whew!

it has been a busy month already! first we celebrated justin's 30th birthday with a huge suprise party including our family and dear friends from church. it's been in the works since may...and with the help of countless people, we pulled it off! as you can tell...he was totally surprised! (poor elise though, was totally frightened!)

thank you vanessa, for the incredible cake!

all the babies that were in attendance...isaac is the little dude in orange.

then laura and nora came to town...here's one of the many shots we took while attempting a christmas photo. note the lollipops all the kids are sucking on to attempt to keep them sitting :)

and here is a recent pic of isaac. note the curly locks on top...it's a bit hard to see...but like elise, when his hair is wet, it sure does curl. we'll see how it grows in! it is amazing watching another little one grow before my eyes. it is all so different with the second one though. i don't even know that i can put it all into words. but i am enjoying him, and actually have to go now, because he is just waking up.