Home Again

Third time home with a new baby. The older kids are still with the grandparents tonight, so it's a quiet house.

So little, and yet it won't be long before he outgrows this car seat.


Poor Striker...yet another kid in the house. Then again, more dropped food and someone else to steal cookies from, so it's not all bad.

Isaac meets his big sister and brother

Grandma and I went to get them from daycare and brought them back to the hospital to meet Isaac. Yesterday was the first warm day (high of 76!): Abbey even got a sunburn!


They had a lot of fun with Isaac.




Ethan liked the baby but was really more interested in the dinner that had just been delivered for Debbie.


Abigail was disappointed that it wasn't a sister (for a while she insisted that it was a girl brother) but was very happy to see him and hold him (with help).


Isaac will never be lonely!

Meeting Isaac

Debbie had a very hard labor and delivery, all naturally, but she did very well.


We were admitted about 1:00, and Isaac was born an hour and twenty minutes later.


First phone call was to Debbie's mom. Isaac makes their 14th grandchild (9 boys, 5 girls)


Her mom and dad stopped by a little after 4:00 to meet their newest grandson.

Welcome to baby Isaac!

Yesterday (March 14) at 2:19pm, we welcomed Isaac Anthony into the world. 7.8 pounds, 21 inches long. We did not know if he was a boy or girl this time (Abigail was disappointed when I first told her, but very happy to see him when she and Ethan visited us in the hospital).

Getting ready to leave for the hospital, about noon:

Happy birthday to Ethan!

Ethan turned three today. He's such a sweet little boy...and he is very much a boy. His favorite movie is Cars ("ba-chow!", and his favorite toys are cars. We bought him a set of Lightning McQueen pajamas, and my parents contributed a toy Mater, and a set of Cars coloring books. In addition to his other gifts.