Yummy!

We tried to start Isaac on solid foods on Thanksgiving, but he's not too big of a fan yet-which is just fine with me. One thing he loves, though is Gerber's Biter Biscuits (yes, the box says for babies 10 months and up-whatever!). He was really going at this one tonight while I was cooking dinner. Luckily, none of it wound up in his hair so a bath wasn't necessary. He really knaws and sucks on it-they must not taste too bad if this is the only thing he'll really eat so far.

O, Christmas Tree

The Friday after Thanksgiving we went to Kidman Tree Farm in Polk City to buy our Christmas tree. It was a chilly, windy day, but it was fun to take Isaac for his first Christmas tree. We usually go to Captain Jack's, but they closed after last year's season. This tree farm was great for us because a lot of the trees are smaller-just like our house! Last year we made the mistake of getting a tree that looked small-and then we got it home and it took up half of our living room! This tree was the perfect size and with all the new ornaments I bought on clearance after Christmas last year and for cheap throughout this year, it looks 10 times better than last year's. I am in the process of making our stockings-they WILL be done by Christmas. We had a great time and Isaac didn't even cry when he told Santa what he wanted this year. Ok, so we cheated and backed him into Santa's lep-he never really saw Santa. Hey, you do what you gotta do, right? Isaac looked so cute all bundled up-of course he hated having all of it on, but at least he was a toasty little guy!

Almost Re-Blogging

Whew! I decided to make our blog a little more festive by adding a new background. I had to find one that wasn't from Blogspot-there wasn't anything I liked. I figured out how to edit the HTML (Yay me!) and then before I saved my changes it said it was going to delete some of the links. So I thought I understodd what it meant and saved the links to everyone else's blogs to put them in again. I saved my changes and viewed our blog. Well, I was in a state of panic because only the pictures from my posts were there-not any of the words. Yikes! Luckily, it was becausethe font color and the background were both set at white. That was easy enough to chance. Needless to say, I think I will save the text from my posts elsewhere so that if it all does it get lost for real, I'll have a back-up and won't have to re-blog it all. So anyways...enjoy the festiveness of our blog-I'll probably be changing it often.

First Haircut!

Isaac had his first haircut last month (I know, I'm way behind on my blogging). He did so good and it looked wonderful when he was all done. Adella Nelson cut it-she cuts all Isaac's cousin's hair too. I was a little nervous, but I think every mother is before her child's first haircut. The best part is that he doesn't look like he's had a haircut-he just looks as handsome as ever!

A Mover and a Shaker

What's different between these two pictures???? Isaac may not be rolling or crawling yet, but he is certainly moving. I was getting ready one morning and left him to play (as seen in the bottom picture). I came back to find him as he is in the top picture. How did he do it? Who knows...he's such a little wiggler! There's no doubt he'll be all over the place once he figures out the rolling thing. It's only a matter of time...

Baby's First Boo-boo

Oops! I was cutting Isaac's nails and I don't know if he moved or if I was just a bad mom-either way, I cut his little finger and it wouldn't stop bleeding! He didn't cry at all so I'm assuming (and hoping!) that it didn't hurt him. Of course we didn't have any tiny band-aids so Jake put his EMT skills to use and made a little band-aid for him. We took it off him before we went to bed because he loves to put his fingers in his mouth and we were afraid he might suck it off and choke on it. It's been a few days now and his little finger is looking much better.

Bye-Bye Boppy

We used to put Isaac on the Boppy pillow for tummy time....but we decided to not do that anymore as it appeared he may break his little body using it. As funny as it is, we'd like him to not be in pain if it can be avoided.

We Love Lobster!

We went on the train in Boone tonight for a pre-Halloween activitiy. Jake's whole family went-all 23 of us! It was a lot of fun, but the train was loud-just because there were so many people. We rode for about half an hour and then got off where there were lots of pumpkins for us to choose from. Then we rode back to the train station. I will need to get some other pictures of Isaac put on here. We didn't get any pictures that show his whole costume-he was a little lobster. He was so cute! I don't know that he really liked being in his costume, but he only wore it for a little while.

Chillin' with Daddy

There's no doubt-Jake is Isaac's daddy. Isaac gets so excited when Jake gets home from work every day. He loves to "wrestle" with Jake too-it's pretty funny. This picture was taken on September 15-the day of the Iowa-ISU game. It was a sad day for us since we are Hakeyes fans.

Blessing Day

This is the day Isaac was blessed. Jake blessed him on July 15-Jake's 23rd birthday. Isaac was almost 2 months old. We decided to wait a little longer than usual because we wanted as many family members there as possible and also because he was so tiny when he was born he needed to grow a little so his blessing outfit would fit. I was so worried that he would cry during the blessing, but he was wonderful and slept through most of church that day. He was so handsome in his little outfit that we took him to JCP to have profressional pictures taken.

It's a small world after all...

For Christmas last year Jake's parents took us all to Disney World for a week. It was a great trip-I was 19 weeks pregnant and felt great. The only challenge was finding a little souvenir for the baby because we hadn't found out yet if we were having a boy or a girl. Jake was able to ride all the rides, but I was only able to go on a few, which was unfortunate because I love rollar coasters. Luckily, Shalie doesn't ride the rides so we would wait together while Jake and Josh went on them.

Sunshine and Lost Luggage

We stayed in Chicago our wedding night and then flew to Fort Lauderdale for a short honeymoon. The weather wasn't as warm as we were expecting-we didn't get to swim-and my luggage was lost for the first 24 hours. Other than that, it was great. It was a nice little trip to just relax and be together before the rush of Christmas and the stress of school started again.

Flash Back...

Jake and I were married in Nauvoo, Illinois on December 20, 2o05. It was FREEZING!!! Only about 20 degrees-Brrrr! It was wonderful and everything we wanted. This is one of the best pictures, though we didn't get very many good ones. The photographer was not all that great unfortunately.

Lookin' Good

This is Isaac the day we came home from the hospital. I bought this outfit and loved it-it was so tiny! And then Isaac was here and he was so much tinier! He wore preemie clothes for a good month-but boy is he growing quickly!

Little Isaac Nathaniel

Here is Isaac shortly after he was born. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces, and was 20 inches long. He was born at 4:52pm. He was so tiny!

The Blogging Begins

Well, it seems like everyone else is starting a blog so we figured we should catch up with the times. There will be pictures from now (mostly of little Isaac) and then (when Jake and I started dating almost 6 years ago) and a little commentary here and there. I know pictures are much more fun!