3 teeth!

Isaac has been battling bronchitis for the past two weeks! We have had to give him albuterol treatments every 4 hours when he is awake. He started sounding so much better yesterday and we believe he is winning the battle! Our fighter! Last night I was playing with him when I saw something in his mouth. Turns out it was a third tooth in the upper gums. He had already broken through and is moving on down. He is starting to have the chewing motions when I feed him the puffs snacks that dissolve in his mouth. I think he is almost ready to move from puréed foods to something a littler lumpier. He is destined to be a good eater.

School started yesterday at the school where I work. I forgot how lively the place is when the children are there.  David started his class this week too. He is learning how to build computers this semester.

Tonight while arianna was having a snack she said, " I want to be a cub!" As my mind was racing to figure out what in the world she meant, I remembered we read her Bernstein Bears books. I guess she thinks being a cub would be a pretty awesome thing!

My sister Teresa and her family came to Illinois lt week. We were able to spend some time with them. Arianna kept following her cousin around so much her cousin told her to stop following her! Arianna didn't care though and still followed her around.  She had a great time with her cousins!

One year!!

Wow! One year ago tomorrow morning our Isaac Mathias Iverson was born! What a miracle God has done in our family. He is now an 18lbs, has his first two bottom teeth, says mama & dada, claps and waves, and is about ready to crawl. He is one of the happiest babies I have ever know. Sweet arianna didnt even laugh as much as Isaac does. He loves bath time and splashes about and doesn't care when he gets water all over his face. He is defintely small for being a year but that us expected as statistics show that he won't be caught up to his age until about 2 years to the date he was to be born. He loves his food. We were going through two cans of formula a week. I ran out of coupons a long time ago! He still has to go to regular checkups with  a pulmonologist and the NICU follow ups. He is scheduled for his circumcision on August 28. Please pray for this as it will take about an hour. I believe it is more complicated than if it were done within a few days of being born.

Arianna has had a great summer. She is so brave but very cautious too. She finished ballet and was adamant about swimming lessons. So we signed her up. She was so cautious about putting her head under the water that the instructor recommended that she take the beginners class over. Now she wants to go back to ballet again where she can runaround on dry ground.  I think the next venture we take will be another swimming class. Swimming is a life lesson that she will have to learn.  Ariannas was brave enough to spend three days and three nights with my parents.  She did a great job and kept asking me why I was calling her. I wasn't sure she would ever want to come back to live with David and I she was having such a good time.

David and I have both lost weight this summer! Yippee! I will be 40 in September so I felt it is best to lose the baby weight before I hit that number. We have had a great and busy summer. The school that I work for starts classes on August 22. I am looking forward to starting the year.  My sister, Teresa, and her family are coming to Illinois for a visit next week.  She will meet Isaac for the first time and help us celebrate his birthday!

Thank you for reading.