13 Weeks

It has been a while since we have posted. I am back at work now so I will be taking over the blogging for the Welty Family. We are doing good. I have been back to work at Allstate now since January 28th and I just started back at Bath and Body Works on February 10th. I am only working one day a week at Bath and Body Works. Jason has been busy with the snow that we have gotten this winter, although not as busy as the weather men predicted.

Smiling at Mommy and at the Ice Skating Rink with Youth Group

Isabelle is getting so big. We went to the doctor on 2/8 and she weighs 12 lbs 1 oz and she is 23.75 inches long. She has been having some trouble with spitting up/vomiting for several weeks now and we think it is related possibly to a milk allergy, so I have been writing down what I eat and trying to avoid milk products to see if this helps.

We got her three month pictures taken this past weekend and they are really cute. I can't believe she is almost three months already. She is cooing and smiling and sometimes it almost sounds like a little laugh. She has such a sweet little personality. The pictures below were her 2 months pictures.

10 weeks

We've made it to 10 weeks, and Isabelle is a joy. Sarah has spent most nights sleeping in the recliner with baby. Isabelle is out of most all newborn clothes. She was introduced to her grandpa Bill and Grandma Liz, along with aunts Conner and Madison, and Great Grandma Carol, Great Grandpa Bob all at Thanksgiving. Everyone thought she was beautiful. Sarah and I knew she was, but it's always good to hear. We had a great first Christmas together. Isabelle also got to meet Aunt Mary, Uncle Don, Electa, and Hannah. It was great to see them and fun to spend some time with the Gilmore's. We all went up to Fort Wayne for New Years. We had fun spending time at Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Chris's. Dad and Liz and the girls were up in "The Fort" with us. Unfortunately, the threat of snow forced us to come home on New Year's Eve, but we still had fun. Over the past couple of weeks Isabelle has begun to make sport of vomiting all over mommy and daddy, making us change our clothes both baby and mommy/daddy. Some good news, however, the past few nights, Isabelle has spent more time sleeping in her cradle. 3 hours, 4 hours, then 8 full hours last night from 9pm to 5am. Timing on this couldn't be better as Sarah starts back to work tomorrow. Sarah's not thrilled about going back to work, but I don't think she's necessarily dreading it either. We are all missing everyone we haven't seen in a while. Hope all is well.....

Isabelle Grace

day 2

Sleeping last night was good. Isabelle is nursing well, and spending a few minutes awake from time to time. Can't wait to go home tomorrow.

welcome Isabelle Grace

well,
it's been a long time, but she's here. Isabelle Grace Welty was born on November 15, 2007 @ 8:30am. She was 20 inches long and 6lbs 13oz. We are thrilled to have her here in the flesh. Sarah did great during labor. She pushed from 4am to 8:30, with a "short" break of 45minutes or so when the epidural began to wear off, until she got some more. The nurse kept telling us that she had a full head of hair, but we didn't believe it till we saw it. It's definitely a full head of hair. Again we are SO excited to have her here, and so is her cousin Landon. He was here with Aunt Jennifer and Aunt Janelle this morning, and he just didn't really know what to make of her. We're all sure that he will love her as time goes on. He wasn't too thrilled when mommy held his new cousin and not her own son, but Aunt Janelle and Grandma helped distract him. We are having lots of visitors and are thrilled to have them. We are getting little naps throughout the day. We'll update more later.