Wednesday, July 29, 2009

1 down, 18 to go!

Isaiah met the first of his 18 cousins this week. My little sister came down with her youngest, Clara. Clara is five months old but I must say Isaiah showed her up as far as behavior goes. He slept much better and cried much less. In her defense she was cutting her first tooth. Theresa took me to run lots of errands and I think someday I may actually be able to leave the house on my own with the little guy in tow. As of now I'm still not allowed to carry him in his carseat so Theresa had to lug both of them around. She gave me some tips on taking care of him while I'm out and about so that was good. Isaiah and Clara got on very well together . . . perhaps because they were completely oblivious of each other. When Theresa and Clara first got here I made sure Clara knew that only one of them was allowed to cry at a time and for the most part they both obeyed the rule. Anyway, Theresa left this evening so I guess tomorrow I'll officially be home alone all day with my boy--wish me luck!

First Real Bath

I am too scared to give Isaiah a bath. We were just sponge bathing him but since his belly button came off we had no excuse for not giving him a proper bath. Luckily Aunt Theresa came to visit so she took care of giving him his first real bath. He screamed the whole time, which is what he does anytime you try to take care of him--baths, diaper changes, clothing changes, etc. all cause screaming fits.

Isaiah's Church Debut

Isaiah woke us up early Sunday morning and since we were all awake we decided we'd try out taking him to church. He actually did fairly well. He lasted 2 1/2 of the 3 hours, which is more than I can say for myself! Some days I feel like I'm all better, but then when I try to do anything I realize how tired I really am. Of course everyone oohed and aahed over him since he was so handsome! Since I teach the little kids Jerel takes the baby for the second two hours so I guess if you want an accurate account of how Isaiah did at church you should really check with him.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Some more pictures

 
Here's Isaiah at 2 weeks.
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How did THAT happen?!

 So I just checked it out and Jerel is in roughly the 10th percentile for height and I am in about the 5th percentile. At Isaiah's 2-week appointment yesterday we found out he has grown a full inch since birth and is now in the 90th percentile for height. I am not sure how that works . . . is there some kind of tall gene that's like super recessive or something? My family is particularly short--I think the tallest guy for generations is like 5'7" or something, so it didn't come from me! But Jerel does have some taller people in his family. Anyway, we hope Isaiah is enjoying his time as a tall kid since it probably won't last long!

He weighed 8lbs 8oz at birth and by the 2-week appointment they like babies to be back up to their birth weight...Isaiah is an over-achiever and is up to 9lbs 9oz already! That makes his weight in the 75th percentile. His head, FYI, is in the 61st percentile. Ha, look at me throwing out all these baby stats--I am definitely turning into one of those annoying first-time moms that think everything about their baby is soooo fascinating...
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Grandma Atkinson

 Here's Isaiah with Jerel's mom. She's been a laundry-washing, baby-holding, diaper-changing fool the last few days! I told Isaiah he's going to have to start going naked once she's gone. He didn't seem too bothered by that. She's heading back to Utah this afternoon. Jerel's making his yummy chocolate chip cookies for her today--hopefully she'll share with me!

Isaiah slept lots and lots last night so we love him extra today! After his second feeding we let him stay in our bed and no matter how we laid him down he'd wiggle himself around until his feet were lined up perfectly to kick my incision...silly little guy!

Anyway, we've sure appreciated having both grandmas come to help with the baby!
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

A few more pictures

 Isaiah wasn't particularly cooperative during yesterday's photo shoot, but here are a few more pics anyway. Isaiah is doing pretty well. He usually only wakes up to eat twice during the night and that is fairly tolerable. I am getting a little stronger every day so that is encouraging. Anyway, time to feed the baby again...
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