Valentine's Day and Practice Portraits

Isa loves to play soccer and catch with her new ball.
Miguel was practicing his portraits and snapped this one of Isa.
Let's try the party hat on the lion.
We put a leash on the lion and Isa found her party hat from her birthday party and we all had some fun.
Mommy and Auntie reading "Cutie Pie" while Isa took control of the flipping of the pages.
Grandma Jill loves getting a story before bedtime! Especially if it's read by a princess wearing such fierce specs!!
GOOD MORNING!!! I seem to have Isa dressed up in something cute all the time, she IS the darling girl I've always dreamed of. Miguel got tired of the "fixed up" shots of her and decided to show all her fans how she looks first thing in the morning. I told him it's ok now but you can't do that to a woman after the age of about 5.
Happy Valentine's day! I made this wreath out of wire with sparkly hearts all over it and ever since I put it up, Isa has made a major grab for it every time she gets near the thing. Enter Daddy, not knowing any better and looking for a great photo op. I'm in the shower and Isa is tearing up by wreath and he's taking pictures of it. Let's just say they're both lucky that the wreath was easily repaired and the pictures turned out great.


This is a video of Isa watch Elle Roust on Amy Roust's blog. Isa loves to look at that baby and we played this video for about a half an hour for her. I was truly shocked she sat still for that long. Thanks Rousts!!! I really needed that break!!

First Trip to the Zoo 2009

This picture is for Auntie! Isa loved the elephants and was pleased to eat her lunch while the elephant in the background took a little snooze.
Lots of running room where the wild things are! Here you will see a hot pink clad wiggle worm in a very natural habitat.
In front of the jungle in the primate house. Just monkeying around!
Running with the monkeys. Isa fit right in here with the squealing and goofing off. The primate house was perfectly empty for running!
MMM! The primate house at lunch. Isa really seemed to like these little furry guys. Once she saw them eating lunch she was ready for the cheese, crackers, and turkey I brought for her.
Us with the biggest giraffe. There was a mom and a baby in the next cage over.
We always see the puffins and penguins at the zoo. Penguins were my grandma's favorite too.
Snuggly and warm at the zoo today. Going to the zoo when it's cold is one of Miguel and my favorite things to do. The crowds are minimal, the animals are out still, and as long as you're ready to be a little chilly it's a sure fire good day. We had to get Isa started early so we packed up her lunch and hit the zoo today!

Big Girl Pictures

This is how Isa informs anyone that she is a big girl. She used to do the full arm extension but now she just puts her hands on her ears and assumes you already know how big she is.


This spring's fashion... Zorro's water bowl on the head of course! This is also one of her new tricks, putting stuff on her head. This is also why the poor dog only gets to eat and drink when Isa is in her high chair or sleeping. He's adapting well though!

The newest hot spot in the house is the cabinet where I keep all the plastic/Styrofoam stuff. Her favorite is a stack of plastic cups and the huge container of cookie cutters. She heads for this the minute the gate is out of her way. I am loving her smile in this picture.

She found the napkins from her birthday party and decided purple was a much better color for the floor as she proceeded to throw napkins all over the kitchen. I guess if I'm taking pictures of this instead of giving her a talking to or a time out I need to work on my discipline skills a little more. It was just too cute.

This picture is a little older but it's a true testament to the fact that you can have a million toys on the floor and both kids have to jam into 1 old diaper box. For the record, there was another box (identical) just out of the frame on the right yet they both absolutely had to be in that box. Nothing else would do so before everything headed south and the hitting and biting began I decided to take a picture of the box full of babies.

Family Update

My apologies for not posting anything for a couple of weeks. As it turns out unpacking, washing, drying, folding, and re-packing summer clothes takes a lot longer than I thought. Plus it took a couple of runs through the washer to get the sand and beach smell out of everything before I put it away.

Anyway, Isa is so full of energy! She is running around and talking up a storm. She recently started singing along with the radio that's on almost all day at our house. She, Sam, and I have a dance party almost every day before nap time to burn off some energy.

I am sorry to say that there are no new pictures of her right now but I will be sure to take some tomorrow so the world can see our big girl. She's fighting off a case of Pink eye right now but it's clearing up and she's so beautiful you can hardly notice. More tomorrow (with promised pictures).