Family Photos

We had family photos taken on Purdue's campus in August.  Kim of Kim Davis Photography was great to work with and her prices are very competitive.  I would highly recommend her.

First Day of Preschool!

Isabella started a Montessori preschool program recently.  She's so excited about school!  She goes twice a week for three hours in the morning. 


First day!

This is the second day, showing off her backpack and lunchbag!

Second Birthday Party

Isabella's second birthday party was July 30.  I decided to go with a Sesame Street theme, if you couldn't tell.  I'm not a big character person though, so I tried to keep the use of characters to a minimum and instead focused on primary colors and learning concepts.


Cookie Monster cupcakes.  I should have piped on the frosting, but I used a knife to save time.

The cake.

I went easy with the banner this year.

I wish I had a used a stencil; freehanding did not turn out well.

There are well over 200 balloons here.

The food.  

Present time!

Of course, it was once again way too hot to have the party outside.   I hope this doesn't happen every year because I have a lot of fun ideas for future birthday parties and some of them would work much better outdoors.

Two Years old!

Ok, so she's technically 25 months old now, but we've been busy. 

Age: 2 years old!
Weight: Not quite 24lbs at her last appt. 
Length: 34.25" She's growing more up than out.

Size: 2T.  We discovered that size 5 shoes are pretty tight with socks and 5.5s are hard to find so I'm now buying size 6.
Hair:Still long and still red. Very thin and wispy.  I'm still hoping it will thicken up.

Teeth: All four molars have popped through, but aren't in all the way.
Sleeping: Her nap is usually at least 2 hours, and she's always in bed by 8pm.  Most days she's waking up around 6am, but that's pretty common when she's teething.  I'm hoping she'll go back to her normal 7am soon.  She's also been occasionally waking up during the night to ask for water.  I'm going to go ahead and blame this on the molars too.

Eating: Eating fairly well.  She's kind of obsessed with fruit snack, popsicles, and of course her beloved cheese.

Movement: She is all over the place.  Pushed chair up to the counter so she can stand on them and "help" me cook, moves the step stool so she can turn lights on and off, climbing onto our bed all by herself.

Milestones: Second birthday! First day of preschool!

Favorite toys/activities: Vehicles of all kinds, slides, animals.

Dislikes: Riding in the stroller and wearing a bib.

Words/sounds: Can't even keep track anymore.



Riding her new bike.

Meeting Dora at the Children's Museum on her birthday.  She gave Dora the biggest hug!

She wasn't so sure about Diego.

She loved the Dora exhibit.

Of course, she made a beeline for the little tent in the Egypt exhibit.

She wanted to take him home.

Chatting on the Barbie phone.  I was kind of surprised that she knew it was a phone.

Checking out her birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy.

I think she likes it.

Posts coming soon:
Second birthday party
First day of preschool
Family photos