Isaiah's Visitors

It was so fun to have some friends stop by to see us while we were staying in the hospital. Thanks to everyone who visited. It makes the whole experience so fun and memorable!Here are my "Tuesday Morning Girls!" Meghan and Susanne were so thoughtful to visit mommy on Tuesday morning and bring up an ice blended latte, plus brought a cute giraffe and balloon for Isaiah
Andrea and Jaxon Knick were so excited to meet and hold Isaiah. They have been waiting to meet him for a long time!
Mommy's good friend and college roommate, Karessa Arbuckle, was able to stop by after working her night shift at the hospital. It was great to have a visitor so early in the morning since we were all awake.
Shelly A. stopped by too! That was so much fun. I even tried to stop her when she was leaving by throwing my hands up in the air.

Meeting my family

The day I was born I got to spend lots of time with my mommy and daddy and I got to meet all of my aunts, uncles and grandparents.Grandpa and Grandma came up to meet me when I was only a few hours old. I didn't cry at all when they were there visiting.
Auntie Jane was sooooooo excited to see me! She couldn't stop smiling at me :)Uncle Steve came up to see me and brought me my first DQ ice cream cake. It even said "Happy Birthday Isaiah!" I think Uncle Steve really likes me :)THEN, my Aunt Betty surprised everyone and drove up from Minneapolis to meet me!! Isn't she cool!! Auntie Jodi and Aunt Liz came to see me too! They sure thought I was special!

Aunt Julie arrived from Colorado and came straight to the hospital to meet me. She stayed a long time and held me the whole time she was there.My great-aunt Kathy came to see me too! She was so happy to meet me.

The Day according to Isaiah

As you may know by now we had a very eventful day yesterday. Isaiah would like to walk you through it a little from his perspective. Well here we go:

The day started out real great. Mommy was relaxing and I got to just lay down and relax too. I like it best when mommy is just laying down.

The next thing I knew I was upside down and boucing up and down. Apparently Daddy took Mommy for a walk to try and get this labor thing going.

I decided to stay put for awhile because Mommy and Daddy were celebrating their Anniversary, so they were very happy. Mommy got Daddy a new BBQ Grill and Daddy got Mommy a new DVD/Digital Video Camera so she could record every minute of my life.

The next couple hours my whole world changed. The walls around me started squeezing in on me over and over every couple of minutes. Then I was getting pushed toward my head. My head got squished through a small area and next thing I knew it was cold and there were lights and I was screaming. We have some pictures of this but I don't think Daddy will let me show them on the Blog

This is right after I was delivered. I was cold and scared but the Nurse took good care of me, got me cleaned up and warmed up under the heater. They said my skin color really began to show quickly.

All I wanted to do was relax and get warm but Auntie Lisa was taking pictures and Daddy and the nurse were holding me up. why can't they just let me get dressed and warm and bundled up.

My daddy's hands are so much bigger than mine, but I got a good hold on him here.

This is mommy after I came out and she still has a smile on her face. The doctor said she was a natural at childbirth. I guess I will have lots of little brothers and sisters soon.

Here I am with my Daddy. My Nanny says I look just like him when he was a baby, but looking at his face here... I don't see it. Big nose, bushy eyebrows... Nanny are you sure that is what I am going to look like? Well, I was happy to meet him and finally get to see what he looked like. (I think he was happy too)

Here I am all curled up with Mommy. She was in the hospital all night and all day and she still looks beautiful. There is no place better than in Mommy's arms.

And here I am with both Mommy and Daddy. One happy little family.

Well that's my story so far. Mommy and Daddy said the next blog will just be all pictures of me because I am so cute.

It's a Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isaiah William Lawson

7 lbs 8 ozs

20 1/2 inches long

Born June 23rd 2008 @ 5:12 PM

Now you can all join us in welcoming Isaiah into the world. Both Isaiah and Mommy are healthy and well. We are all very tired and will see or hear from many of you tomorrow. We will post lots more pictures and news very soon.

Sooooo......

It is June 23rd, which means it is Dan's sister Kristi's Birthday, Happy Birthday to her, It is our two year Anniversary, Happy Anniversary to Us, and we are celebrating it at the Hospital... Details later.

Sara's Mini-visit

This is my good friend, Sara Ronnevik (Talsness), we became friends 7 years ago while we were both English teachers in Japan. We both were married in the last two years and are now pregnant together. Our kids will be four months apart! How fun! Thanks for stopping by Sara.

Early Anniversary Celebration

Before Dan's parents left for home they treated Dan and I to steaks out at Ten Mile Lake Steakhouse for our 2 year anniversary, June 23rd . It was great to spend some time together and to enjoy a nice dinner without a baby!
After dinner we went out to my parents house for coffee and to get a picture of all of us before Jack or Jill arrives (and NO those are not the names we are using).

Fun with the Nieces & Nephews

On Saturday all four of my nieces and nephews came over and made pizzas from scatch. They had so much fun, as did Dan and I. Then they went out front and played with the water hose, getting soaked. Ohh, to be a kid again.....

No Baby Yet, but...

No baby yet, but it will come soon. Stay tuned.

Parade

Last weekend there was Summerfest and my nieces, nephews and family were all in the parade. We had so much fun watching everyone go by! Plus, we got to join in some of the activities. My niece, Holly riding Butterfly
The Bethel Sports Camp float!!

Me and Dan
Dan at the pie eating contest
Me at the pie eating contest

Working on Baby's Room

We got the baby;s changing table last week, so Dan put it together. We have the baby's room mostly put together. Here's a few picts. Now it's just waiting for a baby....

Back to Work

No baby yet, but at least I am able to be back at work until he/she comes.

Pregnant and Home

Well, here I am 33 weeks pregnant and offically on bed rest. This past week has been a bit of a challenge. I went in for my regular 33 week check-up on Wednesday and when my doctor check me, he found that I was 2 cenitmeters dialated. He immediately put me on bed rest until June 2 and had me sent up to the Labor & Delivery unit of the hospital. Once admitted and monitered, I also found out that I was contracting every four minutes, without me even realizing this. SOOOO, I am now at home and on medication for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully the baby will not come until after June 1 or 2, then I will be 36 weeks along and that's an ok time to deliver. At any rate you can pray for me that I won't go stir crazy!!

Pops the Iguana

Dan is so proud of "Pops" our pet Iguana. Well, it's more like HIS Iguana. Anyhow, he is now 4 ft 3 in. in length from head to tail. Dan has had him for 4 years, since he was a baby.

Mother's Day

It all started last weekend, at the mother's day banquet at Bethel church, honoring my mom. The greatest mom I could have ever been given and who I hope to be like.....

Here she is with 3 of her very good friends, Diane JoAnn, Candis and my mom, JoAnn.

Jane, our mom and me at the Mother's Day banquet

Then, this past Saturday four of us girls (Betty, Jane, me and Jodi) took my mom out to Nature's Garden World to buy all kinds of flowers. Betty surprised my mom driving up from Minneapolis!

We saw lots of beautiful flowers....

Surprise Visit

Two weekends ago my Aunt and Uncle surprised my mom and dad all the way from Florida for my dad's birthday! It was so fun to see them. We had everyone over for dinner and dessert one of the evenings that they were around.

My mom and my aunt had been shopping the afternoon before coming over to our house and my mom counldn't resist buying this cute outfit for our little one. We don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but it's great because it will work for both!