It's been a while...

So I thought I'd share with you what we've been up to!

Once we returned from evacuating things started to get back to normal...kindof!

Isaac discovered:

1. He could sit in his big boy chair...


2. Toilet Paper!!!

So serious!

3. How much he loves to go swimming...


4. His long lost buddy Sparky


Don't worry it won't take me as long to post again! I promise!!!

He did it!

Since Hurricane Ike, Isaac has been slowly weaning himself. Once we got home he decided he wanted absolutely nothing to do with me (as far as nursing goes) which of course broke my heart. So I continued to pump to supplement what he wasn't getting. Well then the worst thing happened, my milk supply went thru the floor almost gone. We took Isaac in for his 9mo check up - he's perfect (of course) but our doctor told me he needed at least 20 oz of milk or formula a day. WHAT!? Needless to say things have only gotten worse, I went from 16 - 20 oz a day to 8 if I am lucky. Thank you to all my friends who I reached out to who encouraged me to try different things while trying to get Isaac to drink formula. It's been a struggle, with lots of tears, guilt, frustration, confusion, everything. So we've been trying to give him formula each night and each night he has adimently refused BUT TONIGHT IT HAPPENED! I put him to bed after he refused the bottle three times. I heard him whimpering so I went in to his room, bottle in hand, scooped him out of his crib and handed him the bottle and he took it, downed the whole thing!

I was almost in tears! And then he went straight to sleep! I'm so proud! I know it may seem silly to you but for us it is a HUGE hurdle we've come over!

** I had to take a picture because I was so proud!!**

We're still here....

We're still here, everyone is fine. Isaac is growing like a weed! Since the 2 evacuations in September things have been crazy. Our home is fine, our lives seem to be even busier. However, I promise to upload all of my pictures soon and post again. I have so much to share that you may actually get sick of reading about our son and our lives! Thanks for checking in on us!!

Stay tuned I will post soon!

The Zepeda Generations

While we were in Austin this last time, Sal's grandmother came to stay with his parents. She is one of the sweetest and most kind souls I've ever met. Her spirit is soft, yet when she tells stories she becomes so vocal it is suprising!

On Friday FOUR generations of Zepeda's were sitting at my mother-in-laws table, this picture is priceless!

Sal Sr., Isaac (aka little Sal), Sal Jr., Grandma Zepeda

Earlier in the week, I caught this absolutely adorable picture of THREE generations of Zepedas.

Look at Isaac's face, I'm not sure what he's doing but it made me laugh!
Can you tell how proud Grandpa is of his Son and Grandson!?

Hurricanes....go away!

We've evacuated AGAIN! The second time in two weeks, I actually just finished unpacking from the first evacuation on Monday and had to REPACK on Wednesday to leave all over again. We are in Austin again, enjoying this great area and visiting with friends we haven't seen in a while. Sal is of course in heaven being "home" and I am waiting anxiously to get back to our home, in our bed, in our routine. But I guess that is mostly because I have my amazing little trooper Isaac to worry about. He has been absolutely wonderful, no trouble at all, even when his nose was running and he couldn't breathe, he was happy, he's become quite a little traveler! All we know from home is our fence is down and we have no power - which means our freezer has defrosted (again) and we'll have to clean up a mess (again, ohh I forgot to post those pictures from 2 weeks ago...that's another story...) and we'll have to go grocery shopping again! Oh well, I hope all of you that read this and are not at your home, not in your routine are safe and doing well. We miss all our friends and look forward to a "welcome home" get together! Text me or leave a comment and let me know where you are!

He can make a bad day so happy!

Just a few random pictures I found that I thought I'd share!
I hope they make you smile like they do me!

He discovered he could stand up under our sofa table....he was so proud!

Attacking Ryan's cell phone - he LOVES cell phones!

We have a climber!

He actually scooted around the kitchen on top of the battery box!

Father and Son - in Austin

**We visited Austin the weekend before we evacuated (before the earlier Austin post) but my camera died so I couldn't get my pictures until now!

We went to a park near Sal's mom and dad's house and I got some great pictures of my boys!

Lookin at the duck across the water

Nice Hat Isaac!!

Isaac loves to swing!