The kids came to the hospital with my parents on Sunday, June 15th, to meet Isaac!  Zane had spent time with the kids Saturday evening, as Kyla had her 9th Birthday Party that day.  He told them about Isaac and his physical differences.  He also told them that the most important thing for them to do was to give Isaac extra love!  The kids definitely still remember that, because boy do they love their little brother.

I don’t have pictures of their first visit with Isaac, because they went in one at a time with Zane.  I did ask Kyla to write a paragraph on what she remembered about that first visit.

Here is what she wrote:
“The fist time I saw Isaac, he was in the NICU.  Dad said that some of his bones in his head were stuck together, I started to cry because I felt bad for him.  I thought he looked chubby and cute.  Dad showed me that his fingers and toes were stuck together.  The best part about that first visit was being able to touch him.
My next visit, Isaac was in a bassinet and I didn’t recognize him in a picture.  I thought he looked a little different then all of us because he had a big forehead.  After I held him he looked really cute.
When Isaac came home from the hospital and I got to hold him and feed him he started to look really cute.
It’s like I’ve known him for my whole life, but I’ve known him for almost 2 months.  I also help Mom at home with Isaac.
I will always love him.”

When Barrett saw him, he kept asking if his own hands looked like Isaac’s when he was born.  And then there is Emmett, he just enjoyed touching him and rubbing his head.

These pictures are from the kids visit on June 21, this was when they were able to hold Isaac for the first time.