The First Month in Pictures

Well, Isaac is almost 4 months old now so I guess I better play catch up on on the last three months!  

Meeting Brother

I admit I was very nervous about how well S would do with the new baby, but she has been great and loves him dearly!  She "loves him" a little too much so I have to stay in between them most of time:)  I have loved watching the two of them interact especially now that he is getting older and is really interactive with her.  All she has to do is talk and he immediately smiles.  When she first saw him in the hospital she wasn't so sure, she walked in very timidly and wouldn't really look at him.  We let her hold him and after a few minutes she kissed and hugged him and after that it was like he had always been here and she was completely comfortable around him.

Isaac William

Wow, it has been a long time since my last post!  I do believe that I have a pretty good excuse for my absence though:)  We have welcomed a beautiful baby boy into our family and are completely in love, again.  He was born on May 25th at 1:30ish in the a.m., yes for some reason I only seem to give birth in the middle of night.  He weighed 8lbs. 12oz. and was 20 and 1/4 inches long.  His birth was pretty fast and easy compared to my first birthing experience, which was fast also, but not anywhere close to easy!  I had S naturally with no drugs and was only in labor about 6 hours.  My fear with this one was that I would feel that first contraction and panic because it was such a painful experience last time.  Well, that is exactly what happened!  My contractions were strong and painful from the beginning so I told K pretty much right away that there is no way I could do it again because I knew exactly what was coming this time around.  I begged them to get me an epidural as fast as possible, and from that point on it was a completely pain free experience!  I went from watching HGTV to pushing in a matter of 30 minutes, and I felt nothing.  I wouldn't trade either experience because they were both amazing in their own way.  I am just so thankful that he is here and happy and healthy as he can be!  

A Great Day

This last weekend was our last weekend before the baby comes so we wanted to just enjoy being together.  We went to breakfast and then went downtown to the farmer's market so that Sadie could ride the pony at the  park.  The pony ride didn't happen because she was too scared to ride, which is weird because she isn't ever afraid of anything.  Thank goodness they had jump castles because she loves jumping and sliding.  We didn't stay too long because it was so hot and humid so we just went to the Yogurt Mountain and had fruit sorbets. K wanted to see the water while we were there so we went to the Battery and watched all the sailboats.  We had a backyard cookout later that night with friends, great way to end the day.

First Haircut and the Sprinkler Park

S really needed to get a haircut because she had a definite mullet going on, curly yes, but still a mullet:)  So we found this place by our house that is just for kids and has all sorts of fun stuff for them to do.  There are flat screens at every chair playing Disney movies and a play area and all the lollipops your child can eat!  You can see in the pictures that she is pretty nervous until she gets a lollipop, then she is all smiles:)

Our local county park has a sprinkler park for little ones that S loves!  We went the other day with my sister and nephew, and a friend of ours met us there with her little girls.  S always ends up with another child's beach toy or bucket.  She found a little wagon this time and pulled it around the park the whole time.  She was definitely more content to play this year than last year which is one of the things I love about this age.  In one of the pictures I told her to go and sit by her cousin and she went and sat right ON him:)

Easter Weekend

I hope everyone had a good Easter, such a wonderful day of reflection!  We went on a little road trip to Greenville to spend Easter with K's parents and extended family.  We had a wonderful time and loved seeing everyone again!  I have always felt extremely blessed to not just love my in-laws, but like them too:)  I have always felt that they are the "big" family I never had but always wanted.  I am always blown away at how much effort they put into the holidays, and I love the southern cooking:)  There was a big dinner and then an Easter egg hunt for all the kids.  

She loved her Easter dress, she kept saying "princess".

On a completely different note, my girl loves a good chicken leg:)