Isaac the Helper

Lately Isaac has turned into quite the little helper.

He found these while helping downstairs.

Helping Papa clean some tools.

 

 

 

Finding a stud on the wall.  

 
Of course, Isaac loves helping the most downstairs!

Loves to help unload the dishwasher

He hears the door open and yells, help help help.  No broken dishes ye

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I love his help, but sometimes Seth is not too fond of it when he has his computer work to do.

Notice the head phones backwards.

We are hoping this eagerness of wanting to help continues in two months when baby arrives.  Please Isaac!!

That's Mr. Vice President to you

Just this past week Seth got a great opportunity and became Vice President of the Twin Cities Oracle Users Group.  For those who just went huh??  Oracle is a computer database system in which he uses at his job and hence so do many other computer nerds.  This is a completely volunteer position, but none the less a great opportunity where many networking options will pass his path.  He will be in charge of setting up speakers for meetings, and finding venues for these locations.  Their past meeting was at General Mills in Golden Valley.  They had their own private sushi chef for lunch, so money apparently is not in the question when booking venues. How fun!!  Isaac and I are very proud of our New Vice President.

So Tired

This week Isaac has been sleeping in some funny positions and I wanted to share a couple.  Enjoy he is pretty darn cute while sleeping.

close up

Sleeping sideways in his crib with foot in the air.

2011 starts at the Dr.'s.

Three specialists in one week, I think we have had our share.  Seth started out the week by going to see a podiatrist for his very overdue toe problem.  He had a massive ingrown toe nail removed.  To quote the dr." This may be a record."  Gross!!  

Isaac went to see an optometrist this week.  He won't leave his eyes alone, and rubs them on anything and everything.  I feared that he might not be seeing well and was trying to clear his vision.  Nope, not the case he has very plugged tear ducts.  He has to be on drops for about a month, oh the fun of those!!

And, well then there is baby and me.  We went to go see the obgyn that will be doing the c-section.  Set a date and time for the section.  April 5th, St. John's at 9 am.  I am so excited to be done with this pregnancy and meet our last baby.  We also discussed my latest health problem of shaking suddenly and overall sickness.  All blood work came back fine, so as usual they are not sure and most likely baby is to blame.  

I hate the shaking spells and as you can see from the pic so does Isaac.  He often won't leave my side, and as I was directed to do I must stay in bed.  Isaac often reads to me, eats his snack and wants me to watch a movie with him in bed.  I can tell he is going to be very helpful with the baby, but I already fear his reaction to mommy healing after the c-section.

watching "rocket" on the t.v. and holding my blanket.

Yes, he read me all those books in front of him.

New Site

Welcome to the new Site!

I know what you are thinking...I just changed websites and why am I starting another one.  It's simple the last one was too hard to keep up with, and let's face it if I can't keep up with one baby I will never be able to do so with two.  Plus, this way I can keep you updated on all of us and not just Isaac and his new brother/sister.  Yes, we call ourselves a family of four already, because well let's face it this baby is still apart of us and consumes many decisions and actions we make.  This new site will help me to be able to post more often with smaller posts; not as many pictures, just the highlights.  I follow many blogs using google, including family and friends and it is very simple.  I am sure you will find it much easier than receiving update emails from me and having to remember a password.

We hope you enjoy the new site and will add our blog to the many I am sure you are already following.
Happy New Year Everyone! 

Basement update

It has been a long weekend, but great progress has been made in the basement re-model project.  It is so nice to have lights, wiring, and the HUGE hole from the plumbing finally DONE!!  A big thank you to Corey Palfe and our Dad's who helped out this weekend.  Oh, and of course Isaac who was a HUGE help as well. 

Assessing the wall situation

Hammering away

The HUGE plumbing hole and mess

Working on Papa's wall

Helping Grandpa fill in the hole

Grandpa let Isaac go in the hole, highlight of the day!

Pounding in dirt

Lily came for a Visit

My friend Sarah and her family came home for Christmas.  Some of you may remember the instant bond that her daughter, Lily and Isaac had this past summer.  They were able to get together for a short play date this time around.  The bond wasn't quite the same, but I do think they remembered each other and had fun playing.  Thanks for playing Lily!!

Isaac and Lily cooking

Playing with the airplane

Isaac trying to teach Lily how to paint

Not really sure what they were up too here.

Isaac rocking Lily

Lily rocking Isaac, it was a bit harder for her.

Off running and giving the blocks a ride.

Lily riding the zebra

It was so fun to see them together again.  Both of them are getting new siblings soon, and we can't wait to see how much they change until the next visit.  Lily is coming back from Texas again this summer, we can't wait!!

Christmas

This year Christmas was a little different than most.  With the basement remodel, we had no decorations (including a tree) at our house, so it was a little hard to get into the Christmas spirit.  However, Isaac of course did not seem to mind and LOVED the festivities surrounding Christmas Eve and Day.  Unfortunately, I was sick all of Christmas day, but we still had a great holiday besides.  We found out later in the week that Baby #2 is causing me to have pre-fainting spells and low blood pressure which we think was the cause of the illness on Christmas day.

Isaac's toys  from Santa.  Santa came in the evening since I was so sick, but Isaac didn't care.

Before church on Christmas Eve

Before Church

Isaac wanted to say Merry Christmas to Baby so I told him to give baby a kiss.

so excited to finally have a cookie!

He opened this present and said, "SWEET."!!