growing up

It is fascinating to watch Isabelle grow and learn. She is now almost 15 months old and seems to get older every day. She had her first haircut last week but I accidentally deleted the pictures before I could get them onto the computer. It was a pretty challenging 4 minutes. Hopefully it will get better next time. Isabelle spends most of her time jibber jabbing. She can say allot of words and seems to try and repeat anything you say to her. Tonight we asked her if she wanted to watch a movie and we swear she looked at us and said "showtime"...it was crazy. Her favorite words are more, milk, no, thank you (sometimes), yes, purple, yellow, blue, circle and rectangle (you have to be a parent to pick out "rectangle", but I know what she means). She is more and more fun everyday.

A WEEK AT THE LAKE!!!!

What a nice weeklong vacation. We spent Friday to Friday at the lake and even with a little cool weather and some rain, we had a great time! Isabelle just loves the beach and the fresh air.

Here is a photo of the whole group...

Here is isabelle getting ready for her first pontoon ride.

Isabelle's vacation package included an afternoon trip to the lakeside spa...she got a pedicure from Mama and Nanna.

Isabelle enjoying her floatie...

Sixty seconds after we arrived at the lake Isabelle ran right down to the beach and in the water; skirt, sandles and all...she stayed there for a half an hour.

Enjyoing lunch at her favorite lakeside restaurant.

Hanging out with Mommy

Playing puzzles with cousins Blayne and Kaylee...

When it was all over Isabelle was pooped...

the goldfish incident

Isabelle really loves goldfish, they are one of her favorite snacks. We dont usually eat them on the couch but Isabelle found out just how fun it can be to have a snack on teh couch and then dump it all over dad and furniture. We are off to the lake this weekend so hopefully Isabelle will have fun playing with cousins at the beach...

the beach

Isabelle had her first trip to the beach this weekend. It was a little chilly with the wind but she really seemed to enjoy it. She wasnt afraid of the water but spent much of her time playing in the sand. She is still working on her one year molars and we all hope they come soon! She has mastered crawling up the stairs (she can fly up there!) and now she is working on walking up them. If you hold her hands she can get her little legs working and make all the way up. She continues to surprise me with how fast she learns and how much she tries to talk, I have no idea what she is saying but it sure is cute.

playin in the pool at Grammy's

Isabelle had a great 4th of July weekend. She got to spend some time with Grandpa Al and Grandma Chris and got to spend part of a day playing in the pool at Grammy Barbs. She seems to like the water, hopefully this weekend we will get he weather to line up and we will take her to the beach at Elm Creek Park.

This week has been kind of a tough one for Isabelle she has some molars moving around at it is causing her quite a bit of pain. She has also had a fever...the combination has been giving her some pretty uneasy nights. She seems a little more content today so hopefully we can all get a little better rest this evening.

was da

"was da" is Isabelle for "whats that", it is a phrase that we hear all the time. Isabelle is really curious and seems to be learning things minute by minute. She now mimics the things we do around the house (pointing the remote at the tv, watering flowers, and others...). She seems to really be soaking things up. She is saying a few other words but still does most of her talking in a language that nobody (but her) can understand.

Isabelle's first carnival

Isabelle went to her first carnival and her first parade last weekend. I think she really liked the parade, but we sat at the end so the floats were really spread out. She would have liked it even more if the action was a little more constant. At the carnival she ate her first corndog and played her first carnival game...she acually won a little inflatable princess thingamajig that she really likes. The carousel went really fast and she was super scared the whole time...you can almost hear the scream in the picture below. Isabelle is starting to "talk" a little more, she said "two" about 10 minutes ago...she actually looked at a two and said two...it was pretty cool!

growing up...FAST

What a big girl! Isabelle really is no longer a baby and is now a little person. She eats spaghetti, cheeseburgers, chicken nuggets, french toast, scrambled eggs, waffles and pretty much anything. She is now drinking whole milk out of a sippy cup and only has one bottle per day. Now our job is to get rid of the bed time bottle, but that could take some time. Isabelle had her 12 month appointment last week, she is 31 inches long and weighs 24 lbs. She has fallen from the 98th to the 92nd percentile. She is completely in love with all of her birthday presents. She playing with her tea sets and her tea cupboard, she also loves her couch and her baby stroller. She really loves books, it is so amazing to watch her pick one out of the pile walk over to me so I can read it to her...what a differnce a year makes!

The big ONE!

It is really hard to believe but Isabelle is now one year old! What a year it has been, and what a difference a year makes. Below is a picture of Isabelle on her birthday. What a big Girl. She had her first birthday party on Saturday and I think she had a really great time. As you can see fromt the pictures she had a great turnout with lots of family and friends showing up to celebrate. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Isabelle's big day with us. We hope you had as much fun as we did!

The big girl on her birthday...

Enjoying her very own birthday cake...(and sharing a little with Olivia)

Showing off her snazzy birthday hat

I never thought I would see that many kids in my living room...yikes!

One year pictures

Here are some of Isabelle's one year photos. We went to kiddie kandids in Maple Grove. We were pretty happy with these shots. It is hard to believe that she will be a year old at the end of the week. Amazing. She really started jib jabbing tonight....I have no idea what she was saying but she had allot to talk about.

teeth and the toybox

It is hard to believe that we are only a couple weeks away from one year! Isabelle now has all or parts of 6 teeth and she is about to have her third bottom tooth break through. Having 5 teeth moving at one time appears to be a little "uncomfortable" but what can you do. As you can see below Isabelle has kind of grown fond of the tooth brush, I doubt that will last very long. This weekend she decided that it was more fun to get in the toybox than it was to get toys from the toybox.

Happy Mothers Day

Isabelle had a great first mothers day. She ate brunch with Mom and Grandma, signed her first card and even bought Mommy jewelry. What a girl! Here are some pictures of Isabelle with her favorite lady!

Eleven months already! WOW

It is hard to believe that Isabelle is walking now. Last week she just stood up and starting walking. It is crazy to sit and watch her walk around the house, the garage and even outside. She is such a big girl. Check out the video on our last post for some live action walking video. Isabelle also tried her first smore this weekend, she dove right in and made quite the mess!

Walking video

Isabelle is now walking all over the place...check it out