May 13, 2016 - Philips Reservoir

After a particularly long, hard day we were sitting down to dinner and I realized I hadn't been outside! We had a late dinner, so it was already close to Hendrix's bedtime and starting to get dark, but we were determined to spend some time outside! We raced the setting sun and went out to Philips Reservoir and enjoyed the nice weather, the peaceful atmosphere, and throwing rocks into the lake :)

Atticus didn't hesitate, he dove right in!

Atticus enjoyed chasing after the rocks

Hendrix was laughing so hard at the big splashes and kept pointing out the giant rocks he wanted Dad to throw in next.

He even threw some pretty big rocks himself!

Eloise photobombing!

Dylan was showing Hendrix the clay and teaching him about the composition of the ground we were playing on.

Hendrix chronicles - jam sessions

Dylan was playing his guitar and Hendrix wanted to rock out. There was a scrap of cardboard that he started rocking out with. He went up and pointed to Dad's guitar strap, so we made Hendrix one our of tape :) April 21, 2016

I was giving Eloise a bath and Dad and Hendo came and serenaded us. It was the most precious thing ever! We moved to the living room and I was able to get some of it recorded. He sang with Dad then gave me a little solo encore. May 12, 2016


Found Dad's Uke at Papa's house and just had to play. I will never get tired of this, and I hope he never gets tired of playing! June 4, 2016

Mother's Day

I absolutely love being the Mom. I have the sweetest family and my joy is full.

We celebrated on Saturday since Carly, Glenda, and I all have church at different times. We went to Tom & Glenda's for lunch and Grandma & Grandpa Aldrich came out for lunch as well. Dylan got me some succulents, which is a big deal. I kill EVERYTHING. I'm less nourishing than the desert. But I really really want live plants in the house, so here is to another go!

May 6 - Eloise is 6 months old!

Our sweet Eloise Magdelena Isaacson turned 6 months old! She is the cutest little thing in the whole wide world. She is sitting like a champ and loves her big brother. She doesn't sleep very well at night still, which is no fun for Mom and Dad! Louie LOVES solid food and would eat nothing but that if I let her. She loves to smile and is very vocal. Eloise is extremely social and loves to be held but isn't a huge cuddler and almost never falls asleep if she is being held (which makes church difficult sometimes!) Still has the chubbiest little cheeks. The comment I frequently hear (from friends and strangers alike) is "Well that's a healthy baby!" We are so in love with this baby girl and are so blessed to have her as part of our family!

May 1 - Louie Sits

We were enjoying some nice spring weather in Tom & Glenda's backyard and snapped some cute pictures. Eloise started sitting on her own! She is almost 6 months old here.

April 25 - Hendrix gets a big bed!

Sorry my posts got a little out of order! When we were in Washington for Keith & Courtney's open house we went to IKEA and picked up a bed for Hendrix!! It took us a couple days to get around to getting the mattress and assembling the frame but we finally got it together! Hendrix LOVES it and had no problems at all transitioning to a real bed. He wouldn't stop jumping on it as I was trying to make the bed.

May 25 - Teeth and Turkey

Dylan really wanted to get a turkey to feed my brothers (they came for Memorial weekend, more soon!) so went out hunting. He was successful! This turkey was even bigger than the first. I don't know a lot (or anything, really) about turkey hunting, but from what I hear you hide, call in a turkey, and shoot. Well apparently Dylan wanted to break from tradition (or practicality, I'm not sure which) and spot and stalked his turkeys, which means he chased them down, and they are FAST!

I was nursing Lou on the couch and Hendrix was playing on the workout bench (same room but across the room) and slipped and hit his chin really hard. He started crying so I jumped up, ran put Louie in the crib (luckily she was practically asleep) and when I ran back in Hendrix had blood all over his face. I picked him up and we rushed to the bathroom. It looked like he had blood coming out of his nose and mouth. I got a cool washcloth and got him all cleaned up to discover two little puncture marks on his bottom lip, the exact size of his two top teeth. He had cried and drools and smeared the blood before, which is what made it look so bad! Anyway I got him cleaned up and showed him how to hold the cold cloth on his lip. He stopped crying really fast and took a deep breath and looked at me with his watery eyes and said "Momma. Dada home?" It totally broke my heart. I explained that no, Dad wasn't home yet, but he would be soon, and would you like to call him? Hendrix said yes so I called Dylan, told him the story really quick, and put him on speaker phone. Hendrix started pointing to his lip and talking (we understood "mouth" and it was obvious to me that he was telling Dylan what happened!) He then said "Dada, I strong" and was pretty much the sweetest thing ever.

Anyway, he had an adorable fat lip, but was no worse for the wear!