Wow sorry for the lack of updates. Things have been crazy. We are finally in houston living at the Almans until our house sells and guess who got super sick...not Isabelle ME! I have a sinus infection and an ear infection (I didn't know 25 year olds got those still) I haven't had a voice since Sat....but I think I am starting to get better. Anyways enough about me. Isabelle is getting so big!!! She has two teeth now and they are so cute. She is starting to pull up on things and is even feeding herself finger foods. These are all big deals to us first time parents! I will try and take some pictures and put them up tomorrow!!!!

Have I mentioned how much I hate teething :) She has good days and bad days. So I guess it could be worse. She is really getting good at the crawling thing! Today I have her on the floor of my closet while I was getting dressed (I had to put up all the "toys" that contain a baby so the floor was my only option) anyways she tried to pull up on the laundry basket and then latter when I was playing on the floor with her she tried to pull up on me. The fun is beginning!!!
Today I had about 30 realtors file through the house in a whirlwind. I was really looking forward to hearing comments on the house, but I only hear a few because they were all talking about Isabelle and playing with her. Its really rough having a cute baby :)

First off sorry for the lack of updates...things have been very hectic here. Its amazing how fast things can change! We found out we are moving to Houston. Its an answer to prayers for sure and we will be there March 6th...soon!!! Daniel has given notice at work and the for sale sign is in the front yard...no turing back now!
But more importantly little Isabelle is changing so fast as well!!! Since I last wrote she has a tooth coming in!!! And Sunday she pushed up on all fours and today she has been pushing up on all fours and rocking back and forth. I think its only a matter of days until she crawls...and then we are in for big trouble!!! She is loving "food" all that is except for peas! She is starting to become a little concerned with strangers! The realtors took her off to show off to others in her office and Isabelle looked scared to death when she got back in the room. The realtor said she was very somber when Daniel or I weren't there! And the other night a waitress started talking to her and she first tried to hide behind her hands and then when that didn't work she just screamed! But she is a lot of fun right now!!! I have included a few pics of her pushing up :)

Sorry for the lack of updates...this week has been so busy! Isabelle had her 6 month check up on monday and she passed with flying colors. She is now 15lbs and 9oz and 26 1/2 inches long. She is a 50 percentile baby. It took a lot of work to get to 50!!!!
We are still trying new foods. She loves bananas and sweet potatoes...but is really not a fan of the peas and I haven't even tried the apple juice again. The Dr. said I should start giving her meats but I haven't yet.
I have been trying to get her to start babbling. Which means I try babbling at her. I just sit there going mamamama dadadadadad...and guess what she does. She starts laughing...every time. Oh well. She has really been into laughing. She just starts laughing at anything. We were in church last sunday and she just starts laughing during the sermon. I found it funny too :)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh and get this. (ok its about poo...so if you really don't want to know stop reading here!!!!) Remember from before how every time I got in the car she would go, and then everytime she was in her swing she would go....well know every time you put her in her highchair she feels the need to go. She is soooooooooo strange sometimes.....Every single day when you put her in there she goes and since I feed her twice a day she does it twice!!!!!! And I hate changing dirty diapers so this is not a good trend for me!!!
Other than that things are going really well...she is at such a fun age...I am having a blast with her!

These are Isabelle's 6 months pics. I included one of the Muppet shots! I got bored of feeding her peas and switched to bananas..thinking for sure she would like these because they are sweet. But she thought they were sour too. She is so weird. I think her taste buds are backwards. So being the wonderful parent that I am I tried the bananas to see if she was making up all this sour business. And guess what...they taste like nothing. They are so mild. So we will keep trying I guess. I think next I am going to feed her sweet potatoes???

Big Weekend!
So it was big weekend. We tried apple juice and peas. Correction Isabelle tried apple juice and peas. She hates apple juice...really hates it. I think she is taking after her Grandma A. When you give it to her she acts like it is the most sour stuff in the world and makes and awful face. I have tried everyday for the past few days and she never likes it. You would think after milk and rice cereal something sweet would be great...guess not! So then we gave her peas. Yes the first food I gave her was peas...don't know why we picked it we just did! We were pretty sure she would hate it if she didn't like apple juice. So we got all ready video camera in hand to capture this great reaction to the peas...and what do we get nothing....she eats them just like she has always been eating peas! So she will eat a few spoonful and then be done...but its a start!
Don't even ask how the sleeping is going. She is not doing well in that department right now. So the past few nights have been trying at best!

Isabelle has a diaper rash today and she seems pretty much pissed off about it. She has been screaming tons today. She will quite for a while and then its like all of a sudden she remembers and gets started up again. So I have been putting tons of stuff(Boudreaux's butt paste...yes that is really what it is called!) on it and she is sleeping now..lets hope it helps FAST......
Great right as I am writing this I can hear her starting to cry in the other room. She has become quite fond of thirty min naps.... I miss the days of her three hour naps!!!
Ok this is pic of her hanging out in her play pen...since she is a traveler now days!

Today was picture day....AGAIN! When I went to get Isabelle out of her crib this morning.....get this...she had a giant red scratch on her forehead. Great!!! Ended up it didn't look to bad in the pictures. She did much better today. She did one really great smile, but of course the photo lady cut her head of fin that picture. Just my luck. Anyway most of the rest she had her tongue sticking out in...but they are super cute, they really show her personality. As soon as they send me the files I will post them for you! Daniel said I was being a high maintenance mom for getting them redone...but if you could see the other ones you would understand...she looked like a muppet in all the pictures!

Then we had to go up to work for a while ( yes I have the worlds hardest job to quite...but I think Cara may find hers harder to quite...we shall see!) She just sat and played in her stroller for a good two hours...everyone was very impressed!

HAPPY 6th Month Birthday Isabelle.

I can't believe its been 6 months!!! Holy Cow it goes by fast!!! Today we took her to get her 6 month pics, and it was a flop! She would not smile no mater what. Three adults making fools of themselves would not get her to smile. She would start to smile and then bite her bottom lip so that she could not smile. It was crazy. She was doing it on purpose. So we are going to try it again on wed to see if we can get her smiling. What a stinker!

Isabelle drank from her sippy cup today!!! She drank a whole two ounces of it before she got bored and was having more fun chewing on the top than drinking from it. I would set it on the table in front of her and she would pick it up by the handles and drink from it. She is so smart. This may be an isolated incident but maybe not! Also the best thing is she has started giving kisses. When you give her a kiss on the cheek she will turn and slobber on your cheek...shes getting the idea. She is super cute if you ask me.
So this week went well with the babysitters. However by Wednesday she caught on to the whole thing. The girls walked in and she started screaming. I thought they weren't supposed to enter into the parental attachment issues phase until later!!!

We are getting a babysitter for this afternoon, so lets all hope this one goes a little better. I can't believe I am going to leave her with another babysitter after last time!!! Everyone say your prayers!
We had a good weekend, I have still been busy trying to get life back to normal after being gone for so long. We took Isabelle to the park to swing and of course she had a blast!!
Oh and the best news of all, we had lost her favorite pacifier (its the one the hospital gives you and for some reason babies love them and you can't buy them any where...my advice if you are having a baby soon, ask if you can have an extra at the hospital) Anyways I found it!!!! It had been lost since Thanksgiving. When you give her a normal pacifier she will only chew on the outside of it (the hard plastic backing) She is just plain weird sometimes!

You can tell she is so very proud of herself for sitting up!!!! So now not only is she sitting up but she is getting better at rolling in all directions and inching her way to what she wants. She has learned the if she puts her head down and then push up on her feet she can move a few inches. So now with all these new talents she has found a great new toy...the stereo. If I look away for a min she will have rolled or inched her way to the stereo and is playing with the buttons on it. I think its time to baby proof the house!!!!

Here are some pictures form Christmas

Sorry about the lack of updates. I promise I haven't stopped blogging. We were out of town so much for Christmas and New Years that I didn't get a chance to! It was a great Christmas. Isabelle got lots of fun toys and a highchair too. Which is really great news for me...its a lot less messy to feed her in that! She has found her new favorite love....swinging. She probably spent a good 4 hours a day swinging while in Houton. But it has to be swinging outside!!! She loves being outside. Anyways she doesn't get to do that here and she has adjusted ok I guess. If you could find me a tree down here then maybe I could put a swing out but here in South Texas we don't have such things!!!!
After our long vacation in Houston we can home and I set her down on the couch and she sat up by herself. So I thought maybe it was somehow just the couch keeping her up so I tried it on the floor and she sat up all by her self there too. So it officially she can sit up. Who knew you could get so excited over someone sitting up. Now she can loose her balance at any moment and go falling in any direction, so we sit her down and put pillows all around to catch her. I will have to include some pictures of that tomorrow. But we are so very proud :)
And even better news she has slept for 12 hours straight the pass 3 nights. Knock on wood everyone...I hope this continues!!!

So we were in Houston this weekend and what does Isabelle do.....she starts cooing again. First off this is wonderful because I can stop worrying, for today, that she has Autism (don't fear I am sure I will worry about it later or will find something else to worry about shortly!)But come on Isabelle this makes me look like a lunatic....like I made it all up. When she's around me she won't do it but here around others she will. But I am HAPPY for the cooing don't get me wrong!!!!We took her to the mall this weekend with the stroller. Yes I was that woman with the stroller loaded high with packages (thanks to Cara:)) blocking the isles.You would think since I have been staying home full time with her that I would have gone shopping for Christmas presents and had a grand ole time shopping all day long. Ha! I did most of my shopping online this year. You try getting in and out of stores with the big stroller and then try to navigate the isles...........ahhhhh I am getting stressed just thinking about it! Now I understand why people strap there kids on their backs when they go places!!!!!

So we were in Houston this weekend and what does Isabelle do.....she starts cooing again. First off this is wonderful because I can stop worrying, for today, that she has Autism (don't fear I am sure I will worry about it later or will find something else to worry about shortly!)
But come on Isabelle this makes me look like a lunatic....like I made it all up. When she's around me she won't do it but here around others she will. But I am HAPPY for the cooing don't get me wrong!!!!

We took her to the mall this weekend with the stroller. Yes I was that woman with the stroller loaded high with packages (thanks to Cara:)) blocking the isles.

You would think since I have been staying home full time with her that I would have gone shopping for Christmas presents and had a grand ole time shopping all day long. Ha! I did most of my shopping online this year. You try getting in and out of stores with the big stroller and then try to navigate the isles...........ahhhhh I am getting stressed just thinking about it! Now I understand why people strap there kids on their backs when they go places!!!!!

Yesterday was a good day. Why? Well first because I was able to go to Kohls without Isabelle pooping in her pants. Last time I had to go twice in one day and the first time we got there she went in the car so I had to change her diaper in the parking lot...then when I went back to return something the lady behind me said and I quote "ummmmmmmm your baby just went poo poo" Thanks! So I had sworn off going there since clearly Isabelle was to comfortable there, but we made it out yesterday without any problems! Second I made it to the grocery and back without being robbed. Yes someone was robbed in broad daylight at our grocery store. We live in a weird place :)
She slept much better on Tuesday night.....from 8:30 to 6:30, but last night was a different story. She went down about 8:45 and slept good until 2 and then I got her back asleep and she was back up at 3??? I don't know what the deal is? But she is just so cute I can't get mad at her :)

Dont we look just like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt :)

Today is a big day in the roll over world of Isabelle. Usually she rolls over her left shoulder only...well today she went both ways. She still hasn't really mastered the roll from tummy to back. She has done it a few times but I think it was just accidental. Which I figure is good because once she gets that she is going to be rolling all over the room.

Ok, so you know that they say routine is very important for getting babies to sleep. Well I always feed her then give her a kiss on the check and put her down for a nap. So now she has caught on and will start crying when I give her a kiss on the check...she knows the nap is next! Talk about making a mom feel bad! But the good part is that whenever she is ready to get up and I come in to get her she starts smiling really big! This morning she started laughing when I came in. I know I look bad in the mornings but for a five month old to be laughing it must have been really really bad!!!

Isabelle has these Christmas blocks and each one has a different scene inside of them. Well for some reason this one block she screams every time she sees it. I though maybe it was just my imagination but I showed it to her this morning and she screamed again. I am talking about the panic scream with huge tears. So I will have to hide this block I am guessing!!!

SLEEP?!?!?!?!?!?!

I have no idea why but we have reverted back to even worse sleeping hours than the newborn days! Last night she woke up at 10:30, 12:30, 3:30, 7:30. My only guess is maybe she is about to start teething? Maybe its to cold for her? Who knows but I miss the good old days :)

So things went ok with the babysitter. We got home around 11:30 and little miss was awake. She just looked so tired. It looked like she was doing all she could to stay awake. The babysitter (and her friend) said that she woke up right after we left, but the more I think about it, I wouldn't be surprised if they woke her up or went in to look at her and she woke up. She never wakes up that soon after going to bed...she usually just waits until I am about to go to bed to wake up!!!

Other than that we had a pretty quiet weekend. Saturday we went to the church's Breakfast with Santa and Isabelle had her picture taken with Santa again! Next year we are doing this instead of paying the $23 for 4 pictures at the mall!!!! Yesterday I was wrapping all the Christmas presents and Isabelle was watching me...she was going nuts she was so excited...I guess she is going to be a Christmas girl!

(Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner!)
Babysitter!!

Today we are leaving Isabelle with her first babysitter. I know big step right!! We have to go to a Christmas party for my work (or old work...whatever long story!) So we are going to get her all ready for bed and then leave. We should only be gone a couple hours and are just right up the streeet, but still its a big deal to us. We have left her before but always with relatives. This is a girl from church we love and totally trust so I know everything will be fine!!!

This picture is of a onesie Carolyn sent (it fits perfect!!! thanks Carolyn!!) I thought all you Dirty Dancing fans would love it. Daniel didn't get it, I had to explain to him :)

I promise she smiles all the time, but whenever you get a camera out she just looks at you like you are nuts....case in point above!