Our amazing surprise of an 8th child was born into our arms five years ago! What a whirlwind time that was and Isaac is still a whirlwind today.
Our Isaac loves life, loves to go, loves to explore, loves to sing, loves to be with people. He is so full of life and it is such a joy to watch him learn, grow, and explore. He loves to be outside watching bugs, climbing trees, digging in the dirt, "driving" a car, running with his brothers, playing with water and just about anything else you can do outside. He likes the space and learns so much just being outside.
Recently, Isaac has gotten really into book learning too. He is amazing with numbers and is quickly learning math facts. We also cannot spell in front of him! He easily figures out what we're talking about when we do this, so if we don't want him to know, we have to make sure he's not around to hear. He's definitely an auditory learner and picks up on so much. Singing has taught him a lot and he walks around singing while exploring the world God gave us or drawing a picture, helping with a meal or cleaning up. Isaac just loves to sing! This has helped a lot with learning Scripture also, which is a blessing. He was so excited to sing in a service recently and actually did well. We pray he continues to love singing and that God uses it to bring Isaac to Himself as He meditates on the words of songs that are straight Scripture or truths of God.
Isaac has gotten into drawing and writing recently. It's fun to see what comes out of his imagination and it's a privilege to have a stack of drawings he's made for us this week. He has been using his blank copy book to practice writing words and drawing pictures as well, just because. God has given Isaac such creativity! What a joy to see this creativity in an image bearer of our God!
We do think that's Isaac's biggest love is hair. Not his hair on his head, but lose hair on people or the ground. This boy can see a stray, loose hair from across the room and will get it and pick it up and hold it. We don't know what this is, but he absolutely loves to hold hair. We have also discussed hiring him out for people who want someone to catch all those stray hairs on their clothing before an event, because he would be amazing at that job! It would never be work for him.
Some of Isaac's other favorite activities include building with LEGOs, playing to vehicles of any kind, and helping put meals together. Recently he has really wanted to learn more in the kitchen, so this is one of the next phases in his training skills. While he does help with routine chores, this has been of great interest, probably because of how much he loves to eat. He's not picky at all and will even eat fruit that has mold on it because he likes the taste of it! Thankful for his adventurous spirit that is also helping build his immune system. He is not very picky either. For the most part he will eat anything except 1% milk. (And he will drink this if he's really desperate.)
We are so blessed by Isaac and his silly personality. His name means laughter and it sure does fit him well. God definitely named him aptly and he continues to fill our home both with his laughter and our own as he makes us laugh with his exuberance and playfulness. We are so thankful for this child that came so quickly we barely had time to think about it. He's one of the best surprises in life!
Father, Thank You for Isaac and the life that he has brought to our family. Thank You for giving him to us in the midst of transition to draw us even closer to You and show us Your goodness and grace. Thank You that he loves to sing and create, the way You made him to and I pray Isaac will use this talents for Your Kingdom and Your glory. We pray that You will save him by Your grace and bring him into a deep abiding relationship with You. Let him know You and love You deeply and let his laughter bring Your joy to those around him. Thank You for all of Your precious gifts, and today we especially thank You for the gift of Isaac. We pray all of this in Jesus's Name. Amen.
