Our first dinner guests

I LOVE this picture of Uncle DeWayne & Isaac. Go Tigers!


Isaac has discovered his feet and won't let go! He grabs them when I'm changing him, giving him a bath, while he's laying on his mat, in his crib, he even tries in the car seat. He hasn't gotten this toes in his mouth yet, but I'm sure that's coming!

Saturday night we had Leah (Marc's sister) and her husband DeWayne over for dinner. We grilled, ate out on the porch and played CLUE. It was a very fun night, and nice to have a relaxing time not worrying about unpacking boxes. We have a lot to put away yet, but I'm hoping this weekend will provide the time to get it done. I purposely scheduled a youth group event at my house in a couple weeks so that I would stay motivated to have it all done by then. Hopefully that will work.

Softball Stress

Tonight is another softball game. I've been having fun, and it's been great to be outside and somewhat active after many months of being big & pregnant. Despite the fun of it, I get stressed out. I am pitching and I am not good at it. I used to pitch all the time and as I remember was fairly decent. Of course, I may be remembering things wrong, but I thought I was better than I am now. My team is incredibly encouraging and understanding, but every person I walk, I have the nagging feeling that I'm letting my entire team down. I feel like I'm the reason we're losing. The other teams are bringing in SO many runs, mainly because I keep walking people. It's very frustrating.

I'm heading to the diamond early tonight to practice. I REALLY hope it helps.

A New Skill

Isaac decided enough was enough. Enough of always being on his back. Enough of only being able to roll to his side. Today was the day Isaac decided to roll over. I knew it would be today. I purposefully stayed home this morning until 9 hoping it would happen before I had to leave for work. About 10 minutes into my drive, Marc called. He missed it too. Isaac was on his playmat and Marc went downstairs to switch the laundry. He came up and Isaac was very proudly on his tummy. He can now roll in both directions, and once he gets on his tummy, he can roll onto his back again too! What a champ. I have to admit I got a little teary when I realized I missed his first roll. It's times like those when I'm sad that I have to work away from home at all. I need to realize that even if I was home, I could've been in the other room just like Marc and missed it too.Here is one of my closest friends, Kim and her daughter Rebekah.

Our attempt at getting all the kids together. This is what meal time looked like. Amazingly we were able to sit down for 3 meals together!

shots, screams & tears - New Pictures!

For some reason my blog is posting after this one, so scroll past this post to see some cute pictures of Isaac & Ali!

Isaac had his 4 month appointment today. More shots. I think I did better this time. Not sure that Isaac did. He's got more of a voice now than when he had his 2 months shots. He's been sleepy all day. Poor little guy.



He is 15lbs 1oz and 26 inches long. 50th percentile for weight, 90th for height, 50th for head circumfrence. He continues to be tall & skinney, although this kid is getting some checks!



We started cereal this week. He's been doing okay so far. He's still trying to figure out this whole spoon thing and what to do with his tongue. It's cute.



I just tried to upload a few pictures, but my weak internet connection is yet again failing me. Maybe it has something to do with it's origin...hmmm...



Anyhow, last week I spent 4 nights away from home. Monday night, Isaac & I headed to Chicago where we stayed with my friend Melissa & her 6 month old twins, Hannah & Dylan. I wonder why I always say Hannah & Dylan and not Dylan & Hannah. It's that way with couples too I suppose. I think we are always Marc & Gretchen. My sis & her hubby are always Em & Joe to me. Leah & DeWayne, Don & Kelly, George & Melissa, Kim & Randy...Why is that?



Anyhow, back on track. Tuesday we loaded up the van & headed to Bloomington, IN to stay with our friends Kim & Randy and their 9 month old daughter, Rebekah. We made it to I-65, just into Indiana when we had to stop for the first time & feed all the children. We made it another couple hours and had to stop again to feed. One last stop to try and calm a few screaming children and a 3.5 hour trip became a 5.5 hour trip. We became quite familiar with many Starbucks along I-65. The trip down was enough to make me want to stay longer just to prolong the trip back up.



Within the first 1/2 hour of being there, we found out that Kim is expecting! Yay! Then we found out it is twins! To be completely honest, I wasn't surprised that she is pregnant, but the twins - that caught me off guard! I am so excited for them & know they will handle 3 children under 2 with such grace & patience. I wonder if Randy will still get his 1/2 hour of stretching in each morning...



We were all amazed at the fact that we sat down for dinner and had a peaceful meal. When I can add pictures I'll show you how funny our meal time looked. We had a swing, bouncy seat, jumperoo, saucer & high chair all surrounding the table. All 4 children were in one of these wonderful inventions. It was hilarious!



We ventured out once to a friend of Kim & Randy who also have a 6 month old dauhter, Elise. We ate dinner there & headed back home. Other than that, we sat in the living room and played with our little ones in between feeding them, changing them & putting them down for naps. None of them were on the same schedule the entire time.



I got home Thursday night & spent all day Friday getting ready for our Breakaway retreat. That was at camp roger on Friday night. This was my first retreat with this group & my first night away from Isaac. He stayed with Em & Joe and did okay, despite his 2am wake up call. I missed him more than I thought. It makes me more nervous to be leaving for a week a month from now.



Anyhow, I'll have Marc help me get some pictures up here from my trip soon. For now, off to fold laundry.

Young Love

I had to think of a different title - Kelly already has "Ali & Isaac sitting in a tree" for her post.
Check out these adorable pictures from nursery on Sunday. Isaac is taking after his dad & going for the older woman!

New Blog for a New Time

I've had some problems with signing in, etc to my old blog. Rather than try to figure it all out, I decided to delete the old one & create a new one.

Welcome & Enjoy!