Summer Fun Has Just Begun...

Earlier this week, Isabelle and I went up to a nieghbor's house to play with two of her grandkids. They had a fun time out in the pool... with no water of course... this made it way easier to jump in and out of it without slipping. ;)













Isabelle takes after me... talking with her hands and talking a lot! :)









Today, another neighbor and I went to Deep Lake, near our house, with Isabelle and her two cuties. We went for a nice, and needed walk around the lake, then had a nice picnic and after went down to the lake to let her older boy swim, and the two little ones put their feet in the water. Isabelle LOVED it... it was like a massive bathtub to her... she sat right down and splashed away. Too bad I forgot her swimsuit... Good thing I packed extra of everything else.



He is too cute!!



Yes, we packed and spread the sun screen multiple times!

It was a PERFECT day!!
Can't wait to do this all summer!! YEAH!

HAPPY SUMMER Everyone!!!

Today is the first day of summer and to celebrate Isabelle and I and a friend of mine with her two girls went to Pt. Defiance Zoo! It was a perfect sunny morning and we heaped on the sun screen and got in the strollers and away we went! Of course, we left the cameras behind. :( Terrible, I know. However, the bright side is that the sun is here with the blue skies, which means lots of zoo trips this summer and childrens' museum and swimming time and so much more; all with cameras!

Father's Day

What a busy day with so many 'costume' changes. We visited Papa Morceau in the morning and had a yummy brunch.




















'Little Shark' Isabelle found the kiddie pool and climbed all around, and up the slide. Luckily there was no water in it!!

Then we drove out to Gig Harbor to visit Grandpa Weber. There we ate a delicious dinner and also celebrated Isabelle's 1st birthday again, since my parents were in So. Cal. on her actual birthday.







Isabelle also played some piano while we were at my parents. Doesn't she look like a pro!!





The day was fun, and not at all relaxing. Isabelle played and played and finally crashed in the car on the way home, where we had to give her a big bath. The main reason is that while having dinner, we let her explore with a spoon. Some got in her mouth.

School's Out

Well, almost...

I have two more days, but they are fun days... for me. Field day, which I am bringing Isabelle, and then the last day, Tuesday, is half day, yearbook signing and stuff like that. But, yeah, I am done with my grades, got all the finals graded by 11:30 last night. :)

Yesterday too, the kids set off their pop bottle rockets. That is hard to get a good/decent picture of a rocket shooting off, timing is everything. I got a couple of shots though. (They are fairly blurry)

I mostly got shots like this... a water trail.

Past Times in the Car

No, that is not a typo...
Here is a new past (not fast) time while driving.

Ferry Ride

My parents are back up from So. Cal... Up for the summer and fall and yeah, the holidays too. Earlier this week they got to see Isabelle and we went for a ferry ride to Vashon Island for some antique shopping and some lunch at the old Hardware Store. It turned out to be a great day, weather and all! And Isabelle loved the wind in her hair from the ferry ride.

A day of SUN in May

In May, there were I think two days of sun... on one of those days, we went to the nana and papa's and played for a short while in the kiddie pool. Isabelle really wanted in, so we took off her clothes, got her in a 'little swimmer' and in she stepped, and splashed around with cousin Sophia. 5 minutes later she was done and wanted out.

PS...

Yes, that is bubble wrap, wrapped around that table behind her. It is a marvelous solution to solving the problems of "how to stop a baby from hitting her head on the table and getting hurt?" and "how do we stop her from going under the table and getting stuck?" You can't see it, but there is also pipe insulation taped around the legs of that table, then the bubble wrap around that. We have done that to a couple of tables... works wonders, and is fairly cheap. The unfortunate thing to that she is now trying to climb up on the table..... ugh!

Head Banging!

Here is a move that daddy has taught her... along with playing the guitar which she LOVES!!!!




Gotta love the credits from 'Evan Almighty'!!

Everybody Dance Now

First Steps

Here are the first steps... there are only about 5 here, but they are the best steps ever caught on tape. She hasn't really taken more then these few steps, but she has mastered the standing up and balancing (with the occasional attempt to dance). ENJOY!



13 1/2 months old!!! Go Baby Go!!

Out And About

Where is the sun?? Ok, I will settle for cloudy but not pouring...

Anyways, on the few (like 3) days that we have had that are nice, I take Isabelle out for fun walks out to see the goats, and up the road to see the horses (there are two colts too, I will have to get some pics later). She loves going for rides in the stroller!!

Cute little guy. That is our neighbors dog, Paddington.

She was ready to go, she doesn't like just sitting around.

The top of our driveway... trying to make look better with a tree in a box. :)

We also invested in a baby back pack so that we can start hiking about the trails in the area. She loves it!!

Just chilling eatting cherios!

Blowing Kisses

Mother's Day

To all mom's out there, and mom's to be... This day is for you!
Happy day!

This picture was priceless.....
"what you doing over there?"
We were attempting to get some Mother's Day shots outside...

Here is the best shot. (below)

(well this was supposed to to have more... however the photoshop element won't load into blogger :(

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Milestones and More

We recently got to change Isabelle's car seat around. She now faces forward and LOVES it. She can see what is coming at her instead of looking at everything leaving.


We are just over 23 pounds.


Other fun times are riding on Daddy's shoulders and playing with her favorite doll, Molly.

Phones and Hats

Last week our phone line went dead. Of course we assumed it was the phone company, but when they said all was right on their end, it had to be on our end, and it was... our phone had died. Yeah, time to go out and get a new cool phone with picture caller ID and personal ring tones and all that new neat stuff. Have you bought a phone recently... they are expensive!!! So we stuck to a basic caller ID and ring tone phone. However we did make sure that the volume of the ringer could go very low so not to wake Isabelle as our old one had only to volumes: loud or ringer off.



In the end, Isabelle now has a cool new phone that she loves to 'talk' on and so do we. :)



Hello??

We have also been working with her and wearing and keeping hats on. This is the best to date... I think she is starting to like them.

Doesn't she look like a little cowgirl?