My Daughter The Fish

Isabella is IN LOVE with water. In June we are taking swimming lessons, and I'm sure she will do great. She isn't afraid of the water at all, a natural swimmer. Here she is playing in a pool when we were in GA for Easter.

First Birthday Videos

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Isabella is tryng to make an "Itsy Bitsy Spider" now when we sing the song. This isnt the best video, but I wanted to go ahead and get it posted. Please excuse my horrible singing!

Creepy

My Little Fish

We took our first trip to the pool in Bury on Saturday. It was a blast! There are three pools, one with a pirate ship, and two big flumes to enjoy. Isabella took to the water really well, she was like a baby fish! As soon as Jonathan put her in the water she started kicking, it was awesome. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to take picture or videos (it wasn't posted) but I did get this when we first got there!

I Hold My Bottle

Rubber Ducky

My friend Keisha sent us many very cool things for Isabella when she was born. One of our favorite gifts was an inflatable rubber ducky tub. We waited ever so patiently for her to be big enough to use it.

She absolutely loves her rubber ducky tub. Thanks so much Auntie Keisha!

Weekend Videos

Played Out

Isabella never goes down for a nap without a fight unless she is in the swing or in my arms. Yesterday we were out of the house at the park and visiting friends. When we came home she had a bottle and then had some time in her exersacuer. I noticed she had gotten really quiet and when I looked over at her I noticed she had fallen asleep in the exersaucer. I was shocked! She just laid her head down and went to sleep. She even woke up, repositioned and went back to sleep!

Yum Yums

Isabella had her first taste of real food (non cereal) last night. We let her taste some of our avacado and she did pretty well. She ate the avacado much better than she usually eats her cereal.

Sitting Like A Big Girl

Here is a video of Isabella sitting up for a few minutes! She is doing great, she can sit for long periods now. What happened to my little baby?

More Cereal

Silly me, I forgot to post the video of Isabella eating cereal again. This was Monday, and it was her second time eating cereal. She ate the WHOLE tablespoon that I fixed for her. She did much better, but as you saw from the other video she was really more in love with her cup than anything!

Isa's New Love

Isabella is IN LOVE with her Nuk sippy cups. I don't think we are going to have any problem at all weaning her from the bottle. She was cracking me up how agressive she was being. If she had teeth I might have lost a finger!

What's In My Mouth?

It's your tongue silly girl!

Isabella has never been one to stick her tongue out, the only time she would even do anything that looked like sticking her tongue out was when she still had the tongue thrust reflex. We have had some worry over her being tongue tied and having other issues with moving her mouth. Well out of nowhere yesterday she started sticking her tongue out at us AND blowing raspberries! I was so happy I almost cried, this is really big for her. I called her doctor even, he said its good news medically and that we should encourage her to stick her tongue out as often as possible. So, here is the video! =)

Eating Cereal

Isabella ate cereal for the first time last night. It was our "big deal" for her 5 month birthday. It started out nicely, but it didn't last. I edited out the end where she really freaked out!

Playing With Daddy

In The Exersaucer

I had Jonathan bring the exersacuer back downstairs today. Isabella LOVES it and she is very good at playing with the toys already. She was smiling as soon as I put her down. When she was little I never wanted her to get bigger or older, now that she is bigger and older I love it. I love watching her play, explore, and learn! We have so much fun now and every day she does something that amazes me. I love being Isabella's Mommy. I really have the life, I am so blessed!

Practice Makes Perfect

I'm teaching Isabella to hold her bottle. Practice practice practice!

Bath Time

Today Isabella had her first bath without the infant sling in her tub and she loved it! She was able to really get in the water for the first time. She had fun kicking her legs and playing with her water toys. She was definitely ready for this transition.

Roly Poly Baby

I put Isabella down for tummy time today and for the first time ever she didn't freak out. I was so happy, but little did I know how excited I was about to be. She was happy and kicking and playing when all of the sudden she started trying to roll over! I ran for the camera but by the time I came back she was fussy and not doing much. I held out just in case and it happened, she rolled over! I cannot believe I got it on video! Just shy of 12 weeks old and my little baby, who will do anything possible to avoid being on her tummy, rolled over. Im a very proud Mommy today...and every day!