1st Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was wonderful. Breakfast in bed... a card from Isabelle (and her name was spelled correctly in the card... ;) ;) (funny story where cousin Sophia's dad didn't spell her name correctly in her mom's card), and a wonderful gift of a canon flash for my camera. Now I can take photos on cloudy days or at night and they won't come out super dark or fuzzy. Yippeee!!! After a relaxing morning and some mom's day photos with Isabelle, we headed over to Eric's parents house for a family dinner. Next weekend we are heading to my parents to celebrate.




ok, so we had to get a picture of Daisy sticking her head out of the fence.


In my Daddy's hands.


My eyes are still blue, a bright blue, not the new born blue... but no matter what... it doesn't show up in pictures. Maybe with the new flash that will change.

Talking to my dad


Cousin Sophia being gentle with Isabelle.





Resting on mom's shoulder... We are going to try this shot again, when she can hold her head up better...

Week 3

Ok, so I love to take pictures of our little angel girl. She is so beautiful, plus I get to practice with my camera. :)

Our 'Precious Girl'

"My mommy loves to dress me up in all my clothes and take photos of me. At least I am not getting bows taped to my head."

My mom came over to babysit for the night, while Eric and I went out on our first date since Isabelle was born, (technically before that even). We went to dinner and a movie (Spider-Man 3) and had a wonderful time.

I only called home once to check in on our little one. ;)

In true Kilo spirit... red and gold

Cuteness

A room with a view. Each morning there are visitors right outside the window of Isabelle's nursery. She is going to love seeing them as she gets older.

Cousin Sophia came for a visit, and is trying to give a sleeping girl a teddy.

Extra Shots

Here are some photos from my in-laws camera that were taken at the hospital.


Our first family portrait




My mom-in-law with Isabelle.

My newborn clothes are too big for me. I'm falling right out of my pants.

Happy Birthday

I'm one week old!





BIG Sneeze









BIG yawn













My 1st Sponge bath.











Clean and happy in my mom's arms.






Me and my dad.



This bascinet was orignally mine as an infant, some 30 years ago. My parents stored it in their garage and save it in perfect condition for our little girl. The difference is that when I was in it, it was yellow... 70's yellow. My mom redid it and made it beautiful!

Miss Isabelle Morceau

Pre-Isabelle photo














Day 1 Photos - Just 10 hours old




















Day 3 - Home Coming




My mom with Isabelle

Days 4 and 5

First Smile












Oooh











Our Sleeping Little Angel











Day 6

Are you tired of looking at her yet? Too bad. There will be lots more in the future. :)

Welcome...

Isabelle Anne Morceau

Born Friday Aprli 20th at 11:31 pm. She was 7 pounds, 1 ounce and 19 3/4 inches long.

Click on this site and see some photos the hospital provided. Soon I will post some that we have taken... It is a wonderful adjustment, but an adustment. :)

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(If you are having trouble clicking on the site, copy and paste it into the address bar, it should work then.)

To Be or Not To Be

Rather....

To be induced or not to be induced...

Yup, we are still awaiting the arrival of Isabelle. I am currently on strict bed rest, based on some tests results that weren't the best, but still ok. Yesterday, a third round of tests were done, and though they looked better, my doctor thought it wise to induce. We made the appointment for midnight last night... Called to confirm and were told that L and D (Labor and Delivery) was completely packed and unless we were an emergency induction that we would have to wait. Our doctor said that waiting a day or two more would be ok, however until delivery day, we get to run up to Bellevue every day for more tests, just to be on the safe side.

Other then that, there isn't much news on this homefront, except that bed rest stinks.... It really does. Can't do a darn thing. Not my cup of tea! All I have is a book, that is almost done, the TV (there is nothing on during the day), the phone (which no one calls - everyone is working), and my computer (which I can receive emails and IM, however again, people work). Oh well... The health of this little one is most important so I am sitting here, relaxing :)

Of course, I will keep you updated with how things are progressing. I can see from the window it is a beautiful day. GO AND ENJOY IT!!!

Coaching

Being a coach is probably one of the most wonderful things to do in the world. And the best thing to coach is Gymnastics... and the beam :) You get to see the kids on a totally different level / zone then in the classroom.

Districts is coming up. That is where all the school's top varsity girls compete together in one LONG night. All the meets that lead up to districts are like an extra practice for the girls. So far, our girls are in second, only having been beat once and that was by 1.1 points. Ridiculously close.

One of my beamers doing a split jump.

Beam Elegance by another one of my girls

Go into a handstand :)

Now this is one of our All -Around girls, which means she does all the apparatus'. Here she is vaulting... I tried to get a couple of shots of her as she was going over the vault, however she went so fast each time, that I always caught her 'floating' in the air.

Elk

Yes, there are already many photos of ELK on this blog, however, none this close to our back deck and none taken with our new camera... plus there was a small herd of about 15 elk, including baby elk.

Look at all those white behinds :)

March Snow

Wasn't this the craziest start of the year and all the way until March. Where we live, we got 6-7 inches of snow in the middle of March, and in one night! It was so beautiful, that we had to get some early morning shots.

Baby Shower

March 10, two of my dear friends Katie and Diane through me an amazing and most wonderful baby shower. It was held at my parent-in-laws' house where all our friends and family (women that is) came and celebrated with me. Except that the only down side was that my mom and grandmother were not there, they were in California... but we had them on the phone the whole time that I opened presents.... so they heard all the oooh-ing and ahhh-ing. Isabelle is one lucky little girl baby, she got so many great things, including a scrapbook that all the guests made a page for, and is now ready to plop in photos.

Here are a few photos from the shower.

This beautiful baby carriage cake was home made by Aunt Betsy ... Chocolate carriage and Lemon filled base.



Our niece Sophia was was looking for the cake... how cute is she, growing up and tall so fast.










Since my family couldn't be up here at the time of the shower, we were on the phone with them, listening to all that went on at the shower. This photo is of me giving a 'hug' to them... hugging the phone. Silly... yes, but very funny.



This blanket was hand made by Eric's Great Aunt Eleanor.










Ok, so here was a shock when I opened this box... It is a little night gown... that used to be mine... My grandmother had saved it for all these years and gave it to baby Isabelle.



My friend Katie, who came up with the plans for a fabulous baby shower.

Thank you!!

Old Friend

It has been a while, yes I know, however, I have many excuses... busy at work, busy tutoring and busy coaching gymnastics.... oh yeah, and being pregnant literally reduces the the womans' brain by 1/3 its working size... brain cells are taken by the baby... yes, that is the science teacher coming in here. :) On top of that we have a new camera, which is so amazing and wonderful... a canon 5D, so I am learning how to work that. :) It is GREAT. I have taken so many photos, but a problem arose.... how do I get them off the camera?? I have now figured that out (yeah), so now I am going to back track and update the last few months. To catch up with photos, you will have to go back to Eric's 30th...

Now here are the big points in the last few months. ....


Unfortunately, an old friend of Eric's was unable to come to his 30th surprise party, but for a surprise on its own, his friend Eric (nickname E-Rock) came up in February. It was nice for old friends to get back in touch, especially after 10 years. E-Rock's little brother, Justin, also came and hung out with them.




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Justin, E-Rock and Eric