Dr. Appointment

Update: Isabella, Gammy and I went to the doctors yesterday.

She is one healthy girl!

15lbs, 15 oz 26inches tall. She is 80% percentile across the board.

Random Shots...

I can no longer leave her just lying on a bed without making sure she is barrcaded in! she flips back to front, and

I'm a big girl!

Well, I am happy to say that I FINALLY did it! She is sleeping in her crib in her own room!

The last few weeks have been a little different than normal because Isabella is teething a lot. Lately, she is not sleeping as soundly as she has in the past and her sleeping right next to me in the co-sleeper was NOT happening anymore! It seemed like every time I moved she woke up a little and every time she moved I woke up. So needless to say, it was time for us to stop the co-sleeper and move her on to bigger and better. The first night she slept in her crib she woke up once at 2am and didn't want to go back to sleep. I nursed her for 1.5hours! Yes you read that right, she ate for 1.5 hours. Well, she feel asleep at 30 minutes, I put her down...wide awake, nursed her some more (she normally falls asleep this way)..30 minutes later I tried to put her down again, wide awake....nursed again, 30 minutes later I tried one last time to put her down, and you guessed it...WIDE awake. I then decided to try to let her figure it out on her own. I went to my room watched her on the monitor and within 5 minutes she moaned herself to sleep. Last night, same thing. She woke up again at 3am I nursed her until she was asleep put her down, and you guessed it! awake...I left her in her crib and within 3 minutes...asleep! Oh, and I only swaddle one arm..I know, it sounds funny but I want to ween her out of the swaddle.

Laughing!

Today was a great day for me. Isabella for the first time laughed!

Teething...

The last few weeks Iz has been teething like crazy! not only is she experiencing your standard milestones of putting everything she grabs in her mouth..she is biting everything, drooling uncontrollably, and now LOVES her frozen teething toys. I looked back into Christians baby book (I don't have one, and Christian's mom was so good at documenting everything) and at 4 months 10 days Christian got his first tooth. Apparently, teeth are some what genetic so based on that, it does appear that she may be getting teeth before we know it!

Ill keep you posted! We have a doctors appointment next week so only time will tell.

luving this face!

she is so cute it hurts!

Copy Cat!

The other day I was getting Iz ready for bed and we started playing what is now called the "bubble game." It was absolutely hilarious (at least Christian and I thought it was). Here is a little clip of her trying to be just like mom! and another one of Iz just being Iz...lol

Traveling....

Last week or so we took our first international family trip! I was really excited to get out of town and have some R&R. My parents, brother and girlfriend, Michelle and her boyfriend and of course Christian and Iz all made it down to Costa Rica for 8 days. We rented a house for us all to stay in and it was great. The views were amazing, the beaches we beautiful, and time with the family was priceless. I got to feed monkeys, igunas, and saw alligotors...oh and may I add, I survived a plane ride with a 4 month old baby too! I was a little apprehensive taking Iz on such a long plane ride but it was a piece of cake. We have been blessed with an amazing child!

Here are some pictures (there are too many to choose from, so her are some of our Ella B (new nickname that somehow is coming out of my mouth these days...))

Thanks Auntie Kelly for my cool bathing suit!

The view from our porch!