Isaac is 2 months old!

Wow how time flew. Our little man is getting bigger and bigger all the time. He can hold up his head, bounce on his feet, grasp, and best of all... he finally legitimately smiles. We love his adorable smiles and his cute little noises. He loves long walks on the river in the evenings feeding the geese and just taking it all in. He usually tuckers out by the end and ends up napping as we go. Here are some pics from this evening.

We love Boise

Although we love living in Salt Lake, love our family and friends, and love our house, we really love Boise too! It's so much nicer now that we are here together. The last couple of days we have been taking long walks along the river, and feeding the baby goslings in the area. Today we walked around the farmers market getting fresh greens, cheese and homemade dressings for our dinner, then fed the goslings, and after dinner Kev and I saw the local beaver that lives in our pond.

The 'hood

Welcome to 'hood.... parenthood that is. What a crazy month it has been for us. We welcomed the little man on Feb 18th and have been running like chickens with our heads cut off ever since. Everyone says how this changes everything and it really does but I never would have guessed the amount of time and energy it has taken for me just to figure out how to put food in and keep processed (or spitup) food off this little creature of ours. How many diapers in a day? Seriously? There have been some rough moments, some fun moments, and a whole lot of adjusting to a new normal. Being the paranoid new parent that I am I convinced myself our baby had pyloric stenosis because there could be no other explanation besides an anomaly requiring surgical intervention for the amount of food coming back up after each feeding (turns out spitup can be quite prolific without being a real problem). I enjoy taking a morning bath with the munchkin each day, except on the days he decides to poop on me in the tub. We're starting to learn cues to make our lives easier such as; a smile means he's about to spitup and a silent diaper change means he is peeing all over himself while you are busy wiping the bottom. We've driven Kev's dad (the little man's doctor and grandpa) nearly mad with our questioning, "is his skin supposed to peel like this", "when does the umbilical cord come off", "is his circumcision healing well", "what can I do about this baby acne", "when can he go out in public" "should he be spitting up this much", "should he REALLY spit up this much", etc. etc. He has been most patient and kind with the consistent response, "if he's gaining weight and doesn't have a fever he'll be fine". And he's right, he's been just fine. We love him so much and are so happy to have him with us on this next leg of our adventure. And so it is a little tearfully I return to work on Monday and Kevin leaves work for the next couple of months to be a full time Dad until we return to Salt Lake. Alas, I hear suspicious noises coming from the crib and think it may be time for yet another diaper change.

Isaac is here!

Baby Isaac was born on Feb 18th at 11:20 AM. He weighed a whopping 5lbs 14oz. He was 18 3/4 inches long and is very healthy. Here are a few pictures. Everyone is doing well. We're having fun and feeding regularly. We're a little tired but thrilled to be new parents. More info to follow when I have internet access again.

Quick update

The bun is still in the oven. This is actually very exciting news for us! I have been studying like crazy for step 3 of the medical licensing exam (two days of 8 hour testing -yuck). I was scheduled to take it yesterday and today - cutting it a little close to the delivery admittedly, but I needed the time to study. Kev and I went to my OB appointment last thursday and my OB said that he wasn't sure I would make it to the test! Now this doesn't seem like that big of a deal but this is a once a year test and I REALLY wanted to get it out of the way before I had a baby. And guess what, I made it!!!! Yay! The test is over with and the bun is still in the oven. Now I'm just hoping he stays in until Kev is in town again. So everyone cross your fingers (I'll cross my legs) and we'll hope this kiddo has staying power.