A Big Giant Update for little (and big) boys

So today was the big day... Isaac turned 1!! it was this day last year where we drove to the hospital and I said "do you mean we're having this baby TODAY?!" it was a year ago today that Isaac showed up and totally rocked our world. A year ago this morning we were just getting started with Isaac. We're so happy to see how great of a kid he is and how we've been able to travel our crazy road together!

Cindy's mom & aunt came down yesterday and brought all kinds of cash & prizes from friends & family for the birthday.
Isaac started the day off early around 6:30 and was ready for bed again by 8:30... but no before we opened his presents together!!

He got lots of fun toys... and now he has WAY more stuff than he needs:) Jonah also got a couple of presents... including a brand new pack & play!

But before he could open many presents, he had to deal with the sad realities and responsibilities that come with turning one... I guess it's not ALL smiles & giggles:




But presents makes life all better!


my favorite toy!


I hope I don't drive it into a pool like my daddy!


I love presents!!!


Opening my cards & giving a little whistle!


Mom & Dad gave me a fishy for my birthday!


I named him "Happy"!


I like books for my birthday


can I open more, dad?





Check out more of his birthday pictures at the picture page link.

After the present-opening and a short nap we took him for a birthday drive to the doctor to get some shots!! the doctor measures him at 26.5 lbs and 30 inches long. His head circumference is in the 92% and his weight was 90% and his length was 60% for is actual age... they are no longer correcting him b/c he's such a horse. Developmentally he's still a 9-10 month old - which is to be expected - so he's just big and slow... but at least he's happy about it! He handled his shots very well and we took him home for another bottle and a VERY long nap



While Isaac napped I went to work for a little while and Cindy & I both went to see Jonah in the hospital. Everything seems to be coming along the same - they are doing a CPAP during the night and a nasal cannula during the day to try and wean him off the CPAP. he's still having the alarms, but it might be a while until he grows out of it. He's getting some neosure extra calorie powder to help him put on weight. Other than that, it's pretty much the same story for the past few days.

He's looking so much better than he was even a few days ago when he had the IV in his head:




And here he was earlier this week



So then Cindy & I came home from the hospital to have dinner with Isaac and celebrate with some birthday cake! These pictures seem so "standard first birthday" us... but for some reason, being able to have a real sense of "normal" to his first birthday, having something like other normal kids and families get to do, feels really, really good to us right now. it kind of reminds us we're still normal!

I'm 1... can't you see the hat!?


I like cake


I like cake in my ear


I like cake on mommy!


No sooner did we clean up the cake than we took off to have a party with our Home Group friends from church. Just a group of people who get together for Bible Study and to hang out... so we threw a birthday party for him & got even MORE presents! It was great!


seriously? MORE presents?


Isaac loving his "happy birthday song"


I think the tags are my favorite toys!




Playing with my new toys:





What a full and great day (with lots of pictures)... we were even hoping to take him to the pool today but never got around to it... there's always tomorrow!