They Grow Like Weeds

Isabella is growing like you all couldn't imagine. I'm not sure how much she weighs, but she looks SO long. Everyone comments on her long legs and arms. That's so forgein to me as that is something no one would ever need to comment about me. Of course one glance at her Daddy and you know exactlly how it happened.

She is so strong and active, no calm sleepy baby here. She can roll over from her tummy to her back, she can sit up (when propped), and her favorite thing to do lately is "stand up". She is trying to roll from her back to stomach already and it scares the daylights out of me. You cannot take your eye off of her for one second. Her newest thing is that she wants to see everything. Everyone we see comments on how alert she is. She wants to be held facing out at all times, or if she is facing you she has to be high enough over your shoulder to see everything. She is starting to get super frustrated with her stroller because she is still riding in her carseat which reclines her (which she hates) and she can't look around (which she hates). I dont think she is big enough to ride in the stroller without the carseat attached though.

Other new things are "talking", laughing, and drooling. She loves to stand up and look at you face to face and just talk away. Its funny because I pretend I know what she is saying and we have conversations! We talk about our family members that we miss, we talk about colors and the alphabet, and most of all we talk about moving home to America! She laughs at all of this! Its not a full on laugh yet, but its still cute as can be. And finally the drooling, oh my does she drool. All of the sudden her fingers are always in her mouth, and anything else she can get in there. She doesnt suck on them so much as she just slobbers and moves whatever is in her mouth all around. Teething? I'm not sure.