They're Sleeping -- Just Not at Nighttime

Brad (the proud Daddy) with his two precious children

So many of the pictures in this post are of the kids sleeping. Ha! It must look like that's all they do, but I can assure you, it's truly not! They're just so adorable when they sleep, it's hard to resist taking pictures of them...here's Isaac last week (7 weeks old in this picture).

One of the reasons why I haven't posted since we've been home was because immediately after we got back home, we all got sick. Here's a sick little girl. I was working in the kitchen, and she got her blankies and water cup out of her bedroom, and just laid on the floor near me, completely lethargic. And that's NOT like December, as you know!

Isaac was sick, too. It was awful! It's so hard to see a newborn all sick. He couldn't even cry because he lost his voice, and at times it was hard for him to breathe, and he was coughing, and it was all so awful. We had so many humidifiers and vaporizers going in our apartment that you could look across the room and see the cloud of humidity. It was pretty crazy!

December reading to Isaac. He was pretty enthralled, as you can tell!

A sick, napping December.

Isaac on our bed, soaking up some sunshine.

Isaac's favorite position in which to sleep in on somebody...I think that's probably pretty typical of a newborn! And we are more than happy to indulge him. :o)

Our precious son, 8 weeks old today.

Isaac's Baptism

Isaac was baptized on Sunday, January 4 at our church in Michigan. Our pastor was very kind and did a pulpit switch with Dad's church that morning, so that Dad could do the baptism. It was such a wonderful, meaningful service, and we love it that Isaac is baptized! Brad preached in the evening service at our church, and he did a great job! You can listen to it at www.covenantprez.com, under Sermon Downloads.



After the service, we had lunch in the church's Fellowship Building, with my extended family -- and my pen pal Rebekah and her parents even came, too, which was great!

Here we are with my parents and the beautiful, yummy cake!

Isaac and five generations (from left to right): Isaac's Great-Grandma, his Great-Great-Grandma, me, Isaac, his Grandma, and his Great-Grandma

Our family and the five generations -- pretty incredible!

Christmas 2008

We celebrated lots of Christmases, at different parties with my Dad's side of the family, then my Mom's side of the family, and my Grandma's family, too, but on Christmas Day, my siblings all gathered at Mom and Dad's house along with my Grandpa and Grandma. Here we are at Christmas lunch, after going to Christmas Day services at our churches.

My Grandma and Grandpa -- we love them!

The cousins had their own special kids' Christmas table.

After lunch we opened Christmas presents -- it was lots of fun!

I'm reading December a Curious George book that she got from Grandpa and Grandma. December LOVES Curious George!

Here's Isaac's Great-Grandma holding him.

Have you ever seen Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation? Well, here's the squirrel in our Christmas tree!

Makenzi, Markus, Emilia, and December all rough-housing with Great-Grandpa, loving every minute of it!

The girls all got matching dresses, which was quite adorable.

Taking a break from all of the excitement (this is not December's best picture...)

Grandpa reading his grandkids a book

Here's Isaac in his Baby's First Christmas outfit!

Our Trip to Michigan

It's been a while since I've blogged, and I'm sorry it's taken so long! It's been more difficult to find time to blog ever since Isaac was born, but as he gets older, I'm sure it will get easier to find the time...But I'll hopefully put up alot today, because I've got tons of things to blog about!!

Mom has a jacuzzi in her bathroom, and the kids LOVE to take huge bubble baths in it! December's three cousins are here with her: Markus, Makenzi, and Emilia.

Mom is helping the kids make Christmas cookies, and they loved it! They each got a cookie cutter to help cut out the cookies.

Isaac's Great-Grandpa is holding him (my Mom's Dad)

Mom took all of us girls for a girls' day out, and it was so much fun! We went to Starbucks, went shopping at the mall, went out for lunch, did more shopping, and all around had an awesome day! From left to right: my sister-in-law Maria, my almost-sister-in-law Marie (she's marrying my little brother Klynt in July), my sister Kelli, and me.

Kelli holding her nephew

Markus and Makenzi wanted Isaac to try on Markus' boots, so Isaac was pretending to be a BIG boy!

The boys hanging out at night -- Brad, Isaac, and my Dad




Sometimes Isaac reminds me of a cat -- he loves to be cozy and warm and sit in front of fireplaces, so here Mom and him are cuddling in front of the warm fire.

One night we rented a movie that needed 3-D glasses, so here we are, looking quite nifty

Mom and Isaac

Isaac looking up at his Mommy (who loves him alot)

I think December is a bit afraid of holding Isaac, so she doesn't hold him very often (I think she's scared because the first couple of times she held him, he was crying, and that made her cry) -- but here's one of the few pictures where she's actually holding her little brother!

Makenzi, Emilia, and December all holding Isaac (he was a very good sport about it all!)

Emilia and December in matching outfits. They thoroughly enjoyed matching each other!


They're only four months apart in age, and they play well together...

Emilia and December in matching shirts, watching Clifford the Big Red Dog together.

Isaac and his Daddy taking a nap together.

We had such a wonderful time in Michigan! It was so fun to see all of my family and extended family and our church family again. We were there for the entirety of Brad's break -- we left on the day Brad finished his last exam, and we came back almost three weeks later, on the day before Brad began his January term. It was great to be able to be there for so long, although it went really fast! I especially enjoyed having all of the extra hands to help out with December and Isaac!