Nothing Much

Since getting back from our trip to Mexico we have been taking it pretty easy. We haven't had too much going on. Just a few trips to the playground, lots of walks, and playing around the house.

The one thing we have been loving is Isabelle's great personality...especially when waking up first thing in the morning. She has so much energy! I often wish I could take some of it to get me going in the morning. I took a few shots of our energetic child doing various hilarious things at 7:30 in the morning...

Climbing into a diaper box. She fit quite well and managed to get turned all the way around so her face was peeking out. Unfortunately, the camera batteries died the moment I went to take that picture....
Trying to sit on a miniature bus and ride it. She also tried to climb out of the bus via the door (notice her foot). It seemed like the logical thing to do, but after some frustration she quickly figured out that the door was a bit too small for that to happen. (Thanks for the bus, Lily! She loves playing with it and especially loves the music it plays!)

And here she is ready for her walk with Sierra. The reason this makes me laugh is because she spent quite some time trying to get her hat and gloves on even though I told her we wouldn't need them because it was the warmest day of the week. It didn't matter, we HAD to do the walk with no jacket, but with hat and gloves and pajamas.

She has been the most hilarious girl ever. We really love watching her personality come out. Isabelle, you make our lives so much fun and we love you for it!!

We did have to go buy Isabelle some more shoes yesterday because she is growing like crazy! We are learning that Isabelle is a shoe lover. We sure hope this isn't a sign of what's to come when she gets older....a closet full of shoes?? It was just a month ago that we went and bought her a pair of her favorite shoes ever...Elmo shoes! She insisted on wearing these shoes everyday. We were a little worried these were going to be the only shoes she would want to wear, but luckily, every pair of new shoes we introduce, she falls in love with. She also seems to really love wearing our shoes, as you can see here, they fit perfectly...
and here in Mexico....
Isabelle has been completely in love with having George at our house. When George arrives she is usually still asleep, but as soon as I bring her downstairs and she sees him in the living room, she about loses her mind because she is so excited! She practically jumps out of my arms to go say hi to him. They really have a good time together. They had such a good time the other day that I had to have them take a little break before having snack. Here they are watching Thomas the Train sing...

Belle got really excited (even though she was supposed to be taking a break) and decided to dance (another one of her favorite past times). Notice George being a good boy and sitting like I asked.

I thought this was really cute. It shows the two of them now and then the two of them about 7 months ago. They both have changed so much! It's amazing how quickly they grow up!!



















And finally, the last thing to share is a performance from our little dancer. She really loves music, singing, and dancing! She has been going to Book Babies at our local library for quite some time now and has been getting really into "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes." She enjoys being the one child to stand up and show everyone how it is done. I tried to film it one day at home, but too bad Sierra showed up to interrupt our performance so it's not very good. Sierra is still the number one coolest thing at our house. Hopefully you can still get the idea of how much she loves this song (and excuse the horrible singing, please! Let's just hope she gets Jamie's voice.) One of these days I'll get the whole performance on video and she'll prove she can do a much better job.