Another pictureless update. Sorry no internet at home!

November 17, 2009
Mom and Dad have been here for the last week, along with their friends Ron and Reona Cleaver. We’ve been having so much fun. They got here on Tuesday afternoon. Mom has been working on making the perfect homemade bread recipe. We’ve been in heaven eating hot bread everyday!!
Isaac loves having so many people here to give him attention. He’s discovered that Grandpa always has a soda pop with him and loves when he shares! He’s been having some sleeping issues since they’ve been there, but finally slept through the night last night. We were very pleased this morning when we saw that we got a full night’s sleep too!! Isaac is getting better and better at folding his arms each time we have prayer. Two nights ago he folded his arms at the beginning and then got so excited that he was doing it that he clapped threw the rest of prayer. It was hard for me not to laugh the whole time I was praying! I love watching my little man grow and learn things. I guess if he’s learning to pray we must be doing something right!! (Maybe)
Tomorrow is 33 weeks. I can’t believe we’re already to the single digits on weeks. We scheduled our tour of the hospital yesterday, we’re going on Saturday. We can’t take Isaac with us (no one under 12 is allowed) so we’ve been waiting for a Saturday when we have a babysitter. Mom said she’d watch him so we’re taking her up on the idea. This pregnancy is going great. I don’t have hardly any swelling, which makes me happy because my feet were already not fitting into my shoes by this time with Isaac. I’m planning on waiting as long as possible before I quit my job. We figure the more we can save before this baby is born the better. My aunt gave us all her girl clothes to go along with all the boy clothes that we have for Isaac. It’s been one of the nicest things. We’ve only bought Isaac about ten outfits since we moved here because we’ve had all her cute things for him to wear. The outfits we have bought have mostly been for family pictures so everyone would match and his Halloween costume.
Brandon and I are so happy. I love coming home from work and having the three of us play together or spend time together. Our little family just gets better and better everyday. I didn’t think that was possible because it seemed so great when we first got married, it was hard to believe that I could ever love him more, but everyday it grows.
This weekend there is bull riding at the farm down the road from us again. We love going to watch because you get to sit so close. Last time Isaac was scared of all the clapping, hopefully this time he’ll be excited and will enjoy seeing all the animals.

Short Update - No pics again

November 9, 2009
Wow time is sure flying by. Where does it all go? It seems like yesterday I was coming home from work to celebrate Isaac’s birthday and that was two months ago. I feel like every time I turn around time has run away from me again.
Isaac loved Halloween. He was a little monkey. We sure thought he looked cute in his costume. He loved caring his little bucket around and thought it was so fun when people would put things in it. He didn’t realize that they were putting candy in it because he hasn’t really had that much candy in his life.
The other night Brandon, Isaac and I were all sitting in the bed. It was almost Isaac’s bed time but we were having so much fun as a family that he got to stay up a little later than usual. He crawled to the head of the bed and put his head on my pillow. Then he reached down and pulled the covers up to his little chest. He then proceeded to have a very long drawn out conversation with Brandon and me. We have no idea what he was talking about but he was very adamant. He used had gestures and facial expressions like crazy. When Brandon or I would answer he would wave his hands to quiet us like we just didn’t get what he was saying, which we didn’t. Brandon and I could hardly contain our giggles as we listened to our little boy tell us all his news. He loved the attention and we were amazed at how much he is learning.
Last night was a first for Isaac too. Every time we have prayer we try to remember to tell Isaac to fold his arms. He usually just looks at us like we’re crazy and keeps doing what ever it is he was doing. Sometimes we’ll show him by folding his arms for him, but that makes him really mad so we just let him sit there. Last night for family prayer Isaac folded his chubby little arms (ok so they aren’t that chubby but they sure are cute!) and bowed his head. Then he looked at us to make sure we were still doing it. After the prayer was over Brandon and I made sure to praise him at how good he was. He clapped his hands and gave us each a hug. I love watching my little boy grow up!!
We’ve passed the two month mark on when baby is due. She’s now due less than two months from now. Who knows when she will come though? We’re hoping she’s born around the 18th of Dec. or else after the 31st of Dec. so that Brandon won’t have to miss school. I’m sure she won’t be born anytime around then because that would just be too convenient.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

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Fall Fun

Yesterday was a fun day. Isaac and I met Heather at the pumpkin patch after she was done with work. It wasn't a real pumpkin patch because it's probibally too warm here for them to grow; but they had them set up in a booth as well as out in a small field. This place was a lot of fun. Not only were there pumpkins but there were also farm animals to see and pet, a small playground, corm mazes (3 total... one for little kids that we went through, a longer one for families, and a haunted one that is open at night), tractor train rides, and a sandbox that was filled with kernals of corn instead of sand. Isaac loved the whole place. He walked around a lot and enjoyed seeing all the attractions. We finally left after almost an hour and a half. We bought a small pumpkin to carve for Halloween and Heather got some fresh tomatos, squash, and cucumbers. All in all it was a fun family outing.

Bath Time with Ikeman!

I took a bath with Isaac last night, it was so much fun. We haven’t been taking baths lately, mostly just showers because they’re faster and I’m so tired when I get home from work. Last night Isaac really needed one (we had gourmet French toast for dinner with Raspberry syrup so he was covered!) and I thought it would be relaxing plus I didn’t want to get my hair wet so we took a bath. Isaac was so excited when he saw the water filling up the tub; he just loves to play in water! While Isaac was playing I laid down with my head on the side of the tub and just relaxed. Isaac kept giving me these huge smiles like, “look at me Mommy, I love you Mommy, Thanks for taking a bath with me Mommy!” Every time I would smile at him he would scrunch up his face and blink his eyes as tight as he could. (We're going to try to get a picture of this tomorrow. He's so silly!) I’m not sure where he picked that up from but he just started it yesterday. Eventually Isaac came over to see why I was being so boring and laid his little head on my giant belly. The baby started kicking like crazy; I guess she didn’t like Isaac squishing her home. Isaac seemed a little confused as to why his pillow was attacking him. He was so funny. I love watching him learn about the rest of the world around me. He’s the greatest little friend I’ve ever had.
Speaking of the baby I can’t believe we’re already 26 weeks pregnant. When in the world did that happen? It seems like just last week we weren’t even to the halfway point and baby seemed so far away. Now she’s just 14 short weeks away, and only ten if she comes as early as Isaac did. I’m so not prepared for this. What in the world are we going to name her? Brandon and I can’t agree on anything. We have zero good names! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Day Care Drop-off and Pick-up

I hate hate hate dropping Isaac off at day care. I thought I was getting better until yesterday morning when Isaac cried the entire 30 min drive to day care. He’s usually very tired and sleeps for the whole drive, but we’ve been trying to transition from a bottle to a sippy cup and he really hates it in the mornings. He’s ok most of the time, but in the mornings he’s so tired and he wants the comfort of his bottle. So anyway, he cried the whole way and would quiet down a little when I would sing the itsy-bitsy-spider but that only worked three or four times. When we finally got to day care I was near tears, its hard to listen to him cry because you woke him up, its still pitch black outside, and you would both be much happier in bed. I couldn’t believe how much it hurt my feelings when Isaac dove out of my arms and into Wendy’s like he could care less if I was there. He even pushed me away. As I headed back out on the road to work all I could think about was how rediculas it was that my eyes were leaking when I want him to enjoy daycare not freak out and cry when I drop him off. I don’t know what is worse when he cries or when he’s happy to have me go.
I love love love picking Isaac up from daycare. If I got off work before Brandon got done with school everyday it would be the highlight of my day, but I don’t so I only pick him up once maybe twice a week. Yesterday (September 28, 2009) was one of those days that I picked Isaac up after work. When I go to day care I ring the door bell and wait. Isaac is always in the back room (unless he happens to be taking a nap upstairs) playing with the other kids that are waiting for their Mommy’s to come pick them up. Usually he is snuggling with one of the workers because he is dead tired (as am I) by the time I come to pick him up. Yesterday though he was playing with the other kids and didn’t notice me when I walked in the room. I enjoyed watching him interact with the other kids; mostly he was just following the bigger ones around. After a few minutes I said, “Isaac.” He turned his head and his eyes got huge and he promptly fell over. Then he struggled like five times to try to stand up. He was having a hard time because he was so excited to see his mommy!!! He finally got to his feet and toddled over to me as fast as his little legs would carry him. Then he gave me a snotty face wipe (AKA a kiss) and a great big hug. It made me feel like I was on top of the world. I think picking Isaac up from day care will be one of the few things that I’ll miss when I have the other baby and quite working.

Mad Climbing Skills

So the other day (Tuesday, September 22, 2009) Isaac was in a really cuddly mood so Brandon and I sat down in the recliners to watch some TV while he sat on my lap and cuddled and ate a bottle. When his bottle was gone Isaac decided he’d had enough cuddling and wanted to play so I put him down on the floor. This was NOT what he wanted. Apparently, he wanted to climb back and forth from the floor to the recliner. The only problem with this is that he isn’t quite tall enough to get down from the foot rest. Don’t worry though; Isaac came up with a solution. He would hold on as tight as he could and lower himself until he lost his grip and would fall on his back. It looked really painful and I had to try really hard not to grimace the first time he did it so he wouldn’t cry, or so I thought. Apparently it wasn’t painful at all because he did this over and over again. Each time I thought he was going to start crying because it looked so painful, but no he just kept getting back up to fall again.

Sorry no pictures but I'm writing all these stories at work and putting them here so I won't forget to add them to my journal later.