Baby Blessing

Charlotte was blessed on April 13th. We had quite the crowd in our little ward. We are grateful that so many of our family members could make it! Thank you to everyone who particiapted.
After party! If there's fruit around Isaac is sure to be eating it. I think he finished off the fruit bowl! At least it's not candy, right?

Charlotte slept through her entire party.

Breckenridge

We had a little family vacation a few weeks back. Isaac had his first ride on the snowboard.
Charlotte did a lot of sleeping in the snuggli.
During the entire trip Isaac kept sticking his tongue out. I think he liked the way it felt in the wind.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Aunt Karen and Uncle Ron came to visit for a few days so we had to pack in as much fun as possible. The Capital, Maggiano's, Downtown Aquarium, The Molly Brown House, farkel (some call it 'greedy'), lemon meringue pie, and Heidi's. We met Paige, their grandaughter- what a sweetheart she is. The time we spent together was lots of fun.

Unlce Ron, Aunt Karen, Paige, Mom, Isaac, Sarah & Charlotte.

Why is it that dad's always get the urge to put their kids in danger by throwing them? Evan and Garrett thought it would be good Easton (err, Easter) fun to throw their boys, Martin & Isaac, as high in the air as possible. What funny pictures. The big boys (Alex & Kimball) wanted in the fun, but are growing up faster than Evan & Garrett's muscles!

The kids had a fun time coloring Easter eggs. Too bad that on the way home we ran over a bunny! We pulled over to see if it was of the Easter variety, but we didn't see any broken eggs- thank goodness. We feel bad for the little guy who is now stuck to our tires; oh well, at least they don't have a hard time reproducing- Happy Easter!

All the Aunts & kids (except Charlotte)

Those of you who know Isaac, it doesn't surprise you that during the Easter egg hunt with his cousins, he couldn't care less about finding goodies- he just wanted to figure out how the light turns on...

...Or figure out how to open the garage with the little handle-thingy...

...Who cares about the candy- how does this toy work?

What goes in must come out... At least that's the moto for our house. Just about everything in our house has been replaced, remodeled, or thrown out. We are very excited to have a 2nd bathroom in our house in the near future. Honey, are you reading this? The bathroom will be done soon, right?! This pic is for the rebate on our new toilet. In order to get the rebate we have to provide a picture with a broken tank & bowl- Garrett swore that the hole in the toilet was 'man-made' by him. Sad thing is that Garrett wasn't posing for this picture!

Can you say bad hair day? Isaac now has a haircut to match Dad's. Garrett buzzed it all off but he had to have a little fun first. So this is what Isaac might look like in 50 years. We laugh out loud everytime we see this shot of Isaac- hilarious!

Kiddos

Isaac imitates everything we do-almost. He likes to watch us work around the house, clean the dishes, etc. and wants to help too. The shirt says it all...
Sarah texted me at work one day, "you built the baby gate to far off the ground." "Wonderful" I thought, "how bad is he hurt?" The good thing is that Isaac didn't fall down the stairs after crawling under the gate. We are hoping his head gets just a little bigger so that he can't fit under it anymore. So for fear of worse danger, we left the gate open. It proved to be safer than having it shut... until Isaac was wearing PJ's that were too long for him with sox. Sure enough he was at the top of the stairs when he slipped/tripped and down he went. I promise he really did fall down the stairs!! We took the pics a little late because the two black eyes only show up as bruises now. Poor kid! After a cup of milk though, he was right back to having fun (with the gate closed this time).

This is Charlotte after hearing her bro take the spill:


She is such a darling litte girl- we are so blessed to have her! Sarah loves to play 'dress the baby' as you can see (future photos will also serve as evidence).

Grandpa Easton was in the area afterwork, so he stayed for dinner (Grandma was out of town), and we convinced him to stay with the kids while Sarah and I got out for a few hours. Thanks, Dad! When we returned, the babysitter was asleep on the couch!

We had to get a couple more pictures of Isaac & Charlotte in their Sunday Best:

The Church Challenge

Every week when we attend church, it just happens to be right during Isaac's normal nap time. We try to get him to sleep earlier in the day, but he ends up playing in his crib. So we go to church and take with us a little girl who grunts at everything (albeit very cute) and a 20 month old boy without a nap. Garrett gets the task of keeping him quiet which has only been a sucess a few times. Garrett usually takes Isaac out into the hall because he is laughing, crawling under benches, trying to run up & down the pews, etc. This week though, he was so cute in a new shirt and tie we had to post it (we're not condoning the behavior, we just get a much cuter Isaac in the hall).

Isaac is afixiated with how things work. Here he is looking at a flourecent light that is flickering (although we joke that he is seeing an angel- well you never know, but it looked like a light to us :)

Here he is being entertained by a fan- forget toys, this is way better!

Latest and Greatest

There's nothing like a new baby! They grow so fast so we are trying to take it all in and enjoy it while it lasts. It seems like just yesterday we brough Isaac home from the hospital!

Ah, Ah, Achoo! I know it's cold/flu season, but that is the wettest, nastiest, biggest booger I've ever seen!

Just kidding-it's applesauce; Isaac is spoon challenged, he will only use a spoon for the first few bites and then he uses his fingers. It was hilarious watching him eat this particular time. He would bring a fist of mush to his face just to realize that it had all fallen through his fingers by the time he got it to his mouth. He saw some applesauce on his hands still, so he licked his palm while closing his fingers around his face. LOL!

Cousin Alex holding Charlotte

Sunday nap with Daddy.

This is Charlotte right now as I am blogging.

Charlotte one week old.

Aunt Tara

Cousin Nicole

Grandma Eddington

Cousin Kimball

Isaac had his 18 month Check up last week (even though he is really 19 months).

Weight 26 lbs. (51st percentile)

Height 2'10" (80th percentile)

Charlotte's two week check up.

Weight 6 lbs. 3oz (4th percentile) We are working on fattin her up, to get her back to her birth weight.
Height 1'10" (91st percentile)

Fresh From Heaven!

Well, Charlotte is finally here! She arrived at 4:01am on Friday morning the 8th, bouncing in at 7lbs, 6oz and 20" long. She ended up being 5 days late (Garrett thanked her very much for allowing him to watch the Super Bowl). She is so adorable (bias considered)! She came out with dark brown hair, and a lot of it. She opened her eyes almost immediately as she entered the world, just checking out all us earthlings. She proceeded to cry once Garrett broke out in song, singing happy birthday, or maybe she started to sing along- but probably not. We are so happy she is here and officially a part of our family.

Sarah, Garrett & Charlotte- Happy Birthday

Cami was awsome, she was our doula, but didn't want us to call her that in the delivery room becuase the hospital staff gets a little anxious- so she doubled as our "friend". She helped us know what to do and was very encouraging. The comfort of having her in the room with us was remarkable, plus she predicted the time of delivery within 1 minute- Thanks Cami! All the nurses & doctors were impressed with Sarah's progression throughout the delivery- good job, babe! The delivery of Charlotte was very different compared to the C-section when Isaac was born. A lot less recovery time and we were able to enjoy our 'family' sooner as the healing process was significantly reduced.

Sarah & Cami

Charlotte is the first girl-cousin, Grand daughter & Great-Grand daughter in Garrett's family. We think she'll get a little teasing from all the boys, but alot spoiled from all the adults. Grandma & Pa Easton have been watching Isaac while we were at the hospital. They brought him to meet his little sister for the first time, when Garrett coached him to say, "baby". He said, "be". Very cool. We'll see what his reaction is when he realizes that this little "be" is invading his space and attention from mom & dad. We think he will do just fine, but we did see the possesive side of him at Christmas with his new toys- maybe he'll be just has possesive of his sister as well?!

Isaac & Charlotte

In Sarah's family she is the evening factor for girl and boy grand kids (3 & 3), that is until this summer when Melinda will have her 2nd... About 2 minutes old.