Beautiful Calling

Two years ago today, I woke up in the wee hours of morning in labor. {With all three children, labour started between 1am and 3am – neat huh?.}. I was beyond excited. Chloe’s labour was 36 hours start to finish but John’s was less than 5! I was expecting Isaac to arrive soon so I [...]

  Physio and occupational therapy have been a part of our lives from the very beginning. June 2012 Isaac turned one year and it was time to set our therapy goal for the year. Our goal seemed lofty: Isaac to be able to sit by his second birthday. At the time, Isaac was just rolling [...]

{Isaac’s MRI photos from 2012 – he’s so cute!!} In June of 2011 when Isaac was born, he had his first MRI at a week old and a second at 2 weeks old. He’d had some rapid head growth and a few other concerns that warranted these tests, along with others. The MRI revealed that [...]

Since Isaac (19 months) can’t sit up yet, due to his tone issues, his baths get pretty boring lying down. I was pretty excited to find this spa baby bathtub a while back. Isaac likes to sit up and splash in the tub. Doesn’t he look adorable. I know they are recommended for younger babies [...]

Chloe and John love craft time. I was delighted to discover  Crock A Doodle – pottery painting fun for all ages. Isaac’s KinderMusik class met there for one class last month and we made a handprint tile. It’s so cute! We went back the following week and the tots had a great time as they [...]

{Isaac playing with the potatoes. Mama took them away when he started to eat them. He’s sad.}  Baby Isaac isn’t so babyish anymore! He’s 19 months today. How fast he is growing. He got his first tooth on his first birthday. He was just learning to eat pureed baby food and sit in a highchair [...]

Sweet Isaac, What excitement you brought to our lives, right from the very start. Our family is so blessed because you joined it. What a witness of God’s power your little life was right from the beginning. Now I watch as each day you work so hard to do whatever you set your mind to. [...]

Isaac is 7 months – how time has flown. In some ways it seems like a million years ago since Isaac and I lived at the hospital for all those weeks. Yet, in other ways it seems like just yesterday. But then life is often like that isn’t it? Thank you all for your continued [...]

At the Zoo: Peacock, Chloe, John, Isaac and Daddy. {Mommy and the camera bringing up the rear}.

After two homebirths and two healthy children, we figured that we knew the drill. Isaac would arrive and six weeks later we’d hop on a plane – an African adventure awaited us. Isaac, born at home, began to go down hill quickly the next day. A month and a half in the NICU with Isaac [...]