Kaylee's First Days at Home

Kaylee's first days at home were pretty uneventful. She sleeps ok at nights and Isaac is doing really well with her. He is very careful with her. He even asks to hold her occasionally.

Daddy and his little girl taking a nap on day.

This is the picture I used for Kaylee's birth announcement. She was wide awake one day and I got this cute picture of her.

Of course, Isaac had to get his picture taken with Kaylee too!

Bringing Kaylee Home

I was fortunate to be able to stay an extra day in the hospital before coming home. I felt better the second day after she was born. It was a Saturday morning and Isaac and Nate came to bring Kaylee and me home. Here she is in the car seat ready to go. The nursury at the hospital gave Kaylee this adorable purple knit hat so we just had to wear it home on her.

As soon as we got home, Isaac insisted on showing Kaylee books. We hadn't even gotten Isaac's coat off or Kaylee out of her car seat.

Isaac also decided to share his toys with her. Hopefully he is like this as Kaylee gets older too!

She's Here!

Kaylee Brooke Jamison arrived on November 20th at 12:15 am. She was 8 lb 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Her delivery was quick and a lot better than Isaac's which made Mommy very thankful. Here are some pictures of her first days.

Mommy and Kaylee

Daddy and Kaylee

Nate's parents with Kaylee soon after she was born.

Kaylee's first bath by the nurse

Here is Isaac meeting Kaylee for the first time. He kept pointing and saying "Baby!"

Isaac received a gift from Kaylee at the hospital the first time he came to see her. He was thrilled with his new set of books about the "Cars" movie which is his favorite right now.

Beautiful picture with her eyes wide open!

Her cute little feet .......

Nate ordered beautiful flowers for me and had them sent to the hospital with a note saying "To Mommy, Love Isaac"

Isaac just keeping an eye on his new baby sister.

Mixing & Baking

Isaac really likes to help me bake right now. He is always asking to "mix". He gets a chair right beside me and dumps the ingredients in and mixes them together. We do have a mess to clean up afterwards but it is still fun.

Sorry forgot to turn this one. You get the idea.

We were making cupcakes this day. He can hardly wait for them to come out of the oven when we are baking.

Feeding the Animals

Isaac loves to help feed the animals we have at the house right now. We have 3 steers and 3 goats. Here are pictures of him helping.

He carries the feed in a small bucket for the goats. The goats just follow him to the feed dish. Isaac will dump it in for them and loves to watch them start eating. He even tells them to "EAT!"

Silly Man

Isaac sure has his moments that just make you smile and laugh. Here are a few of those times.

This is Isaac with his "produce stand" in the living room. He goes through phases where he hauls the potatoes and other produce around in his dump truck and here he unloaded them on the couch.

This is one of those times I say he is acting like his father!

Yes you are seeing this one correctly. I found him in the living room one night with the carton of orange juice, drinking it straight from the carton. Daddy was blamed for this one too!

He loves stickers right now and decided one night to put them on his face instead of his toys and paper.

Visit with Relatives

During the third week of August, we traveled east again for my grandfather's funeral. Even though it was a difficult few days, we did enjoy visiting with all the cousin's and their families. Isaac had fun with all the other kids his age. Here he is eating dinner with Jayson, Elijah and Avery at the kids table.

Isaac being himself again.

This was a rare occasion for all of us cousins on my Dad's side to be together since we are spread out over many states now. We took this cousins picture along with all the cousins's kids in the next picture.

This was amazing to actually have them all sit on the couch together, even though they are not all looking the same direction. From left to right, Jayson holding Christian, Avery, Alayna, Tayla, Elijah holding Alyssa and Isaac.

Here is Isaac playing toys with Aunt Deanne and Aunt Danielle.

He even played "This little piggy" with Great Grandmom Detweiler. We stayed at her house during our visit.

Phillies Game

In August, my family treated us all to a Phillies game one evening. This was Isaac's first Major League Baseball game.

Here is me with my parents and sisters after the game. The Phillies new stadium was great to see.

This is what the game did to Isaac. He enjoyed it and even liked to watch the airplanes flying overhead from time to time during the game.

Visiting Back East

Nate, Isaac and I made our yearly trip back east to Montgomery County to see my grandparents and other relatives. We were sure glad we could make the trip this year since my grandfather passed away about 8 days later.

Here is a picture of my Grammy and Pop-Pop Delp. This is one of the last known pictures of my grandfather and is now a very special one to me. Pop-Pop even played tractors with Isaac for a bit at lunch this day.

Isaac loved to play with my cousin, Matthew. Here he is playing outside with him with some trucks. Imagine that!
These two sure laughed a lot when they were together.
Isaac and Matthew even pretended to ride Grandpop's tractor that is stored in the garage at Grandmom's house. Of course, Isaac had to go and see the tractor every day we were there that weekend.

Show Week

One week during the summer, my sisters show their dairy cattle at Martinsburg. Isaac and I spent the week helping the girls. Isacc loved to be around the cows and play in the sawdust. He even got to show in the kiddie show with Aunt Danielle. Here he is with her in the next two pictures.


Isaac would pet the calves anytime he could.

Isaac's birthday was during this week so my parents had a small party for him at the show. He loved it when he opened his new tractor and hay rake from Grandma and Grandpa Delp!

Isaac had a blast helping put the sprinkles on his cake.
This is the picture of all of us at the show the night of Isaac's little party. It is not often that all of us are together so Mom just had to get a picture.
This is Danielle showing one of her heifers.
This is Donna showing one of her heifers. I got to show for Donna one day while she was at work.