A New Year!

2010... I can hardly believe it! We celebrated Isabelle's 2nd birthday on December 9 and now we are already embarking upon the new year! We are doing well and Isabelle continues to keep us on our toes. We love her to pieces and she knows it. :)

Some of her favorite sayings as of late:

1. "Hey you, stop it!" (endearing, huh?)

2. "Don't worry about it Mommy."

3. "I sorry."

4. "Yucks!" (when describing the yucks in her nose or ears)

5. "See you in a wittle bit."

6. "I go to Grandma's morrow." (or whatever else we tell her no about at the time!)

7. "I watch Do-Do-Dora for a wittle bit."

8. "Oh, man!"

9. "I take my vitim." (referring to her vitamin)

10. "Wuv you!" (melts my heart everytime!!)

Our little fashionista!

Elle loves her babies... all 30 of them!


Always ready to help :)


Hissing cockroaches... only at Grandma Karwal's!!


ARGH!

Happy Holidays!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Our Little Pumpkin

All is well at the Karwal household! We are enjoying the little bit of fall weather we've had before it gets too cold. Although Isabelle was quite excited for our first snow that came in OCTOBER! I'll have to put those pics on the next post! Isabelle has been slightly obsessed with pumpkins. So for Halloween, she is quite excited to be "a punkin".

Elle cozied up with a few of her stuffed animals. She likes to read to them.

I took Isabelle to Iowa Orchards to get our pumpkins and some apple pie. She had so much fun!

This weekend, we are going to Jason's parents' house where she will get even more pumpkins from Grandma Deb's pumpkin patch.

She was in pure heaven at the pumpkin patch and kept trying to pick each of them up.

Isabelle attended Katie Karwal's baby shower with me in late September and we had the opportunity to get a picture of Elle with her two great grandmas on Jason's side-- Grandma Karwal (left) and Grandma Bourrette (right). As for the baby shower, she was utterly confused as we tried to explain that there was a baby in Katie's tummy. She kept lifting up Katie's shirt!

Silly girl!

Isabelle enjoys her Oreos :)

Isabelle & Cousin Jayda

This sums up what Isabelle thought of the Iowa State Fair. Actually, she loved it but by the end she was done with the stroller bit!

Isabelle & Daddy cheering on the Clones!

We took Isabelle to the parade for Waukeefest. She thought picking up the candy was the best thing ever... until we let her have a sucker.

Our Innocent Little Girl

Isabelle and Mommy at cousin Shawn's wedding. She loved all of it - the cake, music, dancing and the drinking too... see below.

She quickly ditched her sippy cup once she saw what Mommy and Grandma were drinking from. Aunt Melissa kept giving her "shots" of water in her glass.

Loving to paint... thank God it is washable!

Her hair is getting so long that I can now pull it back in a ponytail.

A "real" haircut is probably just around the corner.

Isabelle and Jayda love to build castles and then knock them down... it's certainly not a quiet, little girl thing. :)

Time Flies...

It is hard to believe that the summer, as we know it, is coming to an end. My fellow teachers report to work tomorrow and I get to stay home with my beautiful little girl. I couldn't be happier! While I will miss my students and colleagues greatly, nothing can replace this time with my precious little girl!!

Isabelle and Jayda... best friends... most of the time :)

Isabelle had so much fun at the Omaha Zoo this summer. She (and daddy) especially liked the monkeys.

Isabelle and Jayda feeding the ducks at Jordan Creek Town Center.

We had a luau at Grandma and Grandpa Karwal's house this summer. The kids (young and old) had so much fun!

Always Having Fun!

Isabelle and I have had so much fun this summer! She loves being outside. She is learning so much each day. She is saying more and more words everyday and even starting to put two words together. Mommy is so proud... can't believe my baby is growing up.

Isabelle ready to start the 4th of July celebrations at our house. Too bad it was so cold this year! Unreal!

Isabelle LOVES her new "Cozy Coupe"! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Herberger!

Isabelle always wants to help me water the flowerbed. Most of the time she ends up with the water all over herself, but she thinks it is great fun!

Helping Mommy unload the groceries!

Isabelle helped her friend Elizabeth celebrate her 3rd birthday. They all had so much fun!