Isaac's Birthday/Parties

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY ISAAC!!!
I can't believe it has already been 5 years since we had you. Time really has gone by so quickly. You have brought so much joy and happiness into our lives. I LOVE your smile and cute laugh. You have such a sweet heart and always know how to cheer people up. You come up with some of the craziest things and I wish I could remember all of them. Right now some of your favorite things are Star Wars Legos, Star Wars anything, playing the Wii (when you earn enough stickers), playing outside and you are learning how to write your ABC's and your numbers. Mom and Dad are so proud of you and you are such a great brother to Sarah.

Growing up we always got the number of balloons you turned. So here are his 5 balloons.

Star Wars Legos - I love the true smile when opening a present.



We decided to take him out to dinner at Red Robin. It was so funny watching him while they were singing to him. He didn't know whether to laugh, smile or be imbarrassed. He enjoyed the whip cream off the sundae and Sarah enjoyed the rest!


He asked for a batman cake and this is what I was able to create.

Opening his presents - clothes, lots of books, and the game Connect 4.


So we left for SLC the day after his birthday so I decided to just have a little party and Wheeler Farm. It was going to just be my brother and his family and my cousin and her 2 kids. Eventually it turned into a big party with my family along with all of Gary's family. I love it when we all get together. It had been so long since we were able to celebrate someone's birthday together. To keep with the theme, I had ordered a batman cake topper.

I realized I barely have any pictures of my kids with G & G Oaks so I thought this one was pretty good! Thank you to everyone for coming and it was so nice just relaxing at the "farm."

Ultrasound

Well Isaac has been right all along. He has said he wanted a little brother and Isaac and Sarah will have a brother joining the family sometime in February. Here are a couple of the US pics. He was not shy at all but was definitely a mover!

Catch up

So I am about a month behind and the one time I have lots of pictures to upload I don't have access to my camera cord. We celebrated Isaac's 5th birthday in Yakima and again in SLC with family. We then enjoyed a fun labor day weekend in SLC. Next we celebrated my 32nd birthday in SLC. I was able to watch the Utes beat BYU which was a fun game. Even though I passed up the tickets to the game it was still nice to watch the game on TV without traffic and crowds. Then we had a fun weekend with Gary's family and enjoyed seeing everyone. This last month has been very crazy for us and I have enjoyed this time in SLC. Although I am ready to go back home and have access to my stuff and my clothes and have Sarah in a CRIB! She is so sweet but climbs out of the pack and play and loves to climb in bed with me. And we all know how much sleep we get when a toddler is sleeping in your bed. We are so excited to find out the sex of baby #3 and I am very tempted to go to fetal foto instead of waiting till we get back to Yakima - we will see what I decide. As soon as we have made up our mind and know our fate we will pass the good news along. I will also post pictures as soon as I can.

Isaac Swimming Lessons

Swimming freestyle by himself!

Boating

Back in July we had some friends invite us to go boating with their family. Oh course we jumped at the opportunity and said Yes! Their family has a share in a private lake about 40 min. away. It was wonderful because there were only 2 boats on the lake and we took turns going out and having fun. Isaac absolutely loved the water and jumped right in. He enjoyed throwing rocks in the lake and eventually was brave enough to go out and swim with the fishes! They were surround the docks (which I will get back to later). He had so much fun playing with all the kids.

Gary jumped at the chance to get out on the wakeboard. He got up the very first try and had fun going around the lake several times.

Even Sarah got brave enough, after sitting on the dock for quite some time, to jump in and swim. It took her awhile to get used to the life jacket but once she realized she was safe in it she had fun playing. So while Gary was swimming with the kids he found out how frisky the fish are. Yes they like to bite nipples! We later found out the next time our friends went down their little brother got bit and it even drew blood. It was still nice and refreshing to jump in the water!

I enjoyed sitting in the boat with Sarah and Isaac. It was so fun to watch their expressions.

They had this great tube they blow up so the kids can take a fun ride. They loved playing in it too while we held the rope on the dock. This is Isaac, Sarah, Anna and I think Ryan, Anna's uncle.

When it was our turn we were able to fit, Gary, myself, Isaac, Sarah and Anna in the tube. Sadly Sarah is behind Anna so you can't see her in the pictures but they all loved the ride.

We were able to talk Isaac into going out on the knee board. The first time they had him start on his knees and crashed immediately after Gary let go, so we then had him try it on his stomach. He did great. I couldn't tell if he was enjoying himself by the scared look on his face but once he was all done the smile on his face went from ear to ear. He talked about it the rest of the night and the next day too! He was so pround of himself.

Finally some good news!

So Isaac and Sarah are going to be a big brother and sister. Baby #3 is due Feb. 20, 2012. Everything is going well so far and we are so excited. Just wanted to show off some of the latest ultrasound pictures. We told our parents this past weekend, so I know the word will be out very quickly! Since I am only 10 weeks right now there is not too much definition in the US pics, but you can see the head and in some of the views you could see the baby's arms and legs. Of course the Dr. said the baby was a mover, and my quick response was, It's going to be a boy! Only time will tell - and yes we will be finding out in another 10 weeks or so.

4th of July Weekend

Well since our plans to head to Utah were nixed we decided to make the most of it here in Yakima. On Friday we went to a Yakima Bears baseball game.

We had a great time and Sarah even made it on the jumbo screen dancing. It was really cold and we all snuggled up under the blanket! I think Isaac's favorite part was eating the hot dogs at the ball game. Sarah loved when the crowd all started singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game. After the song ended she said, "Again". I should teach her that one, since Isaac knew it at her age.

On Saturday we did some yard work and then let the kids play in the water for awhile. They absolutely loved it. I didn't want to have to go and get Sarah changed so we just let her have fun naked (well with a diaper). The kids played really well together and Sarah kept trying to get Isaac to sit down in the water.

On Sunday evening we went to a friends house for a BBQ. Everything was delicious and Sarah really enjoyed her first try at Smore's. She ate the whole thing without any help! She was an absolute mess when she was done but that's what the sprinklers were for.

On the 4th we had a nice relaxing morning and took the kids to a park to play.

I tried to get a couple pictures of the kids together and this is about as much as Sarah would co-operate! After lunch some friends invited us to their in-laws home for a swimming party and a BBQ. The pool was amazing. They had a huge rock slide (which was a little on the scary side for me) and a fun cliff for the kids to jump off of. Isaac has been a little fish since his 2 sessions of swim lessons and he had no fear of the slide or the cliff. Sarah was a little more reserved, which was just fine for me. The BBQ was great and it was so fun hanging out with a bunch of friends for the holiday. After dinner we decided to head home, relax and put the kids to bed early. We didn't end up going to the fairgrounds to watch the fireworks, but we were able to stand out on our deck and see the fireworks around the valley. It was such a nice and fun day!