Isabel is four months!

Isabel Elizabeth is FOUR months old today! Here is the smiley gal doing a bit of exersaucing on a winter morning - wish my exercising was this...stimulating! Today she giggled - and I mean REALLY giggled from the belly out of shear delight. Abbie was snuggling her and all of a sudden she started giggling...Abbie got a kick out of getting to show me how to make her giggle...:-) Sister Secrets already I guess....





A friend of ours loaned us a Bumbo chair (I know they were recalled - so notice the chair is sitting on the floor so she doesn't tip!!) but Isabel likes to use it once in awhile...she can really see all around when she sits this way. Oh, but the delicious thighs do have a hard time getting in...it's kind of a squeeze. Once we're in we're okay....just a wee bit difficult to get those lovelies in and out!

Abbie writing a very important letter...didn't ask to whom...but I should have as I'm always amused by the answer these days - never know what you're going to get. This evening when we were playing outside in the snow I let her eat the snow off a bush - it looked pretty clean - and later when Alex asked her what it tasted like she replied without hesitation, "Mac'n'Cheese with peas."
(P.S. Those Christmas socks were for my teddy bear in high school - who would've thought my little girl would wear them someday?! And more importantly, how is it I still have them?!)

And lastly some videos for your viewing pleasure...I think everyone needs a purple tutu to help them feel special sometimes...;-) Thanks Auntie Robyn...

Wednesday Smiles

Sorry folks - a little glitch in Picasa with uploading the pictures. Should be able to view them all now...-Katie

Bathtime fun! Abbie loves to swim in the tub...a "rinse off" is usually requested at any time of day....I try to limit it to two baths a day! Sometimes I wonder if she purposefully spills or wets her big girl undies so she can get a bath (yes, we've been practicing wearing big girl underwear for about a month now - she does pretty well and the underwear are SOOO cute and tiny in the laundry)

Sisterly love - Abbie enjoys getting dressed up...she prances around saying, "Abbie dress-up, Abbie skirt on." Isabel just tolerates whatever get-up we put on her - she's such a good sport!

Isabel's perpetual look of surprise :-)

I think this must be the definition of "just hanging out" - note the doll in the background. Yes, she is wearing one of Isabel's onesies and no, I cannot convince Abbie to switch to doll clothes or even newborn size clothes...it has to be one of Isabel's shirts :-)

Happy baby!! Miss Isabel Elizabeth went to her 4 month doctor visit yesterday (a week early!) and she was almost 17 pounds!! That's right, 16lbs 13 oz...this is how much Abbie weighed when she was 7 months :-) Isabel keeps catching up - gotta love those thighs, I'm hoping the new favorite sport of exersaucing won't slim them down too much - I love to nibble them.

Fun in the Snow

After all the snow we got a few days ago we decided to go out and have a little fun. Thanks to our friend Alaina who moved to California and wouldn't be needing her little sled anymore, we had lots of fun riding around....little did I know that this sled would reduce me to the status of "sleigh horse" for Abbie and "pack horse" for Isabel who was riding in the sling for the rest of the afternoon! Well, it was my pleasure...we did have fun:-)

After coming in, Abbie decided that she loved to play inside in her snow pants as well...she could bounce off the furniture as always and had a little more extra padding when she fell! The pacifier?? She likes to play baby these days...even though Isabel hates the pacifier...

Ohmygosh - they have the same LOOK! They are wearing matching outfits, but they have the same "what are you DOING Mom?" Look!

Decorating the Christmas tree...Only a few ornaments were sacrificed in the process ;-)

Abbie putting the star on top

Isabel's contribution to decorating the Christmas tree - she provided coos and gurgles of encouragement from the center of the fray where she was parked...

Daddy and Toys

It seems that Alex always seems to enjoy the girls' toys just as much - or maybe more - than they do! Well, it does keep all my "babies" busy for awhile so I can either get something done or enjoy laughing with them...I thought you all should laugh along with us this grey Saturday morning...OH, and note how our two-year old LOVES to imitate...we've found we have to be very careful with our actions and words these days...someone mimics absolutely everything that we do! :-)