Isabelle at 7 months

Here is Isabelle at 7 months old!  She is such a little peanut.  We love you so much Isabelle!

 

 

 

 

 

Crib Time

The last couple days I have found Isabelle in her crib at naptime,

...with one leg and one arm sticking out of the crib and the other leg outside of her sleeper

...with 3 out of 4 limbs sticking out of the crib

 

On a Roll

Isabelle reached another milestone today!  I put her down for her nap today and about 45 minutes later I heard her making noise.  I looked into the monitor to find this little peanut sitting up!  She did this twice after being put on her belly!  This little one is on a roll!

 

Speaking of milestones, Isabelle has also had a couple others over the last couple weeks....

Chatting - Isabelle says b's, d's, and a has done a couple lip buzzes.

Isabelle has also fed herself a couple puffs.

 

I know I have experienced these firsts already with Amelia, but it is just as exciting as the first time!  I am so amazed by the development process.  I see Isabelle lurching forward, so it won't be long before this little thing is crawling!

Happy Thanksgiving

The theme of this Thanksgiving was Cousin FUN!  The girls are getting to the point where 4 out of 5 can actually play together.  It is so fun to see Amelia interacting with her cousins and building memories!

This Thanksgiving we went to Des Moines, since Aunt Jenna was so close to her due date.  We stayed with Aunt Amber.  Do not be fooled, Amelia did not sleep in Joey's kennel for the night, but she did think it was a fun fort in the morning!

Aunt Amber and Isabelle! 

Who knew Joey's travel kennel could be so fun to play in!

The calm before the feeding fest

Amelia and Alaina coloring

Amelia pushing the loved by all cousins baby.  This was a great exercise in taking turns.  Amelia did really well with it too - 'taking turns' seemed to click better than 'sharing'

Eating Thanksgiving meal!

Alaina and Isabelle. These two could totally be sisters! Its amazing how much they look alike.

Lots of laughter!

Papa with his owie leg.  The girls were very fascinated with it.

Uncle James and baby playing kick ball with Amelia

Amelia and Alaina

Aunt Mel and Daddy.  This is the last of a few goofy picture, but I will spare them the embarrassment.

Daddy with his girls!

Daddy and Olivia!  There was lots of wrestling and pile on whatever adult that was laying on the ground.

Amelia.  With her hair pulled back, she looks so old.

Daddy the horse.  Such a strong one too!  3 girls - Paige, Olivia and Amelia

The horse that does circles.

Yee-haa!

Isabelle and Aunt Amber

Uncle James praying with the girls before mealtime

Digging into some yummy soup

Isabelle with Papa.  Note Isabelle NOT crying.  This holiday ended up being quite the stranger danger holiday for Isabelle.  And Papa was definitely a stranger most times with Isabelle.  But there were moments when he was friendly.

Wrestling with mommy!

We had to get our card playing in!  Paige was even in on the fun - learning how to shuffle.

Good ole hand and foot!

Olivia all played out and exhausted!

Isabelle and Aunt Jenna

We had a dance party - or more like the cousins had a dance party.   This was the hugging part of the dance.

Olivia showed her special moves.

And then Amelia did too!

A little airplane action!

Flying!

Paige was working on her ballerina moves.  Olivia showed us her somersaults!

More moves shown by all!  It was quite entertaining!

A picture of Aunt Amber and the girls plus the dogs.

Aunt Amber and Isabelle

A picture of the cousins!  They had so much fun together!

Isabelle and Uncle Mark.  He was usally a friendly.  Isabelle also really liked her Aunt Mel.