Nathan~Alyssa~Isaac

4/19/2010

G Fam Update

So, a lot has happened... First of all, we moved in with Nathan's grandmother. We call her Grammy. She's awesome, and so easy to live with. She's actually at the hospital recovering from shoulder surgery at the moment, and doing fine. The living situation is a good one for us, and we'll be able to help Grammy as well. Next in family news, and probably most exciting... WE'RE EXPECTING BABY #2!!! Hurray! I'm just about 10 weeks along, and everything is great so far. Our expected due date is November 17th. Not surprisingly, I'm plagued with nausea (and the often accompanying vomiting) but thank goodness for medicine. I discovered Zofran during my pregnancy with Isaac, and it is changing my life. I pretty much feel amazing most of the time, and nauseous every once in a while (like when I need food). I missed it on Friday, and I barfed from 4:00 am 'til 8:00 pm when Nathan got home with my refill. Not a pleasant experience. Seriously, what would I do without that miracle drug? Aren't you glad I'm super blunt? I'm going to garden this year... for the first time in my life. Grammy is a Master Gardener, so I'm hoping to learn a thing or two. It should be fun. We are a happy little family at the moment, and we're definitely grateful for each other and for our other blessings in life. It's Spring! Glorious Spring. I'm loving it.

3/31/2010

Isaac's 2nd Birthday!

Okay, so Isaac's birthday was in February (the 17th to be exact) and I thought it would be great if I could make record of it before April. I guess I barely made it!

Isaac with his cute cousin Lindsay.

Aren't they adorable in their animal print towels?

I'm going to love this picture FOREVER.

Isaac's birthday cake. I wanted to make something more cake-like,

but I was voted out. So, dirt-cake it was!

I couldn't wait, so I let Isaac open a couple presents the morning

of his birthday. He loved these books from Grandma.

He also loved his card, as you can see :)

Another shot with the cousins. Seriously, I'd love to know

what Shauna and Lindsay are both thinking in this shot.

Umm, we're happy! Come on Isaac! Time to be happy!

Isaac with his Grand-Dad, who helped him

blow out the candles. I can't believe how skinny

Isaac looks in this picture. He's really beefed up again

over the last couple of months.

Got to love those stages and phases.

Cake face!

Aunt Elizabeth with Isaac on his big day.

Isaac sporting his new jammies from his Grand-Mummy.

2/26/2010

How could this possibly be comfortable?

2/22/2010

Back Bloggin' Part 10

DECEMBER

Snow, Tree Hunting, Tree decorating, and CHRISTMAS!

What is it about babies in snowclothes?

I love it.

We had to wake Isaac up so we could get out

of the car and go tree hunting!

Isaac and Grand-dad

And here's our tree!

Isaac promptly removed all the ornaments on the lower half.

That's part of the fun, right?

Here's the decorated tree before Isaac did too much damage.

Merry Christmas! Mr. Potato Head was (and still is) a major hit!

Isaac and Lindsay playing a new game in their Christmas jammies.

And here are a few videos for you! Yes, I'm FINALLY posting videos. I'm going to try to do this more often... The one in Isaac's bedroom is the funniest. Isaac laughs really hard.

2/11/2010

Back Bloggin' Part 9

NOVEMBER (3rd Installment)

THANKSGIVING AND EARLY CHRISTMAS

This is Nathan's lovely family. We had the privilege of spending about 3 weeks with Nathan's brother Derek and his wife Camilla (who live in England), and a couple of those weeks included everyone else. It's so nice to have that time with family. I love my in-laws, and it was so fun to hang out together. Here are some of the pictures of our good times.

Derek and Camilla reading to the kids...

Lindsay and Isaac eating Chinese...

THANKSGIVING DINNER

Nathan, Ashley, Peter, Reece...

Emma, Derek, Camilla, Uncle Dennis, Aunt Gilberte...

Adorable Owen, Ashley, and Peter...

Our little fam...

Reece and Emma-pants...

Nathan's dad with his siblings...

The Ikester...

EARLY CHRSTMAS

(we all drew names)

Lindsay with her new outfit from Ashley...

Shauna's cleaning kit from Isaac...

Isaac's mini Uno from Shauna

(he also got a cute lego truck)

Ashley's new books...

Me and my ticket to see The Nutcracker

with Elizabeth and Shauna! So great!

Nathan with some fun toys from Derek...

Elizabeth with her lovely picture from Ashley...

Isaac got this cute book from Nathan's mom.

How did we not get anything more than your arm in this picture, Mom? Sorry!

And the paper crown fashion show!

We got these awesome paper crowns from Derek and Camilla...

I love Isaac's expression in this next one.

He's like, "Mom, take that thing off. You are embarrassing me!"

Good times were had by all! We miss you guys!

2/04/2010

Back Bloggin' Part 8

NOVEMBER (2nd Installment)

A DAY AT THE PARK

The happy newly-weds (Derek and Camilla), arrived from England during the second week of November. We were lucky enough to have some warm weather, and we enjoyed a lovely day in the park.

Camilla, our British sister in-law!