Community Helpers

My brother, Jonathan, has become very popular at the daycare Izaak and Izaiah attend. Not only is he popular with the children, who happen to love it when the big fire truck stops by, but he is also very loved by the teachers (teachers think Jonathan is a cutie), so they got some eye candy for the day. Izaak was super excited to see tio Jonathan and all the pain he felt from giving himself a shot of Epi-Pen flew right out of his mind (more on than later). I was so glad to make it to take some pictures of the firefighter crew that stopped by and I got to see the excitement on all the children's faces. It was awesome! I also got to take Izaiah out of class and he was the only one year old in the crowd.

Photo Session

The boys had a little photo session with Jenifer Howard back in May 2011. Like I said I am trying to catch up on my posts. I think she did a fantastic job! See for yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got Twins?

Grandma and Grandpa Fierro got the boys matching outfits for Christmas. I think they are the coolest twinsters around. So cute!

10 Months

As you can see there is no stopping Izaiah when it comes to eating.

He gets very creative when it comes to food.

It makes him so happy!

Santa Baby

I may be a little bias because I am his mother but I think

he is the CUTEST baby ever.
Love , love , love those cheeks!

What did you do?

Wednesday was boys only night while mami was at a RS activity. This is what happened while I was away...

Before

After

Remind me to hide the scissors next time I set foot out the door. Yes, Zak is in trouble!

Is it too early for Christmas?

Our boys think not!

They had their pictures taken at daycare and I think they did an amazing job. I am just in love with this one. I have two handsome boys, agree?

8 months

I can’t believe my little bear is 8 months today. I feel so blessed to have Izaiah in my life. He is so cuddly and just a wonderful baby. His laughter is so contagious and it makes all those that hear it just smile! Zak and I are trying to encourage him to crawl since he can get into crawling position (on his hands and knees) but has not quite got the moving part. He is just content scooting. It’s pretty funny to watch him just drag his body from one side of the living room to the other. Izaiah’s favorite toys are now whatever Izaak happens to be playing with and big brother does not always like that. We do enjoy the moments when these two buddies just make one another laugh. For example when we are in the car driving back home after work and all of the sudden Izaak makes a weird noise or screams and Izaiah just starts laughing, well in turn this makes Izaak laugh too and encourages him to make the noise again, which again makes Izaiah laugh. They can go for quite a while on the same routine. Zak and I just smile at each other and think how amazing it is to have our two little boys and what fun the future holds for us with these two boys of ours. We love them and are so happy to be the parents of such amazing little bodies.

6 months

Our baby had his 6-month check up today. Stats are as follows:

Weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces (90%)
Length: 27 1/2 inches (85%)
Head Circumference: 44.1 (60%)

Izaiah is growing very quickly which is makes me a little sad, but I am very thankful for his wonderful health. The physician lifted Izaiah while examining him in an upright position and Izaiah proceeded to jump and she mentioned that he was certainly a strong baby. Poor baby got four shots today. He managed to not cry through the first shot, but then it all went down hill after that. He curled his bottom lip and the tears came down his face and all I wanted to do was just hold him. I tried to remain strong for him, but it was really killing me inside watching him. I wanted to stop the nurse and pick Izaiah up and take him home. We don’t like shots!

Four Months

Here are the stats of our chunky monkey, Izaiah.

Weight: 18 pounds 2 ounces
Length: 24 inches
Head circumference: 16.75 inches

He sure is a chubby boy and we are enjoying every single roll!

Sickie Poo

Our baby boy has been sick for a few days. What we thought started out as just a cold has been terrorizing our baby’s body. We have been really blessed to have my mother stay with us and she has been watching over our Izaiah while we are back at work. There is nothing like the care of a grandmother… don’t believe me? Just ask Izaiah who giggles and coos when he is near his abuela. I called the doctors office and took him in today for a check-up. I must say that I feel like such a bad mother whenever I take my kiddies to the doctor’s office because they are sick. It always makes me wonder what I did wrong and what I could have done to prevent the illness. Yuck!
The doctor’s assistant directed us to the exam room and while walking there she commented on how heavy car seats are (she saw me struggling while carrying Izaiah in his carseat) and after I set the carseat on the exam table and she took a look at Izaiah she said, “now I know why you were struggling, he is one healthy boy.” By healthy she meant chunky. Izaiah is now weighing 16 lbs and 12 ounces. I have an almost 17 pound baby and he is not even 4 months yet! I am not complaining I am loving it; I wanted a chubby baby. I might just end up with beautiful toned arms to wear all the fabulous tanks I own ;-)
Dr Cummings checked Izaiah out and after listening to his chest he stated that we needed to get him started on pulmicort. This is a preventative breathing treatment for asthma. I just kept wishing Izaiah did not have to go through this. Zak and I have experience with this since our Izaak was also diagnosed with asthma and had to be on breathing treatments too. The doctor also asked that we get an x-ray of Izaiah’s chest. Not fun at all. Pictures of when Izaak had to get this done ran through my head and I was dreading it more and more. Have you ever seen what contraption is used to get a baby’s chest x-ray done?

It is called a Pigg-O-Stat. I call it torture. My baby was crying once he was placed in this device and all I could do was just hold his hands. Horrible right? Izaiah was a lot happier after I got him dressed and back in my arms.
Thankfully the results came back negative, which meant no sign of pneumonia. Thank goodness. So we started him on some antibiotics and we are just hoping for a speedy recovery.

One Month

One Month




Izaiah stats:
Weight: 10 pounds 2 ounces 50 percentile
Length: 21-½ inches 25 – 50 percentile
Head circumference: 38.6 cm 50 percentile

Izaiah and I went for his first month check-up eight days after he had turned a month old… oops, this was mami’s mistake. I called the doctors office to set up the appointment two days after he had turned a month old and the earliest spot available was for the following week. Everything went well and our baby is doing great.