Fall is almost here!

It's hard to believe that it is the middle of September. We have been very busy as usual. Isabelle has been enjoying football with Daddy (both sporting their ISU gear on Saturday) and we are trying to take advantage of what is left of the nice weather. Isabelle had her 9 month check up this week and is still battling an ear infection. :( She weighed 19 lbs. and 15 oz.

This is Isabelle's princess shirt... as if she needs a shirt to be a princess. :)

Isabelle is ready for fall.

Mommy and Isabelle at Grandpa Dennis' new shop.

Grandma Deb came for a visit and she and Isabelle made a bit of noise!

Isabelle enjoying a favorite new treat... frozen bananas. They're a bit messy but very yummy!

Mohawk Baby!

Showing off her style...

We laugh a lot at Isabelle's stand-up hair. We get many comments on it (and people wanting to feel it too). In many of her profile pictures, it appears that she has a mohawk. Rest assure- I would never do such a thing to my baby, but apparently her hair will do what it wants. :)

You can barely see it, but we've started using barrettes to tame her wild hair! I think it's adorable, but I'm a bit biased!

8 months and growing...

I am a bit behind on our blog! August has been a busy month. Isabelle is now completely sitting on her own and starting to act like she wants to crawl. She definitely has a way of getting the things she wants- even if it means she has to do the splits and reach so far that she ends up on her tummy to get it. She just recently got tooth #3... and it was a rough one. Along with that she experienced her first ear infection. It was not very fun for her... or Mommy and Daddy! Isabelle also started daycare last week when I went back to work. She is loving it! This picture was taken at 8 months. I used one similar in our district's beginning of the year slideshow. She was a star!

Isabelle loves Grandma's big pool best, but this pool was pretty fun too.

Getting ready to swim in the big pool!

Isabelle still loves to read her books... and chew on them too.

Isabelle had her first pedicure this weekend! Jason is in Memphis for work. We'll see what he thinks when he gets home. :)

Vacation to Lake of the Ozarks

In July Jason, Isabelle, and I were able to spend a week in the Ozarks! We went with my family and stayed in a house right on the lake. It was very fun and we even managed to relax a little!

Here are the girls in their matching digs from Barbados.

Swimming at the lake for Isabelle meant swimming in the little kiddie pool. I was a paranoid mother and because we couldn't find a life jacket that would fit her, she only went as far as the dock... and then Mommy had a super tight hold. Cousin Jayda loved her swim suit-life jacket combo so much that she liked to wear it everywhere!

Isabelle, Jason, and me at the lake house.

(Jason just loves taking pictures!)

Grandpa and Isabelle hanging out on the dock.

(Grandpa's not so fond of pictures either.)

Isabelle learned to play poker while on vacation. Daddy was so proud! :)

7 months old

Everyone always asks if she is really this happy all the time. We can easily say that most of the time she is a happy little girl. She is absolutely loving summer!! We head to the Ozarks tomorrow so we should get some good pictures of her first vacation to post soon.

Isabelle sporting her sarong from the Carribean...

On July 9, Isabelle was 7 months old. Aunt Bekah, Uncle Justin, and the boys gave her this bear for her baptism. She loves it! The bear is exactly the size she is right now.

4th of July

Isabelle had a great first 4th of July! We had family over for grilling out, Olympic games ;-) and fireworks. Isabelle actually seemed to like the fireworks. She sat quietly watching them on my lap. Grandma Linda bought her this bib... her very own... not a Jayda hand-me-down! (Not that we don't love the Jayda hand-me-downs.)

Isabelle enjoyed swimming with her cousins Jayda and Jace. She liked it up until the point when the other two started splashing and she got water poured on her head. Oh well, that is what big cousins are for! She is almost sitting up on her own now!

Isabelle is always grinning... even with a bad case of diaper rash!

Isabelle's Baptism

Isabelle was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church on Sunday, June 29. Pastor Rachel performed the service. Pastor Rachel married us in July 2006 so it was very special to us to have her baptize Isabelle. Isabelle was great... she didn't even cry when she was "dunked" as Jason puts it.The dress that Isabelle is wearing in this picture is the same one that my mom and I were baptized in. After two generations, it is a little worn, but is still beautiful. She wore her own dress for the actual baptism on Sunday.

Isabelle being blessed by Pastor Rachel.

Isabelle looking out at the church...

My mom and Jason's mom were her sponsors.

We had family come over after the service to celebrate with a special lunch and cake of course!

Isabelle and her cake! Yum!