Friday, April 24, 2009

Ike holding a bottle

6 months

These are the wonderful things that Isaac has learned to do so far:
Plays with rattles and toys
holds his own bottle
drinks from a sippy cup
drools to the point of clothing saturation
splashes and plays in the bath tub
can sit up on his own for a few minutes
sits in his high chair
rolls over both ways
screams, laughs and smiles
recognizes faces
recognizes other babies especially his best friend (Kade)
Loves the mirror
passes objects from one hand to another
hits danglings objects
sleeps on his stomach
loves to jump/bounce

We are working on him sleeping through the night. We are getting him on a schedule and are getting better each night. So far, he goes down by 8pm. He is only up once around 2am and not up again until around 6:30am. Wish us luck. We are feeling like we are getting our sanity back.

Isaac's first Easter



sleepy Ike



Thursday, April 23, 2009

Baby Pictures

Grandma Nancy sent us this picture of Devin as a baby. I can not believe how much Isaac looks like his father. Ok, all I hear from everyone is that he looks like me. Take a look at this picture from Devin's mom and see for yourselves.

Daddy as a baby

Tuesday, April 14, 2009







My very talented friend took these pictures. She does a great job and I am so proud of her. I am also very proud of my little man...so I had to show these off.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Finally an update!

Ok , I know my blog has been reaaally boring. I am so serious when I say that I have been busier then I have ever been in my life. Having a little baby takes all your time. I really did not realize this when my friends and colleagues had kids. Anyway, so much has happened in our lives since Isaac was born in October. I will do my best to summarize to give you some idea.



In December, I went back to work. Isaac started daycare in January. Well about his second week of daycare, I got an awful call saying that we had to get Isaac checked becuase he has a "bruise on his butt." This is a long, painful drawn out story so I am going to summarize. Child protective services became involved but the case was quickly dropped because Isaac's pediatrition diagnosed him with a birthmark called a mongolian spot. I really felt horrible about the whole situation and wondered why we did not notice this spot before. It is really a faint blue mark that in some lights is not even visable. Isaac's pediatrition reassured me by pointing out that she missed this spot as well as Isaac was in to see her just a few days prior. Needless to say, we switched day cares. I am very lucky that we found an opening because day cares in this town have a year waiting list.



Along with that, in January, Isaac developed RSV around the same time as this child protective services situation. RSV is very scary and we were giving Isaac nebulizer treatments twice daily. The day we brought him into the doctor his oxygen sats were very low and he was really weezing. It took quite some time for him to get over RSV.



February was a quiet month.....thank the Lord. Then March hit, and it is so wild. We just get back from Mexico to find our town in a horrible flood. It was like a war zone here. Cherie and Kade, came to live with me while Devin and Chad fought to save their home from the rising waters. Again, a very long story so I will summarize. Chad and Cherie's home was saved, however they did have a lake side view from their home for some time. It was so amazing to see how this whole town fought the flood together. I felt a very strong sense of community and am proud to say that I live here.



Now, April hits and we have another major life change. We sold our home! We have been living here for almost 6 years and really enjoy our neighbors. However, we would like to move to ND so Devin and Isaac can hunt together. We would also like more yard, and so forth. So now we are trying anxiously to find a new home to move into. We are very excited and I am very cognizant of the fact that I need to handle this change with the least amount of disruptions in Isaac's life.



So there you have it, a summary of our past 6 months!

Daddy and Isaac


Saturday, April 11, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009