Close Up

The only way Isabelle will let me take her Picture now is close up.

This one cracks me up.

If I say just wait there while I take your photo I get this face. Pure frustration.

Here is my favorite outfit to put her in right now.

I used to have a lamb named Wonk. I called him Wonk because he had one ear that would perk up and the other one was "wonk". Wonk was taken to slaughter one fall afternoon and I never got to say goodbye. Isabelle's pig tails on Friday reminded me of Wonk.

1st Birthday Party

The party was a while ago but here are some photos. Erica my friend took the top two. I LOVE THEM! In the last one Isabelle is trying to put on her new shirt.

Oh What a Big Day!

This last week has been so much fun. Isabelle is learning new things every day! Last night I asked her to go get a diaper form daddy and bring it back to me and I'd change her. And she did it! She also said "diaper". She is adding new words to her vocabulary every day. The newest one on a consistent basis is "Addy". That is her 2 year old cousin that lives next door. They spend a lot of time together and it's so much fun to watch them grow and learn to play together.
Yesterday Isabelle got her first set of squeaker shoes. What are Squeaker shoes you ask? They are exactly what they sound like. Every time that Isabelle takes a step they squeak. It's really funny when she starts to walk fast, almost run, it's just one long squeak instead of separate steps. They sound like they would get old fast however they were really born out of necessity. With the squeaker shoes we can tell where she is at all times.
Now when there is no squeaking and no talking then we know she is doing something she isn't supposed to.
Also this week I have realized how grown up my little girl is. She know what she wants all the time and can get her point across quite well. It's amazing how much has changed in a year. Last year at this time we were just beginning to understand each other and now it's almost like having a conversation. Oh how the time flies!

Full of It!

Last week Isabelle wasn't quite herself. She Threw up lunch on thursday and Friday. I said thats enough and made Todd take her to the Doctor to see what was wrong. If it was a virus I could live with that, however if there was something we could do to make her feel better I was ready and willing to do so.
After the appointment Todd and Isabelle came to my office and I asked- "So... what did the doctor say?"
"Shes full of S*$^" Todd said.
I was like "What? Who? The doctor? Explain!" I mean really we are talking about my daughter here a short explaination of 4 words was not going to do it.
Turns out that is exactly what Isabelle was. She was full of it. Poor thing was constipated. She had been going but just little rabbit turds as we call them so I totally didn't suspect constipation. However after a weekend of Miralax and lots of diluted pear juice our little one cleared out her system sunday and monday.
I cannot wait to tell Isabelle that story when she is old enough to appreciate her fathers humor!

Walking

These are hilarious pictures of Isabelle walking. It looks like she is running but not quite yet. I give her 2 days and she will be running!

This is Isabelle running away after her bath--- Todd also admitted after this bath in the sink that we need to get the bath tub soon!!

I got ahead of her. I loved this shot with one leg up.

Happy 1st birthday late Isabelle! Mama and Dada are so proud of you for walking!

And We're Back!

We arrived back from our whirl wind trip on Saturday afternoon. It was amazing and wonderful. I think all of our bones thawed out while we were in Colorado because the weather was like late spring here in Wisconsin. 55 degrees, sunny and wonderful!

The 15 hour drive was not too bad. Those of us in the back seats napped a lot which was nice. We swam and played cards and just generally enjoyed every ones company. Our travel companions included my college roommate Marci and her husband Tim. They came out with us to visit Tim's brother in Fort Collin's Colorado for a couple days. Here are few quick photos- Sorry they are blurry, they are from my phone.

This is Isabelle Fighting taking a nap! She was so good on this trip!

Here we are at Cabela's in Omaha taking a crawling break. It was so nice for Isabelle to get out and stretch her legs. And for Marci and I as well... we might have done a little shopping. I think the boys were surprised that we found something at Cabela's. It also proves that Marci and I could find something to buy anywhere!

This last photo is of Isabelle on part of a sculpture in Fort Collins. The other part of the sculpture is a bear but when we tried to sit Isabelle underneath the bear she was not having it. Apparently bears are not her thing. We spent New Years eve day there just bumming around town. We also got a private tour of the New Belgium Brewery thanks to Tim's high school friend, Tyler, who works there.

Other Major events include Isabelle learning to walk proficiently, adding many new animal sounds to her vocabulary and she turned 1. I cannot believe it's been a year. (more on that later)

All told it was a great trip and we would definitely do it again.