Professional Photos

We had professional photos done a few weeks ago. They turned out so great. We had to do outdoor because Isaac will not sit in a studio as it freaks him out. It's hard to get good shots of Isaac as he is on the go all the time. The hardest thing is getting the boys together but I am so happy she got some of them as well.

Melia Winter Photography

Isaac's birthday party

We had Isaac's birthday party on October 18th. We had 3 sets of Grandparents, 1 uncle and 2 cousins over. It was a good time. We had tacos and nachos and Elmo cake and icecream for dessert. I'm not a cake decorator so Ross Mom made the cake and my Mom decorated it. I think it turned out great. Isaac did not like it when we put candles in the cake though.

Here's some photos from the day!

Birthday, sickness, MRI, oh my!

First of all I wanted to make a special post to my little man Isaac. Things have been crazy in our house and I haven't been able to make a special post to my newly "2 year old". Isaac's birthday was on October 20th and we had his party on October 18th. He is such a big boy. He's now in the 2 year room at daycare, he's talking more, learning more and making us laugh each and every day. He's a strong willed little boy but he's also one of the most loving little boys I know. We have not had any contact from Isaac's birthmom but we continue to receive emails from his birthdad. It still feels like yesterday we got the call to go pick up our son.

Sickness has hit our house pretty good this past month. Both Ross and I have experienced the stomach flu on 2 different occassions. Isaac had a little bug on his birthday, poor boy. He was only running a low fever but it was obvious he didn't feel well. At least he was back to himself in about 3 or 4 days. However, Caleb was hit hard. He came down with a fever last Thursday and it only progressed from there. Caleb did have H1N1 and experienced very high fevers. He reached 103.7 and I almost called the hospital but we waited it out a little longer. We alternated Tylenol and Motrin every 4 hours, pushed fluids and tried to keep him as comfortable as possible. His fever finally broke on Monday but his cough and congestion got much worse. We took him to the doctor and he has sinus infection/bronchitis. He's on antibiotics and we hope it will knock everything out.

Isaac had an MRI done on October 23rd. We've been monitoring his head size since birth and at 9 months it seemed to have stopped growing. We honestly didn't believe anything was wrong because he is developmentally on track with the exception of a MINOR speech delay. No one is real worried with the speech because some kids just talk later than others and he's a boy. A busy boy in fact. Well we decided to have an MRI just to put our mind at ease and rule anything else out. We have an appointment with the neurologist on Friday, but our primary doctor received the results and gave those to us. He did not see anything out of the ordinary and said everything looked fine. We're just lead to believe Isaac is going to be a little guy just like his birthmom.

I have some pictures from Isaac's party but I will upload those later and create a new post for that. Cousin Caden and Aunt Gina and Uncle Brad couldn't make it to the party so hopefully we'll have them over soon and can get some pictures.

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!

This weather has been crazy the last week or so. Today it was down right chilly. It's a good thing I took the boys outside earlier last week on a decent day to get pictures in their Halloween shirts. Now to find a nice day to take their pictures in their costumes. Maybe I'll do indoor this year, who knows.

The boys are growing as usual. Isaac is now 34 1/4 inches long and Caleb is 31 1/2. They are wearing basically the same size clothing so in a way that's a good thing. We are gearing up for Isaac's birthday party on Sunday. My baby is going to be TWO just ask him!!!

We've been struggling to find out what is going on with Caleb. For the past 2 1/2 weeks he's been waking up every morning around 3:00 am and itching like crazy. We had switched to cheaper detergent and that's when I noticed some red blotches on his leg. It soon transferred to both legs, both arms, on his belly and over his rib cage. We were pretty certain it was a case of eczema as he had it as baby but nothing was curing it. We've been doing liquid benadryl 3 times a day, benadryl cream, eucerin cream 2 times a day and Tylenol at night. I finally took him in and now we think he's just having an allergic reaction to something but not sure what. I've rewashed EVERYTHING and have even gone and bought more dreft (I thought we were done with that months ago). The doctor also said he has a sinus infection so he's on zithromax and prednisone. He actually slept until 6:40 this morning so I hope we're on the mend now. Poor thing itches something fierce!

Here's a bunch of pictures over the past month. Enjoy!

Mommy & Caleb- self portrait


Cool shades!


Bye-bye Mommy!


Enjoying a fall day


Watching the airplane!


Playing in the leaves


Cool dude Caleb!


Check out my ride!


Anyone want to catch a ride with me?


Playing in Grandma's pumpkin patch


Brrrr...cold already!


Nice fall day


Boys and their pumpkins

Fall is here

It sure has been cold and rainy out the last week or so. I'm really hoping we have another nice day so I can get some pictures of the boys in the leaves in their Halloween shirts. I have Caleb's Halloween costume and Isaac's is on the way. I can't wait to get some pictures of them! They are too cute.

We've been battling sickness in the house again. We think both boys had a touch of the flu followed by myself and Ross. I've also been dealing with some IBS trouble and have had many tests done in the last few weeks to rule out other issues. Thankfully things are getting back to normal and I don't need a colonoscopy at least not right now. Now my sinuses are bothering me and Ross too. It is starting early. Thankfully we haven't had any ear infections to deal with for either Isaac or Caleb. Caleb has had a bad case of eczema so we're trying to get that cleared up.

We had family pictures, 2 year and 15 month pictures done a little over a week ago. I am anxious to see how they turned out.

I can't believe Isaac is almost 2. Time sure does fly. Isaac is growing fast and learning more every single day. His communication is coming around and the tantrums have decreased a little bit.

No pictures to post this time, but I hope to get some up real soon!