Baby Jack is here!

Jack Fisher Cantrell was born October 4th, weighing 7lbs 15 oz and 20 1/4 inches long. Isaac and Lucy like him a lot, maybe a little too much at times. Things are wild but going well.

Some cute pictures :)

I can't resist the cheesy dress up pictures when at the beach. :)

Not sure when I'll get to post again

Isaac's 3 year pedi visit was yesterday - we are a couple months off since last years VEPTR surgery - but I'm so happy to report that his weight has stayed the same for months! He's still 38 lbs. and 38 inches tall (which i think he's a little taller but he's hard to measure these days).

He's started new private speech and OT which seems to be going well. We still haven't made it in for our PT evaluation - the place we are going is super busy and I don't think he's really a high priority PT case. He also is getting speech twice a week at preschool, which is exciting. He is really getting chatty around our house and starting to get his point across.

We don't have long before baby number 3 is going to show up and lord only knows when I'll be able to post after that - but hopefully things keep going well & we get into a routine with all the new recent changes.

Loving preschool!

So I think the boy loves preschool. He is so excited every morning waking me up and saying "school" over and over until we are out the door. He even is excited to get on the bus. I admit its weird sending a kid who you can't really talk to, off to spend a few hours with people you don't really know - but so far everyone has been great. I am really happy the whole thing has went so smoothly.

Oh yeah and did I mention that my little boy is doing absolutely great right now with potty training. I love this kid. We have been in pull ups for awhile - kind of trying it out - but with the start of preschool and everything we went pretty gung ho and its been wonderful!!!!! I've just been taking him often and he's holding it well and going - but yesterday - the boy walked over to me grabbed his diaper and said potty. I almost cried, but hey I'm pregnant and I do that for a lot of things these days. :) It really has been a great week!

Our quick beach trip before the little guy starts preschool . . .

Where has our summer gone?

We've been soooo busy!

Isaac went to his first movie Cars 2 with his cousins Emma and Georgia.

And he turned 3 which was a great day - even though it was only 5 days post-surgery. He and Lucy had a blast on his new play yard.

We can't wait to go back this week and get the bandages off and hopefully be approved for swimming again - its been so hot and awful that he can't go swimming!!!! Oh and the boy starts preschool on the 25th of August. Its insane how fast July flew by.

We had two speech evaluations and should start private speech therapy soon. He wasn't diagnosed with apraxia, just found to have some apraxic like features - but he's really been coming along in speech the last few months and I can't wait to see what the increase in therapy will do for him. He is now calling himself Isaac (I- dick) and calling Lucy "Ki Ki" for sissy. Its cute and he's getting his point across.

Post surgery hsi walking is fine and he's getting around as well as before. That has been a blessing we weren't quite expecting.

Its been a fun and busy month. Just thought I'd post a few new pictures. I need to catch up on all the other cute little PW kiddos blogs out there!

Surgery went great!

So everything went well today - it took a lot longer than expected - nearly 2 hours waiting on the surgeon but Isaac wasn't wanting to wake up as usual so they could make sure his spine was a-ok. But he said all went well and he is already moving around just great and sitting on the edge of the bed for me. Lucy came along to entertain and she did - he has 2 new incisions - but already has his oxygen off and everything. I was so worried and we are truly blessed it has all gone so smoothly so far! We are hoping to be out tomorrow morning!!!