I gave him a bath, then put him to bed. This may seem so routine to many of you, if you live near your grandkids, so you see them often. If you don't have grandkids yet, it may be boring, but for us, we treasure it all, as we don't see him often.

Thursday, Matt went to work, Isaac to Daycare, and Dan and I had the day. We took a fun bike ride, went downtown, relaxed. Later, Matt picked me up to get Isaac from the Daycare center, and we went home. We didn't bring Gus with us, but when Isaac saw us, he asked for Gus, ran and looked out the back door for him. Isaac's regular Thursday night babysitter, Ashley, came, and we went out to dinner at a nearby restaurant. We met Meghan and Eric there, and we took them all out to dinner. It was a nice evening, and a very nice dinner, great to see them.

Today, Dan and I are babysitting, having so much fun. We took Isaac and Gus to the park, where we brought bubbles. Isaac loves bubbles! He had so much fun, and so did we. Isaac talks about Gus all the time.