Isabel goes home

We were released from the hospital on Thursday, however due to a little jaundice issue we decided to stay in Fairbanks that night so that Isabel could have the bilirubin levels in her blood checked the next day. Although she looks a bit suspicious of the car seat in the photo, she did well in it. On Friday the blood test results were good enough for us to take her home for the weekend, so we headed south.

The dogs didn't seem too concerned about the arrival of Isabel. They gave her a couple sniffs and seem a little interested when she makes little chipmunk chirps.

After a long night of night owling followed by a long morning of also not sleeping, Isabel finally falls asleep on the quilt that her great grandma Irene made for her.

Isabel Grace

Isabel Grace arrived at 3:47 pm on 11/04/08.
She was 7 lbs 12 0z. Jen was in labor for 29 hours and for those who were worried about the road-side birth we got to Fairbanks with about 24 hours to spare.

Still Waiting

We are still waiting for Isabel to make her appearance. The above photo is Jenny the day before her due date. We went to a Halloween Party and Jenny practiced making cute cupcakes in preparation for motherhood.

Scotty the Monk and Jenny the Prego Angel.

Cocoa on the couch

We are impatiently awaiting Isabels arrival. We make the 2.5 hour drive up to the doctor weekly now. Everything is going good, we have our bags packed for the drive, Scott has read up on OB-childbirth section of the EMT book, the OB kit is in the truck in the event of a road side birth, and the dogs have been practicing pulling Scott on skis as they will have to pull Isabel in a sled until she is big enough to ski on her own. Jen went for a ski today (38 weeks Prego) then came home for some Cocoa on the couch.

Taking Advantage of Early Snow

We have enough snow now to do a little skiing in the park. We have been getting a little bit of snow every day. The temperature has been in the 20's lately. Jen is doing good, we have doctor appointments almost every week now, which means we do the 2.5 hour drive up to Fairbanks often now.

Jen did good skiing at over 36 weeks prego. Scott didn't do so good, he needed the dogs to help him get around.

We saw a Grizzly Bear in the park yesterday on the side of the road foraging in the snow; sorry no picture, we didn't have the camera. We also saw a red fox in the local round-about, he seemed relatively friendly; he had a slight limp, hopefully he will be okay for the winter.

Snow in September

We got about 2" on the ground last night. Jenny and her Isabelly are doing good, they were going to be done with work for the season, however Jen still feels good and work needed some more help, so she is going to work intermittent for another week or two. Five more weeks to go!

Autumn on the tundra

Fall has arrived in Denali. Jen is hard at work bossing motorists around, while Scott is running around in the woods looking for poachers. The top photo is courtesy of Kris while sitting atop his excavator.

Brad and Trish kept Jen company while Scott was out in the woods, spending the weekend at our house while preparing for their voyage back to Hawaii. The three of them took a nice fall drive out to the Savage River in their new VW bus.