Happy Birthday Da Da!!!

Happy 31 Daddy!. Phillips and I celebrated with a date out in New Orleans. Can't beat good Italian food and drinks at the Columns. And as a late birthday present, Isabel can now say Da Da. She doesn't know what it means yet, but she loves to say it.

TOOT TOOT in a Tutu

My nicknames for Isabel is little "Toot Toot". Here is our recent photo session with the purple tutu. I couldn't get a real good one with her smiling, but I love the one that looks like her hand in on her hip.

Isabel's New Room

Looking out the window is so exhausting....

I just can't help but fall asleep.

Isabel's newest trick is leaning over so far, and sometimes even wiggling out one arm, so that she can see out the window. Do you think we need to switch to the BIG GIRL seat or what? This is how I found her when we arrived back home this afternoon.

Playtime before bedtime

Isabel is growing up way too fast. She is so much fun right now and we are loving every minute with her. She has adjusted well and LOVES her friends at daycare. Here are some pictures playing right before bed time.



Also, I have had numerous requests to see the inside of our house. We are not finished and need to get a couple of more things. W are also about to order furniture for our sunroom...it is going to be great and I will post when its complete. Here is the family room, dining room, kitchen, and hangout area.

Back to Reality

Isabel update: Sitting upright for long periods of time. Eating baby food...finally! Her favorite is prunes + apples. Throwing temper tantrums when she is overtired and does not want to nap. TEETHING...and we pray there is a tooth soon. Wearing hair clips with the little bit of hair she has in the front. Loves water...bath time especially. Flipping on the changing table...making it near impossible to get footy pjs on. Reaching and grabbing for everything. Saying Ga Ga Ga over and over and over again. If she would just turn that G to a M, we would be in good shape. All in all she is such a wonderful baby and I have really enjoyed getting to spend this last week with her at home. I have a great feel for what its like to be a stay at home mom and I really respect and admire those that do it. I am sad in a big way to start my new job tomorrow but am ready to get back to reality and get our lives on more of a schedule. Isabel went swimming this afternoon in her new shaded pool. She had fun...but like everything else, it did not last long.

We are here

We are all doing great and the move went smoothly. We have been so busy unpacking to make this house "our home". We send a HUGE thanks to both my mom (MIA) and Claudean (CC) for helping out this week with Isabel and unpacking. Phillips and I have been busy with getting settled (paper work, bills, finding our way to the nearest grocery, bank, target, lowes, etc). Our house is in the PERFECT location and we could not be more excited to start the next chapter of our lives here. Our street is breath taking and lined all the way on either side with gorgeous oak trees. So here is a picture of our cute green shot gun cottage.