Izzy turns 1!

Now that the craziness of school is done and Izzy's first birthday party has come and gone, I feel like I can get back to the world of blogging!

Izzy turned one on June 24th. I still can't believe my baby girl is turning into a toddler...where is the pause button? She is full of life! Her personality is shining more and more. Most times she is happy, giggly and always shaking her booty (video coming soon)! Occasionally, we see this two headed monster come out of her. She will have a split personality...one minute happy, the next being sassy. Oh boy, are we in trouble! Izzy has eight teeth now! Four up top and four below. Her weight is in the 50% (20 lbs. 12 oz.), 75% in height (30in). No walking yet for our boo girl. She will occasionally take 2-4 steps and then figure crawling is faster. She is in NO RUSH to walk! I'm okay with that too, although it would be nice to go to a park and have her explore by walking instead of being toted around by mom.

For Izzy's birthday, the boys, Justin and I went to the Old Spaghetti Factory. Izzy got her own plate of spaghetti and went to town. Surprisingly she wasn't as messy as I anticipated. She also had her first taste of spumoni and loved it!

Here is the video of Izzy's Spaghetti Feed.

For her big 1st celebration, we had her party at our house. Her first experience with the cake was awesome! I really can't describe it, you have to see the video. I'll post the cake video and pictures of her party soon.

For now, here are pictures of her first year...

Grandma Donna's Birthday

We had the family over to celebrate Justin's mom's birthday yesterday. The weather couldn't have been better. All of the Donna's children were present and all but one grandchild was also there to celebrate. Happy Birthday Donna! Grandma Donna, Gianna (4), Izzy (10mo.), Tyson (13), Isaiah (9)Family hanging out in the front lawn.Daddy and his little girl.Izzy LOVED the "airplane" ride!Mouth full of teeth...

Gianna, Tyson, and Isaiah had so much fun chasing each other and of course tackling one another! I love Sundays like this!

Winter/Spring in pictures...

Izzy meet her Great Grandpa Larson a couple of weeks ago. Grandpa and Margaret travel a ton and spend 6months of the year in Ireland, so it was a real treat to spend some time with them. Of course Izzy captured both great grandparents. I loved seeing my grandpa interact with Izzy. There's little glimpse of my dad there. I wish he was here to see Izzy. He would have been so in love with her. I bet my dad is her guardian angel. XO dad.

My dad's sister, Aunt Michele and Izzy.

Izzy, Chloe and the mommas.

Carter loves Isaiah! It is so cute. He kept going up to Isaiah and Isaiah would carry him around. Little buddies!

Auntie Megs and Chopper

Cousin Trey with Uncle Justin at Tyson's game.

First time at the pool.


Naked time...
Greenlake

First time at the Aquarium on Valentine's day.

Izzy, Westyn, and Makena during the Super Bowl game.

Buddy Makena! Makena is one day older than Izzy.

First flowers from a boy! Harper was so sweet to bring these over for Izzy. Of course the went right into the mouth!

Easter...

Easter was pretty quiet for us this year. The boys were with their mom. When we woke up, Izzy found her Easter basket and we coaxed her into pulling everything out of it. Of course she liked the tags on everything the best. Later in the afternoon Justin, Izzy, and I went to our friend's parent's house in Sammamish. Every year they have all of their family over for a huge Easter Event. There was tons of delicious food. All the men hid the Easter eggs for the hunt. The children ranged from 7 months to 12 years. Of course we did the hunt with Izzy. We helped her find three eggs...then tossed them back for the other children after our photo op! After that, we came home and had a quiet night. The Jacobsen'sIt was so cold! Glad we had our little fuzzy zippy to wear for the hunt!

December 2009

Blogging about Christmas in March? I know! I just don't want to forget Izzy's first Christmas and since I didn't blog for three months I have to do it now! Christmas was so fun this year! There is nothing like the holidays through your children's eyes. We went to Justin's parents for Christmas Eve dinner. This year was fun because we had both boys, Izzy and our niece Gianna (4) was there as well. My brother and Greg came over as well to celebrate the holiday.Christmas day was at our house. It was so nice! We had Justin's family, Ty, and Greg over. It was so relaxed. We had a fire going, played games, and lounged around. I even took a nap with Izzy. Roy was hanging out with Izzy all day. So cute. At 6mo. he really started to take interest in her. Only thing missing was my mom. She went down to visit Tala, Brian, and Trey for Christmas. Even though Christmas was so nice, it just isn't the same without your mom.

Justin's Step sister Dani had a baby Kohlton in September. While they were up from Aspen, we had dinner with them and had a photo op...

For New Years Eve, we had the Graham Family over. It's been our tradition now for 5 years. We get Chinese take out and the boys get fireworks for midnight. Leading up to midnight, we play game after game. Love our little tradition! Izzy woke up 5 minutes before midnight, so she brought in the new year with us! It was perfect! All the kids... Ty (19), Katie (18), Connor (14), Tyson (13), Isaiah(9), Liam (9), Gianna (4), and Isabella (6mo.)

6mo. vs. 9mo. Stats

We had Izzy's 9 month well check yesterday and once again, Dr. Wu is very impressed with Izzy's growth and skills!

Izzy at 6 months:

Weight 16 lbs. 14 oz. (50-75%)

Length 26.5 inches (75%)

Head Circumference 43.5cm (75-90%)

Izzy at 9 months:

Weight 19 lbs. 10.5 oz. (50-75%)

Length 28 1/4 inches (50-75%) Slowing down... will she be short like mom?

Head Circumference 45 3/4 cm (90-95%)

The Doctor isn't too concerned about her head growth. If Izzy was behind in her milestones or if it was above 100%, then she would be concerned about extra fluid in the brain or a mass. However, no worries! Izzy is clearly hitting all of her milestones...even a little earlier than expected.

At 9 months Isabella...

loves to dance

loves music

loves her brothers and grandmas

giggles like crazy when playing peek a boo

is waking up once a night at 5:30am

loves to eat solids

is really into feeding herself...not so much into the baby food anymore

signs Milk and All Done

likes to walk around the table, couch, etc.

likes to hold onto our fingers and walk

looks for Roy and attempts to say his name

attempts to say hi

favorite word is da-da
points to things

waves hi and bye

loves to swing

It is so fun being a parent to Izzy and the boys! I love the days were I get to be home and do my favorite role...mom.

Zeek playing ball.Justin and Zeek in the dugout.

Hanging out with Tyson at the baseball park!