Ian Karl

Known to his parents-to-be as "Bumper", Ian Karl was born eleven weeks early after his Mom, Barbara developed Preeclampsia. Ian was born on January 22, 2006 and started his life in the new born intensive care unit (NICU) at the local hosptial. Ian Karl's Blog Site follows Ian's journey through his time at the NICU, to his home coming and beyond.

Sunday, January 23, 2011









Happy Birthday Ian!
Ian turned five years old on Saturday. To celebrate, Ian took Mom and Dad to Legoland in California followed by dinner at the famous 'Corvette Diner' in Ocean Beach. What a blast we all had including Maria and Sarah who joined us for some fun in the theme park. We rode many of the rides, flew the Lego helicopters, saw the Fireman show (Ian's favorite!), met 'Bob the Builder' and of course left the park with a big box of Lego for Ian to build. Most of all now Ian enjoys telling everyone he is 5!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011


Sun Valley
Having fun in Sun Valley! Hope your year is off to a great start. Know that Ian is doing great on the slopes.

Saturday, January 01, 2011






Ian learns to ski
Ian went to Sun Valley last week and enjoyed his first ever ski lesson. His instructor, Everett, was patient as was Ian as they embarked on two 3-hour lessons culminating in Ian being able to ski down the 'bunny' slope unaided. He did real well and has a great base upon which now he can build. With all the snow we're getting here in the resorts, we're in for a great season! And of course, what Blog posting would ever be complete without Ian and Mommy posing in the beautiful sunshine in front of the Sun valley Inn?! Happy New Year everyone ..... may we enjoy another year of Ian's antics on his Blog site! :-)