Izzy's First Easter

Easter this year was a great day! Not that the holidays weren't great before, but having a child makes holidays so special and exciting. (I have to pause for a moment, Izzy is attempting to climb up onto the couch and sit like mommy and daddy do... I've gotta go rescue her real quick)!

Okay, I'm back. So, this Easter was great! It was a beautiful day outside, Uncle Stin and Uncle Jesse spent the day with us and stayed for dinner (I made my amazing pulled pork) and we had an Easter egg hunt for Izzy! I think Easter egg hunting is a skill that all children are naturally born with because she knew exactly what to do with the Easter eggs.. Every time she would find one she would put it in the basket and we'd look for the next one, it was the cutest thing in the world. The guys had a lot of fun hiding eggs for her, and Uncle Stin followed us around and took all of these great pictures.

Isabelle's 8 Month Pictures

Taken By Auntie Emma

Watch Out, Here She Comes!

Izzy has reached another milestone, she is officially up on all fours, rocking back and forth. Any day now she will be crawling.. she's already taken a couple of crawls forward, but mostly she crawls backwards right now.. Hehe! It's crazy how fast things happen, literally overnight she went from scooting on her belly to on her knees! Also, Thanks Aunt Emma for the super cute baby leg warmers, they are so much fun!

The Laundry Room

We have been wanting to fix up the laundry room for quite a while now and finally we have found the time to do it! After lots of painting and planning, here are some pictures of the finished product!!

When Mommy Goes Out For The Day - Daddy and Izzy Play

Ninja Iz

This weekend was a project weekend. We have been planning to re-do the laundry room, and since I didn't get to help with any of the painting (which I love) when we first moved in (because I was pregnant) we decided that Luke would be on baby duty and I would get to paint the laundry room. All that to say that Luke and Isabelle had a lot of daddy/daughter time this weekend. They had a blast, can you tell from the pictures?

No Longer A Baby

So, today we had to lower Isabelle's crib mattress because she started pulling herself up and peeking over the top of the rails. She is definetly on the move now. If we stand her up and give her something to hold onto, she will stand on her own, and we can never keep her in one spot on the floor, she always ends up off of her blanket and onto the wood floor, where she proceeds to push herself backwards around the living room, it's really hilarious. Yep, she is no longer a baby, she is a little girl.

My New Sewing Machine

For Christmas I got a new sewing machine, which I am super excited about! I have so many projects that I want to do with it. One of the first projects was to make curtains for Isabelles dresser in her room. Here is a picture, I made them out of fitted bed sheets so that they would match her bedroom theme! I'm so excited.. what am I going to make next??

It's Been A While

Well, It's been quite a while since our last blog. We had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas and were so busy with holidays and traveling that we forgot about our blog, so we thought we would show you what we've been up to lately! Hope everyone is having a great 2009 so far!

PLAYING

HIKING

BONFIRES

WATCHING THE NEW BARN GO UP

AND OF COURSE, MORE PLAYING AND

SITTING UP LIKE A PRO!

Peas? NOOOooooo

I don't need to blog, I think these pictures speak for themselves...

We Love Keigley Kid Hand-Me-Downs

Every time we get Keigley Kid Hand-Me-Downs, I get excited because I know that there's going to be something really cute in the bag. Recently, we got a new bag of hand-me-downs and we've been having so much fun dressing Isabelle up in her "new" duds.. So, thank you, Lacey for passing on your super cute clothes!!

Sitting Pretty

I know it's been quite a while since our last blog. We have been out of town for Thanksgiving, but now we are back and in the 4 days since we've been back home, Isabelle has had some pretty big things happen! First, she sat up all on her own! Every time she sits up she has this look on her face like she knows she's doing something big.. Secondly, this morning I saw another couple of nubbins coming through! Her two TOP teeth are coming in!

We had a great time in Florida over Thanksgiving, but we are so glad to be back home with Luke. We decorated our tree last weekend, and are so excited about Isabelle's first Christmas! We miss everyone much and hope that you all are having a Happy Christmas!

Little Nubbins

As most of you know, Izzy got her first two teeth. Tonight she thought it was hilarious that I was calling them "little nubbins" and every time I said "little nubbins" she would crack up, so of course I said it over and over for about 5 or 10 minutes until she got sick of hearing it and went on to her other toys. You never know what's going to crack up a baby, but when something does you just keep doing it over and over and over no matter how silly you look. Thank goodness I had the camera close by so that I can share our funny moment with you.

The Lone Pear

Well, the beautiful leaves have peaked and are gone. Everything is bare now. Usually when this time of year comes around I get what Luke calls the "Seasonal Blues". Being from FL I'm used to having green and sunshine all year round so when this time of year rolls around it can be a bit hard, but somehow everything being bare isn't so bad out here at the farm. I've actually really enjoyed it this year, and I'm even hoping that it will snow! Speaking of trees being bare, Luke and I went on our jog today and looked over and noticed that on a pear tree that is completely void of any living thing, there is one lone pear still hanging on for dear life. We thought it was amusing so we took a picture of it.

Sweet Potatoes... YUMMY!

This is Izzy's first experience with sweet potatoes.. Needless to say, she loved it!

She also got her second tooth this week and started wearing pampers cruisers today! I know the new diapers are not super exciting news for everyone, but to Luke and I, it's a little milestone. She's growing up so fast.

A Swingin' Good Time

Izzy has been moving around a lot lately, so we decided it was time for her to try some new activities since she seems to be getting bored with the bouncers and play mats. This bouncy swing was just the thing, as you can see she thinks it's pretty cool to be standing up like a big girl. What a ham!

Happy "MOO"loween

Last night was Izzy's first Halloween. Doesn't she make the cutest little cow? I thought it was fitting since we live on "the farm". So, our first rounds were to Edible Vibe where we saw Oma, Papa, Aunt Mary and Uncle Wayne. Uncle Wayne and Izzy played the whole time until we could coax him to pass Izzy on to Papa.. hehe.. After a nice visit with everyone and a taste testing of three different kinds of delectable pumpkin desserts, some amazing melt in your mouth chocolate cookies and finding Waldo, we headed for the hospital to see Daddy. Luke was so excited to see Izzy, he wasn't feeling good at all and I think it really brightened his night :-) So, we headed home and Uncle Stin stopped by.. All in all, it was a very fun night! We wish that Grammey and Pawpaw and all the Tallahassee Crew could have seen Isabelle all dressed up, but I guess these super cute pictures will have to do for now.