One of Many

There are so many 'firsts' that we get to share with Isabelle, though she won't remember any of it, we get to have these memories, and we get to share them with her in the future.

This Thanksigiving was nice. We shared it with Eric's family, parents and sisters and all their families. Unfortunately my parents are down in California visiting my grandmother and were not here with us. But yeah, they are planning out their trip for coming up here to spend a first Christmas with Isabelle. We are excited too that Isabelle's Great GrandMother will be coming up too! We can't wait to see her.

Wow, in just the past few days, she is spinning on her tummy and scooting backwards to get something she wants, (I'm scared of how fast she is going to be crawling... it is too soon!), she can get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth. She is making it almost impossible to type and add photos with her kicking the keyboard drawer and grabbing at the mouse... She is so cute though, she smiles everytime. hehehehehe

Here are some pics from our Thanksgiving


Play time in the garage, watching the turkey fry.






















Carving the bird.









Close up of our table and center piece



Isabelle's 1st Thanksgiving



Karen with Isabelle, and of course football in the background. Surprisingly, no one yelled at the TV this year.


Kristy with Sophia



Ahhh... Sweet potatos

Ahhhh.... Turkey, gravey, peas, potatos, and .... Zzzzzzzz







Hope everyone had a very wonderful and family filled Thanksgiving.

---Gobble, Gobble

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Cousins

All of Us

Sleepless Nights

Giggle, Giggle

The title says it all... though we are getting sleep again now. Isabelle started teething a little over a week ago, so we got very little sleep this last week. However, on her 7month birthday, her two little bottom teeth popped through. Unfortunately, they have gone back down. First time teeth tend to do this. The good thing is that if we put our finger in her mouth we can feel the little teeth there, just below the surface.

Her new foods are carrots, sweet potatoes, prunes and bananas. She loves to eat! She now scoots backwards quite well and can get up on her hands and knees. We put a picture of all of us in a little babyproof carrier, and she loves to look at it. I am in awe that she can recognize that a picture is us...

Work is great for all of us... busy. On my busiest days I get up at 4:30 every morning (think about those sleepless nights when Isabelle finally fell asleep at 4), go coach, go teach, (on Thursdays) I go back to coaching, then pick up Isabelle and go home. My easiest day... get up at 4:30 to coach then go home, back to bed and wake up later to spend a fun day with Isabelle. I like those days. :) Eric is doing good at Microsoft, in his eyes, its just another day.

I have also started Scrapbooking... but that is another post later.

Im ready for some pics...

We got Isabelle a duck bath tub... She loves to kick and splash in the water. Check out her hair.

Bananas... need I say more.

7 month B-day pics

High 'e'


One of my teething faces...


See my tongue

Little Penguin

Isabelle's first Halloween... A cute little Penguin.

We were Snow White and the Prince... And Isabelle was one of the seven penguins. ;)

Our friends Bruka and John hosted a costume party... they were the 3 Amigos. 3?? There are only two there??? They are expecting a third in just a few months. Yippeee, a new friend for Isabelle.

Another friend of ours has a little boy, Dylan, who is 2 weeks younger than Isablelle. The monkey and the penguin... so cute.

"Little Tails"

We went to an annual pumpkin carving party to carve our pumpkins... Our goal was to get Isabelle in the middle of all the pumpkins at the end of the night, but we had to leave early... Something to do with a bedtime... hahaha.

Picture Update

Dab Dab Dab



Some pics from my birthday last month, mostly with the kids.








Cute in blue







6 Month Birthday Photos


It is so cute, now everytime Isabelle sees a camera flashing, she smiles huge!






Thuughghghg




Itsty Bitsy




Ok, supposedly this is an adult size crown, that is what the packaging said... though it doesn't fit any adult I know. But it fit perfectly on Isabelle, our little princess. I bet you cant wait to see our Halloween photos.





When we took off the crown, our little princess became a Mad Scienctist. hehehe

WOW... Busy Life

Instead of apologizing for my lack of posting, I am just going to let you know whats been going on.

I started at Tahoma JH, and absolutely love it there. I now that I have said that before, but it is still great. Though I work every other day, I am still so busy. My favorite busy time is playing with Isabelle, of course and I could go on and on about her... and I will later. But other things first.

I am tutoring now (three nights a week), doing an after school science study club (once a week)... and the biggie... the district has asked me to be the head gymnastics coach... I know, crazy huh?? I applied for assistant, but they want me as head coach... what are they thinking? Though I am having mixed feelings about that and all that head coach entails, I am excited for it. Being head coach means tons of meetings (pre season, post season and through the season meetings), learning all the routines, rules and regulations, having to make cut, etc. The major downside to this is that the district doesn't have its own equipment or place on campus to practice, so we have to find a place and lease time and space. The season starts next Monday, and that is not figured out yet. The other piece that is being discussed still is the time of practice, and as of now, that is looking like 6am every morning. Looong days ahead. Then there are the meets. When they start, they will be held at 7pm and they usaully run up to 3 hours. I am looking forward to late February already. ;)

On top of all this, with the holidays approaching, dinners and get togethers are being planned which is leaving little time for relaxing. Working every other day is such a blessing in diguise!!

We are also thinkging about a little remodel... no, not the kitchen like we really want, that is going to have to wait a few more years I think... No, this remodel is small. We are going to get a wood buring stove so that when the power goes out, we can still have heat. The remodel part is getting the chimney to match up with the stove. The contractor is coming out next week to take a look at the job ahead.

Now on to my newest favorite topic... Isabelle. :) She is doing wonderful, now 6 months old and wearing 9 month clothing... though some of that is too small for her. She is laughing, rolling over and is eatting peas. The peas of course are gerber, and are mixed with baby rice cereal. She is such a funny eatter, she loves to eat andeverytime the spoon goes in her mouth she says 'Mmmmm.' Tonight we start carrots. Instead of a green baby, we will have a oragne one. ;) She has such a wonderful personality and is a party girl... If there is something going on, she is right in the middle, watching everything go down.

Pictures to come soon.

FOOD!!!

At 5 months, the doctor said that we could start Isabelle on solids.... baby solids. So we started with some rice cereal. The first few dats she didnt really like it, more that she didn't have the swallowing thing down. Now she scarffs it down (and plays with her food).

Update on Pics

Ok, so I have been doing a bad job updating... and not because I am busy really... more that I have been having a ton of fun. Working part time is great; gives me tons of time to play with Isabelle, take tons of pictures of her and go through her clothes, which she is out growing on a daily basis... literally! I am also getting more organized in our house... Surprise, I know! But I make piles of stuff, then go through it, toss a bunch and put the stuff I am going to keep in our spare room. Ok, so that room is getting cluttered, but the rest of the house is getting uncluttered. :)

Enough chatting... here are some new photos

Playing with daddy


Singing to me






KITTY!! So excited!




Ready..Set...GO!



Sharing hats with daddy










Five Month Birthday!!