Goodbye

I tend to procrastinate and there are a few things that I am so grateful I didn't put off. I am so thankful we took Isaac to Washington in June and spent time with Grandma Ba. I am so glad she got to meet my baby. I am so glad I listened to my mom and sent both a thank you note and an e-mail to her last week. It seemed repetitious at the time and I thought the note would probably be enough. The e-mail made it in time, the note did not. Thanks for the advice mom. I am so thankful I know Grandma saw the post I did just for her and that the pictures made her happy. Mom, I am so sorry you lost your mom. Joette and April, I am so sorry you lost your mom recently. I can't imagine the pain of losing your mother. All three of you are such examples to me, you all have such faith and strength.
Goodbye, Grandma Ba, I love you and you will be missed.

This is for you Grandma Ba (Greatma)

My parents said you wanted to see a picture of Isaac in his bear pj's. He looked so cute in them. I wish we were closer so you could see him in person. We love and miss you and hope you feel better!

(Sick) sleepy little tiger

We spent last Monday night in the ER with poor little Isaac. He started throwing up and wouldn't stop, it was so sad! He got really pale and lethargic and I got way scared so we took a trip to the hospital. Of course this all happened after the clinics were closed and while Shawn was in school taking a final. Luckily, I was at my parents when it started so my dad took us to the hospital and stayed with us. They gave him Zofran which he was able to keep down, and once it kicked in they had me feed him to make sure he would keep that down. He never threw up again after the medicine, so they sent us home. Sure sounds easier then it was, it was a horrible night. I couldn't even put him in his car seat because every time he would throw up he would choke and I didn't want him strapped down choking. It was a good decision- he did throw up in the car. And in the waiting room, and in his room in the ER-poor baby! I was a mess, no one warned me about this part of being a mom! It's so horrible to have a sick baby, I felt so helpless. I don't stay calm and collected either. You wouldn't know that I've been a nurse for 10+ years, I just turn into this crazy, terrified mother-it's embarrassing. Anyway, he is totally fine now, by the next day he was acting completely normal. Oh and just to clear things up, we did not take our camera to the ER. We took that picture with Shawn's phone once Isaac was feeling better and perking up and I was a little calmer. The little gown was pretty cute-it was huge on him. It says "sleepy little tiger" all over it which he was. This all happened after his bedtime. What a night!

Anything for a cute picture.

Shawn and I went to my cousin Zach's wedding luncheon at the Timbermine and I thought these pumpkins would make such a cute background for a picture. One problem, Isaac doesn't sit up yet. So Shawn scooted 2 pumpkins together and balanced Isaac between them. Then he jumped out of the way so I could hurry and take a few pictures. Well, it didn't quite work, seconds after this picture was taken, Isaac leaned to the side and face planted on the ground. We felt like terrible parents but we did get our picture...

He's got teeth, ouch!

I don't know if you can see it, but there is a tooth there! (Actually now there are 2) The day before he turned 5 months we stopped by my mom's work and she discovered the tooth. I didn't believe her at first but when we finally got him to open his mouth so we could look, there it was! You could see where the 2nd one was about to break through, which it did 2 days later. So now he has his 2 bottom teeth and man are they sharp. His breastfeeding days may be numbered if he doesn't learn to stop biting!

The Fair!

We went to the fair with Patti and David, Mary and John and their kids. We had lots of fun and lots of good food. I tried suggesting to Shawn that we eat when we leave the fair since everything costs so much, but he was pretty horrified and informed me he goes to the fair for the food. My mistake!

The sheep and goats kept trying to eat Isaac's blanket but he didn't seem to mind. He loved watching the baby pigs eat. That poor mama pig, I can't imagine feeding that many babies! I thought one was hard.

Labor Day

We wanted to get Isaac out and do something on Labor Day so we went to the Ogden parkway with John and Mary, David and Patti, & Shawn and Shannon. The kids played while we sat around and talked then we walked a little on the trail. Mary worked her baby voodoo and Isaac just cuddled with her until he went to sleep. Amazing. Mary, you are welcome at our house anytime! After the park we went out to dinner at Chili's. Fun day!