Weekend fun

This weekend we had the chance to meet my new nephew Bjorn Everett. He was born on August 4th so he is about 4 1/2 weeks younger than Caleb. He's quite a bit smaller. Caleb was born at 8 lbs 3 oz. and Bjorn was born at 6 lbs 10 oz. It's going to be so neat having a cousin so close to Caleb's age and then Isaac isn't too far ahead of them either so I am sure the 3 of them will have loads of fun. Not to mention that Bjorn's big sister Norah will be the leader of the pack!!!

Here's a few pictures from the weekend!

Picture time!

The boys are growing so fast. Isaac is 9 1/2 months, crawling, pulling himself up, getting into everything, he's such a big boy! He got to go in his pool for the first time this weekend and had a blast! Caleb is about 10 lbs already and eating well. He sleeps about 4-5 hour stretches at night which is nice. Hopefully soon we'll go to one feeding at night. I did have to take him to the doctor last week. He has a mild case of eczema. It's on his face, neck, shoulders and chest. Right now we're just trying to keep his skin hydrated and see if it gets better. If not we'll have to take him back in and get some cream of some sort.

Isaac giving kisses

At least that appears to be what he is going to do. Although if I hadn't picked him up he probably would have tried pulling Caleb's hair or hitting him. And he's only 9 1/2 months!!!

I still think it's a cute pic!

DON'T TELL DADDY!

Isaac was a little trouble maker this morning. He is a handful now but so much fun!!!! I am constantly chasing after him and getting him out of things he shouldn't be in. We really need a baby gate about now!!! Ross has a gigantic stack of newspapers and magazines under our end table. Of course Ross has to get every free magazine that is offered even though he doesn't have time to read any. So needless to say the stack is quite high. Isaac helped himself this morning. First he knocked over half the stack and then he grabbed one of the magazines and decided to take it apart. After getting him out of the newspapers I was putting Caleb down and Isaac was quiet. I came into the dining room and there he was dumping Sam's bowl of water on himself and the floor and laughing!!! He gave me a look like "Hi Mom this is fun" so I just grabbed the camera!

Here's our troublemaker!

Look what I found!

I left the room for a couple minutes and this is what I found when I came back. I think I came back just in time because he got awfully close to his brother and was probably thinking about taking a big whack at him!!!! He's too young to understand "be nice to the baby". It's cute to watch him interact with Caleb though. The other night I got some video of him giving Caleb kisses. In case you were wondering, Isaac started pulling himself up two days after he started crawling. He's keeping me on my toes and into EVERYTHING!!!



Here are a few more pictures I took of Caleb the other day!

Caleb is 1 month old!

I can't believe my baby is 1 month already. Where has the time gone. Still feels just like yesterday that I was giving birth to him. Caleb is doing well. He eats about every 3 hours during the day and at night he has been going 4-5 hours which is very nice for Mom and Dad. We were a bit worried in the beginning because he was so fussy. We think he has a touch of colic due to the formula. We have stopped nursing and have gone to Similac Advance which seems to be upsetting his tummy. We went to the doctor yesterday for a check up and we are now supposed to get Similac Low Iron. Apparently this is a formula not found very often. It's not even at Walmart. I hope we this formula is always available to us at the grocery store as that is where I found it.

Caleb is now 9 lbs 8 oz. and 22 3/4 inches long. He is in the 50th percentile for both. We go back in 1 month for another check up. I took some pictures this morning. You will notice Caleb is suffering from a touch of baby acne!

How much trouble can a crawler get into?

Isaac is loving his ability to crawl and he is all over the place so needless to say I am chasing him everywhere and trying to care for a newborn too. Just wait until he's walking. I find Isaac in the funniest places, he is one curious boy!!!

Attempt at 9 month photo shoot

Well we haven't gotten Isaac into a professional photo studio since his Easter photos at Walmart. I tried a few shots just to get us by a little longer. Not sure if we're going to have his 9 month photos taken or just wait until he's 1. However we need to figure out where to go with Caleb. At this point something cheap and simple is all I'm looking at so it might be Walmart again!!! Anyway here's my little man!!!

Cousins...Isaac and Norah!

My parents, sister in law Michelle and niece Norah came over yesterday so Michelle and Norah could meet baby Caleb. Isaac and Norah have so much fun together. It is so cute to watch them. It almost seems as if Norah is tackling Isaac but he seems to love every minute of it. It should be interesting once he's a little older and can tackle back!!! I think these two might be partners in crime! Norah will be 2 years old in a few days!!!!



Looks like a headlock doesn't it??? Isaac loved it!


Honestly he's laughing not crying!!!

Brotherly love!

I caught a few good pictures of the boys together in their matching outfits. Buying them clothes is going to be so much fun and I just know it won't be long before we get asked "are they twins".

Here's our adorable boys!

9 months old!

Isaac had his 9 month check up today. He is 18 lbs 10 oz. and 29 inches long. I know he's in the 50th percentile for the length but I'm not sure about the weight. They tested his hemoglobin and he was a little low so we need to get him on vitamins containing iron. Other than that he's doing great and growing well. He's getting more mobile every day and jabbering up a storm. He says "Ma Ma, Da Da and Ba ba" quite frequently. I tried to get some pictures but it was nap time so they didn't turn out the best. Will try again next week.

Looking like blood brothers?

I have had so many people comment on how much Caleb looks like Isaac and how they have very similar features. I see it too. I think it's amazing how when you adopt a child and have biological children, they sometimes end up looking so much alike. I'm sure I will soon be getting the "are they twins" in public. Not sure how I'm going to answer that just yet but we'll figure it out. So you be the judge, do they look alike?

First 4 pictures are Isaac in his Pooh sleeper and hat when he was 4 days old!









The next 4 pictures are of Caleb in the same outfit at 11 days old!