Isabelle at 15 months

Isabelle Grace,

At 15 months old (and 10 days)
you weigh 21lbs. 8oz. and are 29.5 inches long.
Your head circumference is 18 inches.
You are in the in the 25th percentile for both height and weight.
And the 50th percentile for your head.

You got one shot today.
And didn't cry a tear!
It's amazing how different you are from her your sister.
When Anna-Kate was a baby she would cry and cry for up to 20 minutes after.
You just want to be done and move on.
My brave girl.


You are officially walking.
You started to take off the week you turned 15 months old.
You can GO GO GO!

Earlier this week, on Monday to be exact, I took the you girls to a splash-ground.
This was your first time to play like a big girl.
And play you did!
You had so much fun walking around and playing in the water.
It almost makes me cry.
I can't believe how big you are getting.


You are also smart (but I'm sure every mom thinks that about their baby).
You can say:
Dadda, Momma, Nanna (for Anna-Kate I think), uh oh, bye bye, thank you, all done, baaaa (for bath), baybeh (for baby) and a bunch of other jibber jabber that I haven't made out yet :)

When we ask where your nose is you stink your finger in it.
When we say arms up you throw your arms in the air with the BIGGEST grin EVER.
When we ask if you want to take a bath you start yelling, "BA! BA! BA!" as you head to the bathroom.

You sleep SO good. I was very blessed with good sleepers.
You are usually ready for bed by 6:30 PM and you sleep until 7:30 AM.
You take a nap from about 11:30-2.

You have sprouted a ton of teeth this month.
You have six on top and six on bottom.
I just ordered you a teething necklace in hopes of providing you some relief.
Those molars look so painful!!


You LOVE when Daddy comes home from work.
I can't even begin to imagine the joy he feels when his two girls run to him yelling, "Daddddda!"
It's sooooo very precious!

You also enjoy playing with Anna-Kate.
Although a lot of time that includes her telling you to stop it.
You "pick" on her quite a bit.
It's kind of funny.

You are such a joy Isabelle.
And I'm pretty convinced we are going to need a lot of grace from God to raise you ;).
You are a feisty little girl.
But no doubt about it, you are VERY VERY sweet.
And you love to smile at strangers.
And you make people VERY happy.


OH, and your blue eyes. I hope they always melt me like they do now.

I love you baby girl!

another ultrasound-take a guess

Okay, so today I went to a pregnancy center where a friend works because they just got an ultrasound machine and needed someone to practice on. Of course I totally took that offer. I will jump at any chance to see my growing nugget.

Obviously they aren't medically trained to do any measurements or anything of the such. They couldn't even print any pics today...I think they didn't have the paper or something. Good thing I took my camera :).

So here it is. Take a guess. Cause the doctor I saw at 12 weeks was pretty sure it was a boy. But as I look at this I think it kind of looks like a girl. I have no idea! I'm going next Wednesday for a 3D so we'll definitely know by then but I just wanna know what you think. Any guesses??

someone is WALKING!

A sweet little 15 month old baby girl is OFFICIALLY walking now.

FINALLY!

It only took what felt like forever.

She can stand up by herself and take off.

She walks everywhere.

All the time.

Walks more than crawls.

I am so relieved.

I thought I might be carrying two babies come November.

HA!

I'll get to her 15 month post soon.

I hope.

P.S. Please forgive the size of this font. I have no idea what is going on here.

Last of Tennessee

I have had this looming guilty feeling about not finishing with our Tennessee trip pictures. Although about four months late, here is the rest of our trip in mainly pics with a few captions :)

It snowed twice while we were there. The first time not a lot, the second time more than the first. AK was in heeeeeaven!

We finally made the trip to the Opryland Hotel!
It was gorgeous.

Can you see AK and her daddy in the pic below? Straight across the fountain in the middle

dancing with her daddy :)

AK enjoyed her first trip to Chuck E.Cheese's with her aunties

Thanks to Aunt Apple she left with a t-shirt, a puppy and a little tin box

AK made a brownie house with Aunt Apple

She enjoyed washing a mannequin's hair in Mammy's beauty salon

then she dried it's hair---totally creepy looking, I know

then she played hide-n-seek with Aunt Shannon

and acted like a crazy nut :)

AK and Elvis the bird :)

jamming out in the game/band room

getting her hair did by Mammy

my big girl getting a hair cut

Okay, and that concludes our trip. We had SO much fun and we can't wait to go back one day! Anna-Kate loves her family. We love our family. I wish we could see them more but I guess it makes our times together so memorable. It was a great trip!

Praise the Lord.

Guilt, leave me now :)

what goes in must come out

This morning while at the breakfast table AK was singing, "remember your people, remember your promise oh God. Your Grace is enough. Your Grace is enough. Your Grace is enough for me!"

Then I started thinking, "why did she just wake up with that song in her head?". Then the thought 'what goes in must comes out' occurred to me. It's true even at the tender age of 3. What she hears and what she watches will eventually come out. Thankfully her music is mostly limited to KLove and the shows she watches are geared for her age.

I want to be diligent to protect their hearts and minds. All my kids! It's not easy to do with the things going on in the world but if it's important you make it happen. And it is important.




Just listen to how sweet that is. My sweet girl. Melts my heart.