7 month old Isaac!

Isaac is 7 months old! Time is flying and he is getting so big. We just can't get enough of him. He really is the cutest, happiest little baby! He smiles all the time, even when he is not feeling good he tries to smile. His smile lights up his whole face! I love holding him and cuddling him, but he is starting to move around and wanting to be up playing with his brother and sister. He loves it when they play with him, or when Brynlee sings and dances for him, or when Jacob tries to play football with him or wrestles with him. He loves to hear himself sing, which to us sounds like yelling, screaming, and squealing, but he thinks it is pretty great. He gets quite loud and its pretty entertaining! It took him a little while to figure out how to roll over. Part of that was because he was being held all the time. He started rolling over well and sitting up good at 5 months. He rolls all over the place and gets into whatever he can. He also got his first two bottom teeth at about 5 months. He is trying to cut the top ones now and it has been a little tough on him. At his six month appointment he was 16 lbs and 25 inches long. When the doctor came in to check him he said"He is really short" but he seems pretty perfect to us! He was in the 22% in his weight and 2% in his height and is very healthy. He does not take a binki but he sure enjoys sucking his tongue and lips. It is pretty funny to watch. He has the cutest chubby cheeks and has rolls all over him. He is very fun to cuddle with! We are so grateful to have his sweet little spirit in our home! We love you Isaac!

ACL Reconstrution!

Well after two weeks of limping around, waiting for his MCL to start healing, Doug had one more appointment. Dr. Watson told him that he didn't care what the MRI looked like, his ACL was completely torn. So they decided the best thing to do would be to have an ACL reconstruction done. I didn't know much about this surgery but I just figured that they just sewed the ACL back together. I wished it was that easy. Dr. Watson gave Doug three different options for this surgery. The one he chose was to remove two strands of ligaments from his hamstring on that same leg, cut them in half, braid them together, drill a whole through his femur and tibula, and thread the graf through the holes and screw it into the bone. While he was in there the dr. was also going to fix his MCL too. So this last Thursday. Feb. 4th, Doug went in and had the surgery done. Dr. Watson said things went well and he did not have to fix his MCL. But he did have to shave some off of his meniscus that had been torn. Thank goodness for modern medicine, Doug was able to have a block put in his leg to numb it for up to 30 hours. So the first couple days he did not feel anything, but he was pretty out of it from all of the anesthesia and pain killers. The first day he slept most of the day, but the next day he was feeling a lot better. It has been 3 days now and his knee still feels pretty good. He is working from home for a couple of days and then hopefully he can get back to work toward the end of this week. He should be walking normal in two weeks and full functioning in six months. Needless to say, there will be no more snowboarding for Doug the rest of this season!