Lansing

We brought the kids down to Lansing to visit family. Uncle Nick and his girlfriend Cindy flew into town from Denver on Friday. Great Aunt Billi picked Great-Grandma up and brought her into town. Basically everyone is in town to celebrate Isabella's birth.

Gabe has to go back to work on Monday and has to be back in Lansing for shoulder surgery on his left shoulder on Thursday for pre-op things. He is having surgery on this left shoulder after the surgery went wrong and the labrul tear was not fixed right before Gabriel was born (another long story). We decided that I would stay in Lansing with the kids for the week. Nick and Cindy don't fly back until Wednesday and this will give us all more time to visit.

Gabriel LOVES giving Great-Grandma kisses


Great-Grandma and Gabriel working on making faces. I think they are both cute!



Great Aunt Billi and Isabella


Uncle Nick


Grandma, Great-Grandma, Gabriel. Mommy, Great Aunt Billi and Isabella


Great-Grandma and the babies



Daddy and his BellaBoo

Bath time

Isabella does not like baths like Gabriel does :)



Gabriel - all clean and cheesing for the camera



Isabella - all clean and awake


Nap-time for all!!

goose eggs

What a few days it has been! We have been trying to get use to this whole family of four thing.

After the first two nights home with no sleep Gabe and I got rest last night. We even managed to have both kids sleeping when dinner was done so we got to eat together, just the two of us.

Gabriel loves his little sister. Isabella HATES to have her diaper changed. Today, I was changing her and she was screaming, when Gabriel came over and hovered over her. Not sure what he was going to do, I went to move him so that he was farther away. Much to my surprise he began giving her kisses on her cheek and her forehead. I wish I had a camera at the time. Gabriel also tried to feed Isabella his chocolate milk bottle.

Mimi and Papa offered to watch Gabriel today while we took Isabella to her first doctor appointment. When I went to pick Gabriel up he had quite a goose egg on his head. I am sure he gave poor Mimi and Papa heart attacks when he fell today. Gabriel has been feeling stronger and stronger with his walking. He will now stand up randomly in the middle of a room and start to walk. I guess he got up and decided he wanted to be closer to Mimi and Papa's television. He took seven steps to the television before miss-judging where the stand was and falling and hitting the corner of his left eye on the corner of the stand. Papa said he cried until Papa picked him up then he was over it. What a champ!

Here are a couple pictures of Gabriel's first goose egg. (The pictures aren't very good because my little cheese man wouldn't hold still long enough for me to get a good picture.)

Home

We came home yesterday around noon. It is weird to have our little girl home with in 48 hours of birth. Gabriel was in the NICU for his first 18 days of life. We knew all of his little quirks before he even came home.

Needless to say it was a long night last night. We will get into a routine and things will be much smoother.

Gabriel is not so sure he wants his little sister around. He wants to be in my lap whenever she is. He then proceeds to pet her, pat her, and then try to kick her off my lap. (Just like he does with the cats.) Whenever Isabella cries Gabriel makes sound effects to help her out. I am trying to keep his routine as normal as possible so that he has some stability.

Leaving the hospital



Today Big Brother Gabriel turned a year and a half old. :)

PICTURES

Welcome Isabella Elise








Isabella's first bath and hair brush


Gabriel's first visit to meet Isabella
Mommy gets to hold her sleeping little man



My babies

Introducing Ms. Isabella Elise Purdy

Beautiful baby Isabella Elise Purdy was born on 2/17/10 at 5:27 PM. She came in at 7lbs 14oz and 20 inches long. Both baby and mother are doing wonderful and we are enjoying some quiet time before we try to get some sleep.
We will post some pictures tomorrow as soon as we get home! Thanks for all of your support!!!!

waiting

Gabriel and I are sitting here watching the winter storm come through. I figured I would post a couple pictures from the last two days for everyone to see.
Yesterday Gabriel went to visit Mimi and Papa for a few hours so Gabe and I could get a few hours of sleep. When Papa dropped Gabriel off he was still pretty sleepy so I put him in bed with his daddy. How cute are these two!!!


Gabriel has a new game. He empties his basket of toys out as much as he has to in order to sit in it and play. You should see him gather the toys he wants to play with and put them in the basket before crawling in. Here are a couple pictures of "A Boog in a Basket".



He is getting so big isn't he!

One year ago

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Before we handed Gabriel to the nurse to take back for surgery




Post surgery


TODAY
We have come a long way!