What we've been up to

Since it's been nearly two weeks since I last posted I thought I'd give you all a little update.  The playroom is painted and in working order.  It is not done by any means.  Clint is going to move the cable hook-up to a different wall, I'm going to work on some paintings/wall decor, we need to buy a rug an curtains, and we need to build her toy bins.  This room is going to be very DIY, so it may take a while to get everything completed.  We're also in the midst of birthday party planning so the playroom project may have to take a backseat for a while.

Isabella has had some fun things going on this past week.  She went swimming for the first time at Tropicanoe Cove Wednesday.  They have a zero entry pool and she really enjoyed sitting and splashing.  She also thought walking in the pool was a blast.  The pool area isn't very big, and since it was family night it was pretty crowded.  Last night we took her to check out Family Night at Faith Community Center.  They have an indoor pool and she got to try out her baby float.  She didn't mind it, but she definitely prefers to sit and play in the shallow area.  The sky looked pretty bad as we were leaving and when we got home we heard on the radio that local emergency management was reporting a possible tornado at Faith Baptist.  Needless to say I was a little freaked out.  I HATE tornadoes and one was possibly spotted where we had just left.  Plus, we live awfully close to Faith anyway.

Isabella also started waving this week.  So cute!

Sorry there are no pictures, I forgot to take my camera both nights.  Oops!

Cruising!

Isabella started cruising tonight! 

10 Months

Isabella is 10 months old today!  How did my baby get into the double digits?  This is completely unacceptable!  She needs to stay itty bitty forever. 

We celebrated a day early by installing her convertible car seat and trying out a new walker toy.  I'd been thinking about buying her some sort of walking toy for a while, but didn't think she was ready.  Last week I caught her on her feet and pushing a box around the living room.  I guess she's ready!

We're in deep party planning mode here, well I am anyway.  Her birthday is a mere two months away so it's time to get serious.  I've been anxious to get started for a few months now but I restrained myself because it seemed to early.  Now it's sneaking up on us.

I think I've been pretty good about blogging this past month, but just in case here's what's new with Isabella:
-Four teeth!  She has the two bottom middle and the two top middle.
-Pulling up on everything
-Switched to the convertible car seat
-Will not be still for diaper changes
-Has to be fed veggies first, otherwise she'll ignore them in favor of everything else: fruit, meat, grains, etc.
-Drinking about 3 cups full of water each day at mealtimes
-Wearing size 12 months
-Likes to be outside, but hates the heat
-Taking one nap most days around 10 or 11, but getting tired around 5 or so

Of course, I have to include some pictures!


Playing with her cousin, Jaden.

First ride in the new car seat!

Ready to go!

Showing off her walking skills.

It's a car too Mommy.

Look at those teeth!

Four Teeth!

Isabella's bottom teeth now have some company.  Her two top middle teeth started to break through this weekend, and boy is she cranky!  Although, I think the crankiness is due more to her messed up sleep patterns.  She normally is up for the day around 7:00, but for the past several days it has been more like 8:30 or 9:00.  She still wants to go down for her nap at her normal time of about 10:00 though and then she doesn't nap well.  also, while she normally wakes up happy and babbling she has been waking up crying.  I know that's never a good sign.  She's just a whiny mess.  Hopefully she'll be back to her happy, playful self soon.

The Little Mermaid

With temperatures like this, we just had to test out the baby pool this week.  The first day, I think the water was a little too cold for her.  Mommy was excited and didn't let the water sit too long, but tried adding a few buckets of hot water.  She freaked when I put her feet into the water.  The next day I filled the pool up first thing in the morning and by the time she finished lunch it was nice and warm.  She was a little startled when I first set her in the water, even though it was warm it was still cooler than her bath water, but then Mommy sat in the pool with her and she thought that was pretty cool.  She absolutely loved it!  I had expected her to get bored, but I wound up having to drag her out of there.  I didn't want her to spend too much time in the sun.  Here are a few pictures of our little mermaid:

She may not have liked the water the first day, but she sure looked cute!

Toys!

This is fun, Mom!

Trying to eat grass...

Crawling after her dolphin

I'm really looking forward to taking her to a public pool now.  The WL pool opens today, but we have errands today and won't have time to go.  Thankfully, the pools all open this weekend so we should get to try it out soon!

2 Years Ago...

This is still my favorite wedding photo!


And just for fun, last year looked a little something like this:

*Both photos by Lindsay Wilson Photography

She's standing!

She officially pulled up to standing on Mother's Day!  She'd been using us to pull herself up for a couple months (grabbing our hands or grabbing onto our knees while we're sitting on the floor), but this was the first time she used a piece of furniture to pull herself up.  The best part was that we both got to see it!  What a great Mother's Day present!  

She now uses anything and everything to get herself to standing: the tv stand, the bookshelf, the baby gate, and even Audrey!  It seems like she wants to be on her feet all the time now.  Mid-crawl she'll stop and put herself onto her hands and feet.  It's like she's trying so hard to stand herself up.  

I was afraid that once she started pulling herself up she wouldn't be able to get back down and would either cry until we helped her down or fall and hurt herself, but she's done surprisingly well.  She's pretty good at lowering herself as far as she possibly can and then plopping down on her bottom.  She's mastered the art of the controlled fall. Oh, and don't worry her fluffy little cloth diapered bottom has plenty of cushion. :)

(Don't worry, there's nothing in her mouth.  That's just the glare of a spit bubble!)