Before I Forget

There a few things that I forgot to write in Isabelle's 9 Month post, and I just remembered them now:

-I don't know if I've ever written about this before, but our daughter has always been very vocal and likes to experiment with her voice.  Her favorite lately is making "monster" noises.  Basically, she growls like she is trying to sound like a lion and she does it over and over.  She has scared people at Wal-Mart before because they don't expect such a sound to come from a little baby.  Well, since she has started daycare she has even been doing it for them.  Isabelle will growl, her teacher will go "oh scary!" and act surprised, and she will think it is the funniest thing in the world.  Today her teacher told me that one of the parents was wondering why her daughter started making growling noises because she had never made them before.  Well, she figured out that her baby was learning it from Isabelle!  I'm so proud :-)

-On the drive to our new town, we were taking separate cars and Isabelle was riding with her daddy with me following behind.  The night before she had been sleeping in the crib at grandma's and when she woke up she had a crick in her neck.  Well, I guess that made her feel bad, because when Sean stopped for gas she saw that she had thrown up all over and soaked her outfit.  He called me in a panic, and I stopped too.  For a moment we thought she had a seizure and even called an ambulance to the gas station.  They looked her over and she seemed fine to them.  We knew she had a glazed look in her eyes and she was still holding her head sideways.  We took her to the hospital (since it was a Saturday), waited there forever, and she eventually started feeling better.  The doctor didn't really say much, but to watch her to see if anything else happened.  The next day, she woke up happy and acting normal.  We figured out that she just carsick from the combination of a crick in her neck and perhaps her daddy's driving.  It sure did worry us for a bit, and you can put this down as her second time in the ER thanks to her newbie parents!

-Belle is really starting to show her personality by acting more like a toddler than a baby.  For example, we have been letting her hold her sippy cup so she learns to drink from it.  After awhile, she starts flinging it around and hits it on the table.  When we take it away from her, she cries instantly.  Such a drama queen :-)

-Last night I was eating a fudgesicle and Isabelle was sitting in my lap.  I decided to give her a bite and at first it was too cold for her.  Then, she started turning around and looking up at me with puppy dog eyes asking for more.  I gave in and we shared the treat with her loving every bit of it with chocolate all over her face.  Once the fudgesicle was all gone she got upset and started crying!  We had to give her a bath just to get her mind off it.  Apparently she is a chocolate lover!

-This sweet girl is happiest when both of us are at home.  Usually Sean gets her ready in the morning and takes her to daycare and I pick her up in the afternoon.  I try to get to work early so I can get off work earlier.  One morning I was running late for work so I was there when she was getting up.  Isabelle was acting extra happy that morning and squealing in delight.  She kept looking at me, then at him, and she would smile really big.  Sean told me she was just happy because the whole family was together.  I have to say, I'm happiest when we're all together too.