Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Bon Voyage!
I've alluded to this before on the blog, but we are moving this weekend! Sean has a new job and will be opening his own business and I was able to get a work transfer for my job. This opportunity is a huge blessing from God. We are sad to move so far away from our family and friends, but it is definitely exciting to think about our future. We are trying to visit with everyone before we move, and here are a few photos of the fun:
Mom, Belle, and Eric hanging out before he heads up to college for his Freshman year!
Dad reading to his granddaughter
Aunt Darlene and Uncle Steve came over to say goodbye
Aithene and Belle
Chanan and Aiden came over to play
Marcus and Isabelle is talking to him
Celebrating Sean finally being done with training! No room for the "Farm" of the logo on the cake, but it was still tasty.
Sean's mom was sweet enough to throw us a family party
Alex, Beau, and Lillian
Cheryl, Jeff, and Belle
Robert (Sean's dad) and Gabe
Sean and his mom, Renee
Me and Aunt Kathy
Off we go!
Gabriel is so good with Isabelle
These are from earlier this summer, but I had to sneak these in, so cute!
The girl cousins
A sweet smile!
8 Months Old
Hello,
This post is a few days late, but I have a good excuse, we are moving soon! Isabelle turned eight months old on 8/12/12 and she has grown up quite a bit in the last month. She finally rolled over from her back to her stomach for the first time. She has been rolling from her stomach to her back for a few months now, but we could never get her to roll the other way. My mom and brother came over to visit, and she put the baby on her back to play on the floor. I look away for a second, and the next thing I know Isabelle is on her tummy. We got her to do it several times that evening.
-Sean also taught the baby how to feed herself. I had bought her some Baby Mum-Mums and he decided to give her one to see if she could hold it. Isabelle picked it up right away and so far she has fed herself crackers, garlic bread, cereal bars, and baby cookies.
-Isabelle can basically eat everything now as long as it is cut up into small pieces. We fed her pasta, pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes, chicken, and a bunch of other foods for the first time this month. She is also getting really good at drinking water out of her sippy cup. She isn't holding the cup by herself yet, but I'm sure that will happen soon.
-We are working really hard on getting her to sit up before she starts daycare in a few weeks once we move. I am proud to say that it finally paid off because tonight she sat up by herself for the first time at dinner! We went to Moe's to eat and usually one of us has to hold her in our laps when we go out to eat because she is too wobbly to sit on her own in the restaurant highchair. It can get very tiring having to hold her all the time. Sean decided to put her in the highchair just to see if she could sit up, and she did for the entire hour we were there! Isabelle thought she was grown up because she ate her dinner and played while we enjoyed a meal we could both eat at the same time. Oh how times are changing!
-This sweet girl also has been teething like crazy and her bottom front teeth finally grew all the way in this month. There were a few days when she was really fussy and there wasn't much I could do to soothe her. I tried all the usually remedies, but we just had to wait it out. She also has caught a few colds, likely from Kid's Day Out, and we just had to wait those out too.
-I'm not sure how much she weighs, my guess is 16 and 1/2 pounds, but you can certainly tell she is getting bigger. We had to switch her to the convertible car seat recently because she was too long for the infant seat. She is much more comfortable now, but the only bad thing is that it doesn't come out of the car so we have to take her out of the seat when we go places. Isabelle prefers this anyway because she loves to look around at everything. She is one curious little baby!
-She is wearing 9-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. She drinks five or six, 6 ounce bottles of formula a day and eats 2-3 times per day. I can tell that she prefers food over milk now because she is much more eager when she eats food. She takes two 1-1 1/2 hour naps during the day and still sleeps through the night. Lately, it has been harder getting her to go to sleep. I think it is because she wants to stay up and play with us. she also started doing what we call the happy dance by flailing her arms and kicking her legs all while smiling and laughing.
Sweet girl you are the light of our lives and we are enjoying every minute of our time with you! We can't believe you are a few months away from being one, it seems like just yesterday that you were born.
I can't believe Belle is eight months old already. Her hair is growing like a weed, but only on the top! You can see her two bottom teeth in this photo, so cute!
Hi Teddy bear, want to hold my hand?
Our little Razorback
No more baby whale tub, moving onto a bigger Winnie the Pooh tub
A big girl does things like ride in a big car seat, sits up on her own, and feeds herself Baby Mum-Mums!
Me and Lyndsey took our kiddos to the Museum of Discovery while she was in town. It was so much fun and the babies really took everything in!
Belle and Graham relaxing together, so sweet
This post is a few days late, but I have a good excuse, we are moving soon! Isabelle turned eight months old on 8/12/12 and she has grown up quite a bit in the last month. She finally rolled over from her back to her stomach for the first time. She has been rolling from her stomach to her back for a few months now, but we could never get her to roll the other way. My mom and brother came over to visit, and she put the baby on her back to play on the floor. I look away for a second, and the next thing I know Isabelle is on her tummy. We got her to do it several times that evening.
-Sean also taught the baby how to feed herself. I had bought her some Baby Mum-Mums and he decided to give her one to see if she could hold it. Isabelle picked it up right away and so far she has fed herself crackers, garlic bread, cereal bars, and baby cookies.
-Isabelle can basically eat everything now as long as it is cut up into small pieces. We fed her pasta, pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes, chicken, and a bunch of other foods for the first time this month. She is also getting really good at drinking water out of her sippy cup. She isn't holding the cup by herself yet, but I'm sure that will happen soon.
-We are working really hard on getting her to sit up before she starts daycare in a few weeks once we move. I am proud to say that it finally paid off because tonight she sat up by herself for the first time at dinner! We went to Moe's to eat and usually one of us has to hold her in our laps when we go out to eat because she is too wobbly to sit on her own in the restaurant highchair. It can get very tiring having to hold her all the time. Sean decided to put her in the highchair just to see if she could sit up, and she did for the entire hour we were there! Isabelle thought she was grown up because she ate her dinner and played while we enjoyed a meal we could both eat at the same time. Oh how times are changing!
-This sweet girl also has been teething like crazy and her bottom front teeth finally grew all the way in this month. There were a few days when she was really fussy and there wasn't much I could do to soothe her. I tried all the usually remedies, but we just had to wait it out. She also has caught a few colds, likely from Kid's Day Out, and we just had to wait those out too.
-I'm not sure how much she weighs, my guess is 16 and 1/2 pounds, but you can certainly tell she is getting bigger. We had to switch her to the convertible car seat recently because she was too long for the infant seat. She is much more comfortable now, but the only bad thing is that it doesn't come out of the car so we have to take her out of the seat when we go places. Isabelle prefers this anyway because she loves to look around at everything. She is one curious little baby!
-She is wearing 9-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. She drinks five or six, 6 ounce bottles of formula a day and eats 2-3 times per day. I can tell that she prefers food over milk now because she is much more eager when she eats food. She takes two 1-1 1/2 hour naps during the day and still sleeps through the night. Lately, it has been harder getting her to go to sleep. I think it is because she wants to stay up and play with us. she also started doing what we call the happy dance by flailing her arms and kicking her legs all while smiling and laughing.
Sweet girl you are the light of our lives and we are enjoying every minute of our time with you! We can't believe you are a few months away from being one, it seems like just yesterday that you were born.
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