Hello Mr. Sun!

The weather has been really hot but beautiful lately! We've had a blast frequenting the pool and traveling quite a bit lately. This month we were blessed to be a part of our good friend Brian & Krissie's baby Eddie's baptism, make a trip to Chicago to visit our good friend Paul and head up to Kenosha for a much needed trip to see Barb, Tom & Sara. Most recently we went to Crooked Lake to visit with the Voors family and stayed over at Elizabeth & Jeremiah's - Charley had a blast playing with the boys and Elizabeth (Aunt Zebey) had fun cuddling with Wilson.

We've also had a quite a bit of visitors this month, including Aunt Zebey, Sage, our cousin Dan, and Emily & Olivia. We love having visitors & catching up.

Wilson is on the verge of rolling over, and boy does he get frustrated that he can get about 3/4 of the way but not completely! He also had his first taste of solids yesterday - our baby loves carrots! Charley informed me that Wilson certainly would not like carrots; however I explained to Charley that not all children have a strict diet of peanut butter & jelly! I've had fun getting out the Magic Bullet again and whipping up baby food - it's really great and relaxing - there's something about crushing things into millions of pieces!

It's taken about 3 months I think, but I'm REALLY enjoying staying at home with the boys! We've gotten into a great routine and are having a wonderful time together. Mitch is busy with work and is itching for football season to begin. Christmas came early when it was announced that the Colts training camp has moved to Anderson! Mitch has also been nuts around the house, painting the deck, fence and picnic table. He's also laid a ton of mulch and is really doing some wonderful improvements. I would like a ceiling fan in the living room now for more added light, but I'm afraid he won't look at anything inside the house while the weather continues to be beautiful.

I've included some recent photos below.

**Also, please keep my sister Barb, brother-in-law Tom and my niece Sara in your prayers while their family is coping with some much unexpected health issues.

Hello Carrots!
The boys hanging out!

Great Grandma Voors with Charley & Wilson

Charley's prepared for paddle boating!

Our updated and improved deck! YAY!

Okay, give me your serious faces. Good job!

Elizabeth, Mom, Me & Barb

Jelly Belly tour

Grandma & Grandpa and the boys in Chicago

Cool kid!

Our visit with Paul!

Hello June!

10 Pounder!

Wilson weighed in today at 10 lb. 1 oz! Way to go chunkers!

We've been keeping busy in the last month....

We've gone putt-putting....

We had some houseguests during April & June...

We got a membership to a local pool....

Wilson was baptized....

And we've just been having a great time!

Weekend Photo Review

Wowza, we had a full weekend! Wilson had some unexpected trips to the doctor with some eye gunk; however by Saturday morning he was fully recouperated. Join me on this photo summary of our weekend....

My Student Affairs Administration Master's program is complete! Our director of the program Dr. Wessel hosted a brunch Saturday morning....


THEN....later in on Saturday, my parents and Gramama visited to celebrate the completion of my degree. We had a really great visit - check out the SIZE of those steaks....grill em boys!

My Gramama spent a lot of time holding Wilson and playing with Charley. Later that evening when asked what his favorite part of the day was, Charley said "zooming cars on the floor with Gramama" - that was my favorite part too, Charley!

Sunday morning Charley had a music program during service at his preschool. He wasn't too interested in participating in singing; however he stayed on stage and behaved rather well, so FOUR STARS BUDDY! (Charley is on bottom row - look for the little boy more concerned with the buttons on his shirt than the actual program).

Today we noticed our neighbors playing in a giant mud puddle - we decided very quickly that Charley needed to join in the fun! He had an absolute blast!

We had quite a full weekend and loved every minute! Hope the rain continues a bit more so our newly seeded grass can grow, grow, grow - however, not too terribly long so we can go to the park this week and enjoy the sunshine.

Look How Big I Am!

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March/April 2010 Photos

Grandma Voors helps with bathtime!

Look at all these eggs guys! (Don't tell anyone Mommy didn't have time to boil them - woops!)

Easter Hunt at Grandma Isaacs

One Month Old

Mr. Wilson is one month old today - although it's been a LONG month filled with lots of emotions and challenges, it's hard to believe our little guy joined the world a month ago!

I know that I need to post some new photos - trust me, I will do this soon. We went to Riley yesterday for his follow-up echocardiogram. Luckily there seems to be no coarctation (narrowing of the artery) - insert random dancing and screams of joy here. The cardiologist noticed two other things that she wanted to keep an eye on and recommended a follow-up echo next month. We will consult with our pediatrician more tomorrow morning, but more than likely we will have the echo at Riley again. Wilson's left ventricle is larger than his right and although this can be normal for a variety of reasons he doesn't possess any of the reasons for the enlargement. The other concern is that the speed of blood flow in one area of the aorta is faster than they would like.

Other than that things are going well. Only 20 DAYS LEFT UNTIL MY MASTER'S CLASS IS COMPLETE (Insert MORE jumping, hooting and hollering here!). Mitch is keeping busy with work and looking forward to the BSU Summer hours to begin shortly. Charley is loving staying at home; however he severely misses his buddy Reed and we've managed to see him almost every day this week.

More photos soon....pinky swear.

Home Sweet Home

The Isaacs family is all under one roof! Wilson was released from the NICU late Friday evening. We are so pleased to have everyone at home. It has been strange not driving to the hospital every morning, but it's a great change! Because of his faint heart murmur they performed an echocardiogram prior to his release; unfortunately a questionable coartation appeared (possible narrowing of the arteries which affects blood flow to his legs). This week we will be heading to Riley to have a follow-up echocardiogram performed; however we're hopeful that the test reveals our little monkey is healthy and no follow-up appointments will be needed.

All in all we're excited to be home, a little apprehensive about the Riley visit but taking one day at a time. Mommy & Daddy are taking turns sleeping however Charley is having no trouble sleeping at all!

I finally got around to uploading my photos from the camera - click on the the link to my Flickr page (on the right tool bar) to view them - here are a few....

Wilson is loaded up and ready to head home! See ya later NICU, thanks for everything!


We stopped for milkshakes to celebrate Wilson's homecoming - Charley was pretty excited!

Meant to post this photo early last week - here is a photo of Wilson in his first outfit - too cute! It was a gift from Alison & Justin and the nurses ooh'ed and ahh'ed about the cuteness factor!

We're in the HOMESTRETCH!

I'm not generally supersticious; however with this situation I'm cautious to report just yet. Yesterday the doctor gave us good news that Wilson could possibly be released Saturday. Generally parents of NICU babies are asked to participate in "homeward bound," which involves the parents and baby staying in a hospital room a night or two before the baby's release to ensure the baby is thriving and the parents are prepared for taking care of their child. In Wilson's case they need him to be fed round the clock for two full days to be sure he is maintaining/gaining weight. Well because the labor/delivery area is ridiculously full I'm doing a "pseudo homeward bound" where I'm staying in the NICU round the clock for the two days. Last night was the first night and Wilson did great! His feeding tube has been removed and they would like him to eat about 46 cc's per feeding - well last night he ate 70-75 cc's each feeding! Personally I think it's because I showed him a photo of Brian & Krissie's new baby Eddie and he realized the need to kick it into high gear to catch up with his 8+ lb. self! Whatever the reason Wilson did great!
We're not going to tell Charley that Wilson could possibly come home until it's official - I'm afraid the little boy won't sleep a wink with excitement!

Thanks again for everyone's thoughts & prayers. Here's to an anticipated wonderful weekend to celebrate!