Visitors

Despite Simon arriving early, we’ve had several wonderful visitors to meet our little guy. Nana and Papa Langer arrived separately (Papa had big fishing plans for the weekend, so he arrived Sunday night) and it actually worked out that Nana was able to stay longer because she cancelled a trip to KY because of her newest grandbaby’s arrival! She was a wonderful help getting all the baby things ready since they weren’t ready before Simon arrived! Plus, she helped re-arrange our room so Simon could room-in with us more easily.

My mom, or Nama as Isaiah calls her, arrived Sunday and stayed through Wednesday. She was wonderful with Isaiah and keeping him entertained and then holding Simon while Nathan and I got some much needed zzzz’s.

My best friend from my Jr. High days came for a quick visit too and brought us a lovely meal and hung out for the afternoon. It was great to spend time with her, enjoy her wonderful cooking and have her meet Simon.

Once our visitors left we were unsure how things would go; however, we have all been doing well and transitioning to life as a family of four. It’s been fun and challenging, but every day seems to get better and better!

Our beautiful new baby boy!

simon langer
born 5-12-11
7 lbs 14 ozs







Hello all! There was a big surprise in our house. A NEW BABY. Very exciting. Everyone is healthy and that is all we can ask for. If I could ask for more it would be sleep!

Wintertime fun!

A couple weekends ago we enjoyed some outdoor fun with sledding, a bonfire and some hot chocolate. It was fun to get outside and enjoy some fresh air after having such a cold snap. We've all been trying to be more active through the winter months with baby Langer #2 growing inside me; which means we've been doing a lot more walking of the sky walk system in Duluth. Thank goodness for such a massive sky walk system!! If we're not home on the weekends, you can probably find us there! :) It's a great place for Isaiah to run also as there aren't many distractions like when we walk at the mall.

YUMMY!!

Isaiah has become quite the little helper when it comes to baking and cooking. His favorite treat lately is smoothies; and no, it's never too cold out for a yummy berry smoothie! : ) It's even more fun when they are berries that we picked last summer! He enjoys helping to make the smoothies, but also to consume them! Our favorite is just how he enjoys them and looks when he's all done! :) Pretty funny.

Time with family

Last weekend we spent some time with Nathan's family, which meant Isaiah got some special time with his cousins too, which he LOVED!! They ran around the house, played together, played pretend and even did some baking with Nana. Who knew 3 kids under the age of 6 could run you so ragged, even with three adults around to help!? Yikes! Maybe two kiddos will be enough. :)

Nathan and I are taking our first overnight away together WITHOUT Isaiah this weekend. We leave Isaiah at Nana and Papa's tomorrow and then head out to the cities to enjoy some much needed time together as a couple before Baby Langer #2 joins our family. We have some time with friends and then a nice evening of dinner and a play at the Guthrie. Should be wonderful. I haven't spent an overnight without Isaiah before, so naturally I'm a little nervous. I'm sure it will all be wonderful, but a little tough too!

I love babies!!

Isaiah has fallen in love with his babies and every other baby he sees. Nothing makes a pregnant mom and dad more happy!! He loves pushing his baby in the stroller, feeding his baby, cuddling with her and lately he now brings her with when we run errands. It's very sweet. Lots of kisses for his baby doll, baby in mommy's tummy and the babies at day care. We'll see just how the transition to big brother goes when he can't leave his brother or sister behind like these other babies!!

Potty time?

So, Isaiah showed interest in the potty a few weeks ago and even went potty in the toilet a few times. However, after many hours of reading and playing ball while sitting on the potty without anything happening, we decided to take a few steps back. So, we have put the potty away and are back to good ole diaper changes. All the books we read seem to indicate that Isaiah is not ready. So, we've been talking more about potty and using some of the suggestions they gave. It's just hard to know if we tackle this now before baby comes, or if we wait. Hmmm.....