2.07 Snow only a little ...

By Cyndi
January 28, 2013

It has been a crazy week here (don't worry, no ER visits).  The week started with inauguration and snow!!  We received an inch or two of snow and Matt was able to take a video of Tyler & Zach seeing it once they woke up!

Over the weekend, we had a pink eye scare, but luckily it was just eye junk from colds, but we still canceled two play dates, so as not to spread any germs.  We survived mostly and got out of the house on Sunday.  As you can see from the pictures below, there are some sharing struggles but also moments of playing together.

We have also noticed their pretend play has started to grow.  It's great to see the changes with the same toy they have been playing with for a few months as their imaginations grow!

Sunday we did our normal run to Wegmans for groceries.  In the afternoon we had our temple directory picture, which I thought turned out really well.

After, we got to meet the newest arrival to the Isaacs family!  Delilah Anne ... born 7lb 3oz, she felt so tiny yet she was 3lbs more than Tyler & Zach were at birth!!  It was awesome to cuddle with her but I walked out with the feeling that I don't want another newborn.  Tyler & Zach are just enough for our family!

2.06 The house of Brotherly Love

By Cyndi
January 22, 2013


It's only Tuesday and I'm exhausted.  (Or lazy).  Either way, the best way to depict this week's theme of brotherly love is via pictures.  These weren't staged ... they are enjoying a little wrestling, tickling & just being crazy!

Yes, if you look closely above, they buckled Doggie & Lion into their chairs and put their bibs on them!  And used Matt's head as a racetrack.  Followed below, by a little wrestling under a kitchen chair ...

Oh Meigs!

And to finish off the weekend, a trip to a park....

And a video of Zach ... we love how he says this word!

2.05 Frequent flyer at the ...... ER .... ugh

January 14, 2013
By Cyndi

The past week was fairly normal, except for Tyler started limping.  We first saw it slightly Tuesday night but as the week progressed the limp worsened on his right leg.  Everything else about his daily activities were completely normal.  Eating, sleeping, no bruising or any known trauma; he was running, jumping, bearing weight on the right side.  When I saw him Friday night, I knew we needed to take him to the pediatrician on Saturday morning.

I called and got an early 845am appointment and Matt stayed home with Zach.  After speaking to the pedi, she wanted to run blood work to elimate the possibility of infection and have hip x-rays.  They poked my poor little guy twice and got almost no blood.  At that point, they offered trying again or going to the ER and let them do all of it since its a "one stop shop".  It wasn't where I wanted to spend the day, but knew we needed to eliminate all of worsts .... so off Tyler & I went.  Pedi called ahead and after checking in they prepped a room with all of the blood viles etc.  They wrapped him in a sheet as I tried to keep him distracted with the tv and they got the blood (3 viles) in about 1.5 minutes.

As you can see in the picture, they left the IV placement in, just incase they needed to do antibiotics later they didn't want to poke him again, knowning he came in being through two bad tries at the pedi.  We went off for hip x-rays, waited a bit longer and then did an ultrasound of his hips.  The local hospital we use has a children's side, which has decorated rooms with Mickey & staff that works with kids all the time.  The ER doc provided me this list of her ideas of what the problem was, top being most likely and we would work to eliminate everything else.  To be honest, I was freaked out, but just had to focus on Tyler staying on the bed and distracting him from the events.

About 3.5 hours after we arrived, we were cleared to leave, with the diagnosis of Viral Synovitis.  Here's a great description:  Click Here. 

Over the past year, we have learned about many different things that can affect kids, that we never knew about.

• Random rash appears, with heavy concentration in the groin area, probably Strep
• Random rash on trunk but not really on extremities, with temp, probably Roseola
• Pedi can treat pneumonia with breathing treaments
• When asked by a doctor if your child is lethargic, do not say YES until he is totally unresponsive
• Xergen Temporal scanner is awesome for taking temperatures!  When we only need to take one, the other guy asks to have his turn!

In other random happenings .... The boys love to dress up.  They received some great new outfits for their birthday and love to wear them around the house!

Toddler Phrase of the Week:  "I WANT IT!"

2.04 Another fun week ...

By Cyndi
January 7, 2013

After almost two weeks of guests, it has been so quiet in the house!  It was fun to have family & friends here and awesome to have enough space for so many people.

On NYE, we had 6 adults & 3 kids sleeping at the house. Our guys went to bed at normal time and Lincoln slept in a kid tent in our bedroom (with his kid-ipad keeping him entertained).  Matt and I offered up our room to Todd & Stacie so they could stay with Linc and a real bed for 36week pregnant Stacie!  The adults hung out, skyped with friends and enjoyed tons of food.  I can forsee many more nights like this in our future.

Michael & Ashley look pretty good with two kids :)

Udvar Hazy last week

As of today, the boys have officially moved rooms in their school.  They are now in early preschool and have to wear school shirts Monday through Thursday.  It is so cute to walk into their new room and see all of the kids wearing the uniform.  They are learning so much.  Besides counting 1-11 & singing their ABC's, they can also recognize about 80% of their letters!

A friend had an extra Ikea circus tent and my kids LOVE it!  I'm glad it can fold down fairly easily, but they played with it for an hour straight.  I was yelled at (more than once) to CLOSE MOMMY.  They were not interested in the pictures I was trying to take!

Moms of Multiples ... these girls make me feel normal!!

On Sunday we partied at Lincoln's 3rd birthday party.  We had a great time!!

2.03 2012 Year in Review

Looking back at the year makes me happy and sad in the same moment as we watch our babies grow into little boys.  Here are a few of the moments:


We have changed about 3000 diapers total and at around $0.25/ diaper (yes, prices go up as the size goes up);we have spent over $700 on that alone!  Don't worry, potty training is to begin sometime in the middle of 2013.

We have served over 10,000 oz of whole milk.  That's a lot. 

During 2011, Matt worked 28 OT shifts ... during 2012, 40+.  I am so thankful he has had this opportunity because it won't happen every year and that extra cash helped us buy the home of our dreams.

Matt and I traveled to Brussels, Florence and Rome.  Nana & Saba graciously watched Tyler & Zach while we enjoyed some time away.  It was an amazing trip with our friends the Acks' and reminded me of how happy I am traveling.  I can't wait until we can take T&Z to places around the world!

The boys attended 3 different daycares this year.  We are extremely happy with our current school.  They have amazing activities, degree'd teaching staff, and more than we could ask for.  It is more than our mortgage payment (for both guys), but worth every.single.penny.  They come home every day with something new!  We are lucky we can afford to send them to the best place around!

Tyler has a United Airlines mileage plus account with miles already accrued (Zach has an account but no miles yet).  Yup, we are starting them early.

(From 2011 review, and nothing has changed here ... Matt rocks bath time still!!)  Matt has bathed the boys every single time this year, except once. I made a huge mess with the infant tub and have been banned from this activity until further notice.

Amazon prime has been a lifesaver this year for ordering diapers, wipes and other fix-it items for the new house.  The time saved by not having to drive to a store for each of these needed items is invaluable.

We have taken over 4500 pictures this year (almost 15gig of memory). I have yet to begin the 2012 photo albums and will probably regret that soon.

We had 2 ER visits during the last quarter of the year, both for Tyler.  I am glad we got that "first" over with. Luckily, it has been a generally healthy year for all of us.

We can't wait to see what 2013 brings ... family, friends & more amazing memories!

Happy New Year!!

Bringing in 2013 with kids in bed and great friends!

Ashley, with T&Z

Air and Space Museum

Michael reading to the boys

Happy New Year!