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!