Isaac's First Halloween

Here are pictures from Isaac's first Halloween!

Weeks 4-6...

Here is a picture of Isaac in a onsie from Monica. We thought it was pretty funny (ok, at least Monica and I did!)

Sometime today, we will have pictures from weeks 4-6 on our webpage...

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Isaac is doing very well. We have survived the 6 week growth spurt - time of constant feedings and a lot of "mommy, hold me!" time. Isaac is getting very close to 9lbs! His personality becomes more and more noticable every day - and I can't believe that time is flying like it is! Hard to believe, on Election Day - I will turn 31, and he will be 8 weeks old! WOW!

Aside from that...Brian has been working a TON lately...poor guy! and was greatly disappointed by the outcome of the World Series. At least he got to attend the one game that they won! Myself, I have just been putzing around, visiting with friends, helping my buddies at work a little bit, and enjoying experimenting with new crock pot receipes.

For those of you who are interested in Isaac's baptism, it will be November 11th, 4:30 mass at St. Matthew's. We will have a little informal get together at Mom's house afterwords if you are interested in meeting Isaac!

If you do decide to come and are contemplating a gift, Isaac has been blessed with many, many gifts over the past week - and we would love if you would make a donation to the church, or a local charity in his name. Afterall, the season of giving is just around the corner... :)

Take care, and thanks for stopping in to see our progress!

A pic from week 5....

Just because it's cute. 

Visits with friends....

The last few weeks have been filled with more visitors! The picture is us with Laura and with her kids Alex, Sarah (baby) and Emily.

The following week, Mike & Renee visited with their girls. Followed up by a weekend visit from Dawn and Samantha, while our husbands were at the World Series!

Life has been busy!

Right now, we are having a visit with Grandma Freeman. Isaac is now over 8.5lbs - almost double his birth weight! He has started working on his 2 month milestones, such as turning his head towards voices and tracking things with his eyes. He is very much a sleepyhead though - his most awake time of day is when Daddy gets home from work!

It's 27.7 degrees outside, and their is frost on the ground. But, the sun is out, so it should be a pretty fall day! 

Dumb Luck

Well I had another stoke of dumb luck today. On a whim I went onto ticketmaster and checked if tickets were available. To my amazement I was able to get 4 more tickets to game 1! I had promised my friends Jon & Rob that if I didn't go to one of the games I'd sell them my tickets. They got 2. And Becky's cousin Rob & Chris are going to take the other 2 tickets.

3 days until the World Series!!!!!!

World Series

Can you believe it? The Detroit Tigers are going to the world series. And so are the Spratke's. I was able to score 4 tickets to the Series. 2 for Game 1, and 2 for Game 2. Don't ask me how I managed to get lucky enough to get 2, let alone 4.

Lazy Saturday

Last night we had a wonderful dinner with the Galloway's. They were kind enough to invite us over for dinner. We also stayed and watched the Tiger game and X-Men 3. Today we have the Cretors coming for a visit, I'm sure there will be a few memorable moments from their visit.

Here is a picture of Isaac taking a nap with his blocks.

New pics!

There are new pics on our website of Isaac! Check them out!

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:)

Week 4 - Holding head up!

Isaac is doing "tummy time" next to me right now....and I am just amazed that I am sitting here, watching him make all these little coo-ey noises and grunts, and he is holding his head up, and switching it from side to side.....WOW!

Week 3....

Here is Isaac, during "Tummy Time" on Friday.


Here are my guys. Brian and his son....watching a recap of the Tiger's game together :)

It's been a busy end to a busy week!

Yesterday, we drove up to Mt.P/Alma. I attended our friend Christine's baby shower - meanwhile Brian got to binge on some bw3 wings. We watched the Tiger game with our friend's Mike and Stacey, and his parents, the infamous Mr and Mrs Wise. Brian was elated that they won. :)

Today we are hanging about...doing some household chores...waiting for a visit from Grandma!

Due date visitors!

So, the weekend of Isaac's actual due date - we had lots of visitors!

Kev and Mon came to visit...and they brought us the coolest "custom made" onsies. Isaac is now the coolest kid on the block with his own NIN, Metallica, Red Wings and "I can't read" onsies. Definitely a cool kid.

Then, the next day, Uncle Tim, Aunt Missy and cousin Will (who is 51 weeks to the DAY older) came down to visit. The weather was awesome, so we went for a great walk, and ate some very yummy "take n' bake" pizza. I can't believe how BIG Will has gotten! Just think, in a few years, he and Isaac will be best buds!

It's a good week....

Not much to report this week...except I started taking some Yoga classes - it felt so good to be physically active again, and, the class was very relaxing. I can't wait to go again next week!

Currently, I am able to get back into my old clothes, but unfortunately, just because I can button my pants, doesn't mean I am comfortable in them. I am looking forward to getting active so I can loose these last couple pounds. I know, I know, it's supposed to take a while, but I am impatient!

Last night, I attended a baby shower for our friend Heather. Just before the shower, the hostess said "I have a baby scale, do you want to weigh Isaac?" - um...OF COURSE! So we weighed him, and he is at 6.5lbs! HOLY COW - can you believe it? He is growing so fast!

Now, we prepare for another day of visitors, and an exciting weekend adventure to another baby shower....and maybe, if we are lucky, a visit from Grandma on Sunday!

2 Weeks, 2 days!

Well, some people were harassing me for pictures of the nursery. Granted, I still haven't gotten anything up on the walls - there just hasn't been time! But here it is...





...and here is Brian and his boyz. :)

Well, another week is almost over, and Isaac is still growing like a weed! He has the cutest double chin! He will be over 6lbs before we know it!

2 Weeks! Appointment Update!

Today we had Isaac's 2 week wellness check. He measured 18" (up 1/4" since last Monday!) and weighed 5lbs 9oz! Holy cow - that's 10 oz in a week! The doctor said whatever I am feeding him is liquid gold, because she never imaged he would grow so fast!

So, all is well and happy in the Spratke house!!!

One week, 5 days!

Well, 2 weeks ago today was Brian and I's last Sunday as DINKs (double income, no kids). Little did we know that night, as we sat watching TV that 24 hours later, we would be on our way to parenthood.

Here is little Isaac, now weighing over 5lbs! We can't get over how fast he seems to be growing - by next week, he may actually be in newborn sized clothes!!!

We had a very low key weekend, with some more visitors...a few neighbors stopped by, our friend Christine from Chicago (who is expecting!), and Chris and Mindi (who are also expecting!). Friday night, we took Isaac out on his first adventure to Babies R Us and Toys R Us...he was quite the trooper! Also, we managed to get a lot of tasks done this weekend, and get a fair amount of sleep in too. No complaints from the new parents so far!!!

Brian posted more pics on our webpage tonight! www.blueskymi.com

Pix w/ Aunt Sarah

Here is a picture of "Aunt" Sarah with Isaac from Sept 15th, taken by "Aunt" Kathy.

1 Week, 2 days...

Well, today Isaac is 1 week, 2 days old - and he went for his first walk! Blue, Isaac and I did a quick tour around the block and enjoyed the incredible weather today!

He has been growing like crazy - it's hard to believe all the clothes that were so big on him, just a week ago, are now all starting to get snug! I am finding myself changing his clothes just so I can see him in the little outfits before he grows out of them and into the next size..."newborn". Ha ha. He continues to be the most perfect baby, and every time I have to wake up at some strange hour to feed him, I am reminded of how lucky I am. So, next time you wake up at 2am, think of Isaac and myself, sitting in our green chair listening to the NPR while he eats. :)

Also, yesterday we scheduled Isaac's baptism. We are doing it at the same place where Brian and I were married - St. Matthew Catholic Church. If you are interested in coming to mass, it will be November 11th, at 4:30pm.

Last, I just wanted to say, I have always known that I have been blessed with a wonderful husband....but in the last 10 days, I will say, I have been reminded daily of how blessed I am. Brian has been the so supportive, helpful, and involved - even more than I could have imagined. Every step of the way, he has taken with patience and humor. He's the one everyone can thank for the fun videos and pictures....the hospital updates, etc. I love seeing him holding Isaac, and thinking about how great of a Dad he is going to be...and every time he does something so simple, like brings me a glass of water, I feel like the most loved person in the world. Because of him, I have this little bitty tootin, pooin, mini-version of Brian on my lap....Does it get any better than this?

Email Issues

If anyone is trying to email us today at our blueskymi.com accounts we apologize, but there are some technical difficulties.

It appears that the company hosting our domain screwed with some of the routing values and now our email is bounced right back. I hope to have this fix tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks.

Ah - that's better.... / First doctor's appt.

Ok - here is a picture of me from last Friday, Sept 8th. A little more flattering than the pink stripe photo! ha ha.
(don't ask me why that whole line has an underline...)


Today was also Isaac's first doctor's appointment. My Dad was over, so he went with me. Isaac weighed 4lbs 15oz and was 17-3/4" long. His doctor said that he is doing exceptionally!!! Apparently the normal gain is an ounce a day - so he has gained 7 oz since Thursday!!! At that rate, we will hit 5lbs tomorrow! She was very impressed with how he was doing - and I was very relieved!!!

Stripes not so flattering...

Here is a picture from the cookout at the Gerlach's on Saturday, Sept 9th. The stripes were not so flattering on me, however, since I am only 2 days from going into labor, and my clothing selection had thinned out - it was cold and most of my maternity garb is summer stuff! I am excused, right? Believe it or not, I was actually measuring smaller at this point than 2 weeks before, but that is probably because at my previous appt, I was already starting to dialate!

This is me at 37 weeks, Heather at 27 weeks, and Mindi at 26 weeks.

Today is Isaac and I's first day at home alone. It's going pretty well! He had (2) 4 hour long sleeping stretches last night which were amazing! This morning, we surfed the internet a little...had a shower (for me) and bath for him...and now we are just chillin out (ok, he is sleeping). Later today we go to his first doctor's appointment, and hopefully we will find out that he has gained some weight! If his appetite and diaper changes are any indication, I would say he has!