Christmas

This year we exchanged presents with my family the weekend before Christmas. Here are a few things that Izzy got.

She got a doctor kit from my brother and spent a good 20 minutes trying to doctor up her cousin Nathaniel. Boy was he a good sport. However, after about 15 minutes he was done and tried to get up and Izzy try to keep him laying down so she could look at his eyes.

She also got a doll house from my mother. After she unwrapped it she started to say something over and over again that we just couldn't understand. That was until she went and got the train Nathaniel got from Grandma and put it in her CHO CHO house.

Here is my girl on the Sunday before Christmas in her new dress. Don't you just love that smile.

Well, Court insisted that we make cookies this year. I was so tired, that we made the cookies one day and frosted them the next. But Izzy really seemed to enjoy decorating them. Probably because she ate more of the candies then what actually got on the cookies.

On to Christmas morning. She really enjoyed running up and down on her new big 6 foot piano she got from Mom and Dad. It is quite cool. It will play different instruments and you can also have it play songs by itself.

But her most favorite toy has to be her new vanity. She has hauled it into every room of the house to sit and play on it. Right now it is in Mom and Dad's bedroom right next to Mom's vanity. Hopefully we will get her new room together soon (Mikey has finished all the painting) so it has a permanent place to stay. Pictures to come as we get her settled in.

We had a really great Christmas week filled with family and friends. We hope you all had a great one as well.

It's snowing

Isabel's new favorite saying is it's snowing. Anytime she sees it snowing outside she goes and grabs her boots and asks to go outside. She loves this weather. Don't ask where she gets that from. I do love how beautiful it makes everything especially on days when I don't have anywhere to go but I really don't enjoy being out in the snow. It's so cold, makes you wet but worse of all it makes the roads so horrible to drive on.

However, Izzy doesn't seem to mind being out in it. In fact sometimes I have a hard time getting her to go in. Of course she also has to help anytime me or daddy are out shoveling. So this is her helping. "Izzy's shovel, i do it". Boy has she become independent.

Romance tag

Tagged!
Here's a gooey, romantic game of tag. Thanks Erin for Tagging me.

What is your husband's name? Court
How long have you guys been married? 3 years
How long did you date? 6 months (yep that fast)
How old is he? 25 - much younger then me.
Who is taller? Him of course
Who can sing the best? Neither one of us can
Who is smarter? Probably him
Who pays the bills? Me
Who does the laundry? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Him
Who mows the lawn? Court
Who cooks dinner? Mostly me
Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Mostly me, he doesn't mind the silence and it bugs me so I apologize first just to get out of the silent treatment.
Who kissed who first? He kissed me
Who wears the pants? Both of us. It depends on who is more passionate about the issue and if it really matters.

It's beginning to feel like Christmas

Every year I normally get all the Christmas stuff up the day after Thanksgiving. But this year with Isabel's birthday, my family in town for the weekend and being pregnant we just got the tree up this week. It never quite seems like the holidays until I get my tree up. I still have all the other decorations including my village to put out. I don't think we will get to the outside decorated but oh well. Isabel is really getting into the season as she yells Santa anytime she sees anything that even remotely resembles a Santa.

Isabel really liked decorating the tree. She had one favorite place on the tree to put all her ornaments. However, she got tired after about 15 minutes and spent the rest of the evening trying to get a Santa hat to stay on the dog.

Here is the completed project. I am just glad that it is finally done. I forgot how much work it is to get it out of storage, unpacked, put together, fanned out and then get the large number ornaments on the tree. I guess we should have gotten a smaller tree then this 9 foot one but any other just won't have looked right in our foyer with the huge ceilings.

My baby girl in her gingerbread dress.

Izzy's second birthday

Wow I can't believe my little girl is two. It feels like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. And yet I feel like she has been with us forever. She has a way of making me forget all my worries and just be grateful to be a mom. I love how she gets so excited about the smallest things: reading a book, drinking juice or just getting to cuddle with mom on the couch. She loves to dance to whatever music is on the radio. And she will talk your head off if you let her, yet she can be extremely shy too. She truly is my joy.

Here is a picture of the cake Mikey made. He did such an amazing job don't you think? Since Izzy's birthday landed on Thanksgiving this year we just had family over for cake and ice cream on Friday night.

My birthday girl! We love ya Izzy.