Haircut

This weekend I was giving Paul a haircut. Using the razor I went up the back side of his head and realized that I didn't have the insert attatched. Oops! So, Paul is now completely bald! I told him that now he know's what he'll look like in 10 years. =)
Then, that night Paul went to trim his eyebrows and accidently whacked off 1/2 his eyebrow. He was so embarrassed to go to work on Mon. He's using my eyeliner to draw in his eyebrow this week. Once I can get a pic snapped I will post!

Since I've Been Gone

Here's what has been going on in the Issa household since I've been gone:

1) Luke had tubes in May...after suffering through 8 miserable ear infections this winter!

2) Paul had another kidney stone in July...two surgeries later he is fully recovered.

3) I went to Ireland in April for work.

4) We celebreated Luke's 1st birthday in June! His favorite present was his red wagon above!

5) Luke was declared to have permanent hearing loss by his ENT doctor following tubes which was later dis-proved following 6 more rounds of testing and several doc visits! The ear saga is finally over!!

6) I turned 30 in May. Ugh! Paul and I celebrated by going to a Keith Urban concert.

Other than that...we've been having a great summer! I am happy that my boys are all healthy again!

Ahh...Mexico

Paul and I just returned from Mexico! We spent a week in Peurto Vallarta at a nice hotel on the beach. We started off the trip by taking the city bus to the hotel. I asked the bus driver if he went to our hotel and he shook his head yes so we hopped on luggage and all. There were mostly Americans on the bus so I figured we were headed to the hotel district. Slowly everyone starts getting off the bus, but we aren't seeing our hotel so I dig into my bag to pull out the map. We then stop at a hotel where about 100 local workers (no joke!) hop on the bus and we look around and realize that we are the only "tourists" on the bus. I then realize that we are heading out of the hotel zone... Paul, using his broken Spanish, asks one of the locals where are we as he is pointing to the map? They can't understand each other, but by his gestures we figured out that we missed our stop and are heading in the wrong direction. So Paul is yelling at the bus driver to stop the bus so we can get off. As we get off the bus, Paul takes out about 5 guys standing in the aisle banging our luggage around. Another bus ride later, we are able to get to our hotel...2 hrs behind schedule. After that experience we decided that we wouldn't venture out too much since the point of this vacation was to relax. We layed in the sun for a week, I got a spa treatment, we walked the beach and ate great food...all at the resort. When it was time to leave, we chose to get a cab ride to get to the airport.

Water Boy

Last weekend was the annual trip up North with the Iowa State crew. It was a little different trip this year as all the couples now have babies. We had a blast catching up with everyone and watching the babies interact. We finally got Luke into a pool and he seemed to enjoy it. Hopefully he will be a waterboy like his mom!

This week Paul and I are going to be in Mexico and Grandma and Grandpa will babysit Luke. We are really looking forward to a much needed vacation. We'll miss Luke, but a week in the sun in Jan is something we can't pass up.