what a great day!

today was a great day. it started off great because today was the first sunday that nolan and i have been able to go to church, and we made it on time with all four of us. that in itself was a miracle. then isaac went to the "big boy class" for the first time! he got to hear a bible story and color a picture, he did great! then this afternoon tom gave nolan his very first bottle! they did good, nolan wasn't too sure what to do with the bottle, but he managed to get a couple of ounces down. then this evening we rented a movie to watch as a family and we got ice cream from our local ice cream shop, it was really good. we will definitely go back. often. the final "first" of our day was when isaac was giving nolan his goodnight kiss nolan smiled for the first time and we were able to catch it on film. what a fabulous day!

isaac and nolan say good night

isaac is so sweet. every night when we put him to bed he wants to give nolan a kiss good night. i bring nolan in and he lays down on isaac's pillow for a hug and a kiss before they go to bed. these are the sweetest moments to remember!

nolan levi is one month old!

i can hardly believe that nolan is a month old already! it seems that he has only just arrived, even though i can barely remember when he wasn't a part of our family. i got this photo idea from a friend of mine. now i just have to remember to do it every month! he is so big already. he is so beautiful. thanks mom and dad for over night shipping the camera in time for his one month photo shoot!

visitors

this is chelsey and lacie. they are students in our ministry. they are two great young women, they came over to help me when i was on bed rest and also came over to help me get things ready for nolans arrival. this day they came to see nolan , and isaac too of course. they took isaac outside to swing and made sure he felt special too. thanks ladies, we love you!

family photo

i forgot my camera at my parents house on sunday! i simply can't go with out it so my dad is going to overnight it to me. until then i thought i would take some time and post some of the pictures i already have. this one is a family photo taken by me. our camera dosn't have a timer setting so we have to hold your arm out as far as you can and hope everyone is in the picture.

isaac loves nolan

here is nolan in his sweet 70's jammies that i got at a yard sale. isaac never got to wear them cause they were too small. nolan was enjoying some "tummy time" and isaac was loving on him with kisses.

isaac discovers diaper cream

these photo's are too cute not to post. when you have a new baby they give you all sorts of free samples, these samples generally come in paper tubes which you tear open. well someone at our house (me) left the open tube of diaper cream in isaacs reach and this was the outcome. he had a great time and his daddy called him braveheart for the rest of the afternoon.