the Yoda

Many of you know that I call my sister Yoda which is kind of a weird nickname. Her real name is actually Jodie but in college she was always giving me such great advice that I started calling her the wise Yoda and unfortunately for her . . . it stuck =) This weekend was another example of how she earned her nickname. June (mike's mom) was telling me about The Happiest Baby on the Block and Jodie started talking about it too. So she taught me some quieting techniques from the video and it was like a miracle! He stopped crying immediately and its worked multiple times so now we call her the "Yoda Whisperer". He also just seems to relax in her arms (obviously I'm talking about Isaac here). It was a super great visit and we will miss her lots and lots!!

New Visitor

Yeah! The Aunt Yoda has arrived with all her wisdom and a new play-gym for the little man. He decided to bless her with a gift in his diaper upon her arrival, but she chose to love and hug him nonetheless. We love our visitors!

Isaac Bath Time

Its bath time!!! Actually this was done a couple of days ago, so we didn't let our child wallow in his own dirt for 11 straight days. Still having fun with the late night crying spells, but he's starting to shift the cries to the 9:00 pm range which is good. More sleep for Mommy! That's all for now in the world of diapers and hiccups.

Fun times with Isaac!!

Little update for ya: Isaac didn't need any UV therapy. I think our walks helped and he's been a good eater-every 2 hours. Mommy is looking forward to this week when I can start to stretch it to 2.5 hours and even 3 hours at night!! woo-hoo!!

Isaac's Hiccups

our little bili baby =)

So he's still working on getting that yellow color out. He was in the 95% yesterday so we will see today what he is. He's gaining weight so we are positive that it will be okay. If not, the treatment is easy. His dad was under that light for 8 days when he was born so maybe it runs in the family =) What's really nice is there's a precious Beginnings group from teh hospital that does home visits so all of his blood draws have been here. I thought I'd add some pictures of our UV walks for you all!

Grandma Anspaugh and Aunt Steph (and Isaac)

Announcing Mr. Isaac!!!

Hi all!!! We wanted to share our big news! (actually it's little news!). Our baby, Isaac Thaine, was born into the world on Saturday August 2nd at 8:26am. Everything went well with the delivery and he looks good (just a little yellow but they're following that). He was 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 3/4 inches. So hopefully he'll be tall like his daddy and not short like me ;) Thaine is a family name from my dad and grandpa and Isaac is from Genesis 21.You can go to http://www.kmcnetwork.org/wcs/babygallerykmc/menu/showbaby.cfm?id=12931 to see a picture from the hospital.

We feel pretty blessed with this little miracle and are so excited about it. He's adorable! I'll try to keep updated on some photos and maybe write some more. Those every 2 hour feedings sure do keep me busy but his bilirubin is going down now so that's good. We had his first Dr's appt today to check him our and it all went well. We really like our pediatrician, Dr. Sorauf. I know him well b/c I did my pediatrics rotations with him.

My mom and Stephanie are still here. My mom got here last Monday and I went into labor on Friday so she helped me out here for almost a week before. I think my entire house has never been so clean and we've had some great meals. Stephanie arrived Friday when I was in labor so we really didn't get to chat much ;) But I'm so glad that they both got to be here. My mom was in the delivery room and I'm so glad. She helped us get some great pictures and helped me during labor. I'll be so sad when they leave. We wish we were closer to home and hope that our families feel that they bond well with him.

He's just so much fun right now and these moments are precious!

Love,
Kristi and Mike (and Isaac)


When we first got to the hospital

Coming home!!!
My first car ride

Isaac and Aunt Steph Grandma Anspaugh and Isaac