whirlwind weekend

Wow! What a busy weekend we've had. It's been wonderful. It started with Aron, Erica, Belle, and Judah's arrival Thursday evening. I had been swimming and ended up staying at my mom's for dinner. Brian joined us and we had a nice visit. I forgot my camera.

Friday at noon was a birthday fish fry for Kyla. She invited Isaiah and I over to her parents' house (Brian was invited too, but was at work). Kyla prepared halibut fresh from her recent Alaskan adventures. It was delicious!

While there, we got to visit with Kyla's entire family. Here is Wyatt, who is 3 months younger than Isaiah, but almost as big!

Isaiah got to play with Wyatt and Owen. Aunt Pam had these huge trucks and Isaiah loved playing with them and Owen is such a great cousin, always ready to share.

Aunt Pam had a cat and Josh and Kim brought Muffin.

That evening, Alyssa had us over for my birthday dinner. It was delicious-all my favorites, including a blackberry cobbler.

Isaiah is very interested in Lucky.

After dinner we took some pics outside.

The kids

The guys

The gals

Then we walked to the playground for some fun!

Grace caught a toad.

We ended the evening by relaxing on the porch. Aron, Erica, and Judah joined us later after the rehearsal dinner. Belle was staying with cousin Chloe. What a perfect way to celebrate my birthday!

The next night was Seth and Alanna's wedding. The new pic at the top of Brian, Isaiah, and I is at the wedding. I didn't get many more pics as Isaiah was worn out!

Isaiah & Alyssa

Aron, Danielle, Samuel, & Ben

Ode to Lori...

My favorite Eskimo, Lori, is so wonderful. On my birthday, she was one of the first people to text me and wish me a Happy Birthday! She's on a four hour time difference and she was up and remembered me first thing. So, I started thinking of how I take her for granted and sometimes I'm not nearly as good to her as she is to me. For example, on the most recent girl trip that I didn't get to go on, she sent us back some goodies from Alaska. Can you believe that I didn't even thank her for all the goodies? What a inconsiderate "friend" I am. To try to make up for my inadequacies, I'm posting to her b/c I'm so unbelievably grateful for her and her friendship. This is Lori with Isaiah when he was about a month old. Yes, she flew here to meet him, another example of what an awesome friend she is.

The next few pictures are all of Isaiah wearing stuff she's sent him-they are in no particular order. By the way, I think she bought him more for Christmas than Brian and I did.

Here he is in his moose p.j.'s


His UK hat, just like daddy's. I'm telling you, this girl is amazing!

His warm and adorable winter hat.

His "Mom" House of Blues onesie.

His superman onseie and jeans.

"My Mom Rocks" bib.


And, most recently, new moose pj's! They say "I Moose be Dreaming" and this is Isaiah's tough face!

We love you Lori and are so thankful you are in our lives! Hugs and Kisses!

Quick Catch Up

Here are some recent photos of the babe. I've really been slacking on the posts. I started my masters and haven't quite adjusted to balancing the workload yet! I'll get it and try not to keep everyone hanging for so long next time.

Isaiah is ten months old! He's had another haircut and he is into everything! He's walking with help of others or push along toys. I need to get a video and post it. I'll work on that.

This is one of his favorite places to hang out in the living room. Don't you love his little House of Blues onesie? Two very special people gave that to him as a gift.

He enjoys picking grass. This day he was fascinated with the flowers.

Crazy hair morning!

Looking for Ike..

bday ideas

i'm trying to start planning isaiah's first b-day. i want to try to have the majority done before school starts...i need ideas!

some i've come up with:
owl (found some really cute cupcakes) this is also the theme of his nursery
farm-he wore his first carhart outfit this week and it was adorable! can't wait to get him some bibs for fall
puppies-he loves dogs, but i haven't been able to find any cute stuff

any thoughts or ideas?

the past week...

Here's a few pics from the 4th. We go up to Rankin Hill and a few of the Kirk's make homemade ice cream to share with the whole family. These pictures were taken early. This year it became pretty crowded as it got later. I didn't get many pics b/c I kept seeing people I haven't seen in a long time. It was nice to see everyone. I love Rankin Hill on the 4th. For more AMAZING pics, check out my sis-in-law's blog http://aronericakirk.blogspot.com/

This was a few days before. Here are Isaiah, Judah, and Wyatt. They were moving around everywhere. They liked to hang out (literally) at the fireplace! Notice the nice bathroom rugs padding the brick.

These are of bath time. This first pic cracks me up! Judah braided his mohawk--hehe, just kidding. Judah doesn't have a braid--it's his momma's. She was leaning over him and it looks like it belongs to him! :)