3 yr old portraits

Yes, I know I am 2 weeks early for these pictures, but I like to get portrait pictures done early to display them for Izzy's B-day party.
I have to say that we never have issues about taking pictures. Izzy is always ready to go and soo happy to be the center of attention. I think she is soo used to the camera because I've been taking a zillion pictures of her. Plus, now Izzy's new thing is to pose and do her own thing.

Cotton Eyed Joe

We went to a B-day party and there was fun and great music for Kids to dance to. So when Cotton Eyed Joe came on all the older kids started to dance to it and well Izzy was hooked. When we got home that is all she wanted to do. Here is Izzy's version of Cotton Eyed Joe.

Baby # 2 16 weeks

I can't believe it is 16 weeks already. Everyone was right this pregnancy will go by faster than Izzy's. Everything so far is going well and I am finding out that no
pregnancy is the same as another. I guess because now I have Izzy I haven't gotten back all of my energy. Thank God I have a husband who really helps me out as much as he can and lets me sleep in on the weekends. For anyone that knows me sleeping in is not my thing, but for now it will be.
Yesterday I had my 16 week appointment, everything went well. I got to hear the heartbeat, super strong and this time around my belly has popped out earlier. I can finally work out again, not like I used to, but walking and doing some weights to help me feel better.
We finally told Izzy since I am starting show, I am not sure she gets the whole concept yet. But, this I do know. She loves babies and wants to be around them. I know she is going to be a great big sis and a little
helper.
Well 4 more weeks to go to find out the gender of baby # 2. We get asked a lot..boy or girl??? and we always respond...Healthy baby.

Pumpkins and Halloween

This year October weather has not been so good, we had to wait and wait to go pumpkin picking, but luckily we finally had a rain free weekend.
We decided to go back to the same farm as last year. They have a lot to do and see: we saw the farm animals, ran in the corn maze, pumpkin picking, and finally a pony ride. It was a full fun day, and Izzy was into the whole thing.














Well this weekend was full on fun and endless Halloween Stuff.
It all started Friday with Izzy's Fall Festival @ her school. I went to volunteer and also to enjoy the fun times with Izzy. Seriously the teachers made everything so much fun and kept the kids entertained and really engages in all the activities they had prepared for them. For me, it was nice to help out and see that I can be there for these special moments for Izzy.

Izzy and Alexa

It had been soo long since Jamie and I were able to get our girls together for a play date. I was a little worried Izzy and Alexa would not remember each other, but boy was I wrong. We had a little shy moment, but once we got the girls into the bouncy house it was all about play time.
Alexa and Izzy has such a good time, they played soo nicely together. No tantrums no sharing issues and they really loved to follow each other led.
I can't wait to see them again and have more fun. To be honest, I don't know who had more fun. Izzy and Alexa or Jamie and I, either way it was a total blast!!

Big Girl Bed

A couple weeks ago we went to Babies R Us and bought Izzy a toddler bed. She is not one to take big changes well so we figured a toddler bed would be the easiest way to get her comfortable in a bed, rather than to convert her crib into a twin size bed.
So Alex put together her little cute bed and on Saturday morning we took down her crib. We let Izzy help take down her crib to let her see it was okay to put something away once we out grown them, she is really excited about it and was soo happy.
Once we put her toddler bed in place she was soo excited, she jumped right in it and told us she was ready for nap time @ 9 am. Well we are sooo happy that Izzy has been doing well and really has had no big issues. She really loves to be a BIG girl... or as she calls it Nina Grande!!!



Before nap and playdate


On her first nap in her toddler bed

Von Thun Farm Trip

I am so happy I work part time. It gives me the flexibility to give Izzy more us time and also to be free to go to important first-ever events in Izzy's life.
It was great to be a parent chaperon to Izzy's first field trip.
She got to ride on a REAL school bus, which she was so happy to do.
The farm had so much to do and to see.
We saw the farm animals, we got to ride some bikes, went on a corn maze, jumped on a bouncy house, took a hay ride, went pumpkin picking and had a nice picnic lunch. It was a full fun day and we had so much fun.

Baby # 2

We are happy to announce we are expecting our second child. My official due date is 4/22/10. It has been a rough first trimester and to be honest I had no idea what an easy and calm pregnancy I had with Isabelle. Baby # 2 is making me really embrace what it is to be pregnant. I feel better now and I can finally eat and not feel too bad afterwards. I am sure this time around it will be much faster and hopefully not too bad.

NYC

Last weekend we went to NYC to visit our friends Dina and Shawn. We decided Izzy was big enough to go and that if we needed to walk she would be up for it. It was such a great day for all of us.
We got to go the Central Park and walk around. We visited the Carousel, the Central Park Zoo and had a great lunch. Izzy was most impressed by the Seals. We got to see their show and it was by far the coolest thing she saw, that and what she called a Bebe Peacock. She was a great little trooper and on the way back to the car she passed out on her stroller. We all had a great day and it was super special for Izzy too.