Isabella Marie is 12 weeks old

God has truly blessed us, and I hope that all of those people out there using our blog to keep up with her progression as smiling a little with this post!  Thank you also to all of those readers that sent messages from the announcement email =)  they were all so kind and got us really excited to continue our blog and that God had led us in the right direction!

Growin' Babe Details:

Everyone is always asking about how much she is sleeping at night- so I have a shout out for our little baby!!

Sleeping:  at least 8 hours, but I have to give her props- she slept last night from 8pm-9am (with little dream feed around 11!!!)  She rocked it out!

She is growing like a weed!  We are so proud of her progression and know that God's hands are all over her growth and personality.  She is very much the wiggle worm right now, really having fun rolling over!  She almost has it in a snap and we just sit and laugh and watch her work sooooo hard to get over so she can inspect and gaze her beautiful eyes upon something unknown.

This week Isabella and I also went shopping with the family sisters.  It was our first outing without Matt- God love him- he is great.  He has been so helpful to me that I can honestly say that I never felt overwhelmed or alone!  Well, the big girls were ready to head out alone =)  Isabella was great, she slept all the way through her 'hang out time' with the heartbreaker also known as Alec!  She chilled, she ate, she vocalized when she didn't like the outfit Aunt Meggie was looking at- haha, she had a great time!  Aunt Meggie is already coaching her on the way of curly hair (I wonder if she will have beautiful curly hair like Meg???) and how to build an outfit around the shoes....ahh the sister I never had ;)  Its perfect. 

On The Parental Unit Front: 

You know, it is interesting, there are those parents that are obsessive about what everyone else's kids are doing, how big they are, when they smile, sat up, crawled, walked- its mind-boggling really.  And there are those parents that are just happy in the moment.  

Now, as for myself and Matt, I am really proud to say that Matt and I both fall into the "just happy in the moment" category (yep, that's right, I am tooting my own horn in this post!!).  I wondered before she arrived whether or not I would constantly want to know 'what's next' and whether or not I would be a good mother, but I have felt an surreal calmness with her.  I just know,... you know?  I do like to ask a couple of my good girl friends (that I trust) about what to expect, especially my pal Julie- she's done this 5 times already...and is about to do it for the 6th time  (yay for baby Avery!), and the one thing she has already shown me is that every baby is different, and precious.  She told me about a book-The Baby Whisperer- that I have been reading on occasion about routines with the babe, but really Isabella has made it easy for me.  Sure, she has her crying moments, but I haven't heard of a baby that doesn't cry, so I think all is good =).  I also have a couple of girl friends at work that give GREAT stories and "what not to dos", so I have been blessed to be surrounded with strong women.

Matt has been preparing to finish the basement.  Exciting times, yes, I know.  We gotta have somewhere for Nana to stay!! =)  It will be nice to have the office space and library we have always wanted plus a place for each of us to work on our hobbies.  Not to mention a fab place to put a BIG OLE CHRISTMAS TREE!!  =) One that the pugs WON'T snort all over!  He is patiently waiting on me to purge more clothes...ahh the clothes.  That is another post in and of itself.  He's a good man for waiting patiently on me to finish the declutter of old clothing.     


It just dawned on me that as of today, October 1st, I only have 2 months left with my little butter bean!!  Oh My!  I'm happy she is growing so fast, but sad my time will eventually end...at least for a couple weeks, then I will be back for another few days!  ;)

I am also happy to report that baby Avery joined Julie's family 9/30/2010!  Yay! :)  She has a full head of hair just like Isabella- it brought a sweet smile to my face to see how beautiful the little girl is!!!  I enjoyed putting things in Isabella's hair and knowing it was obvious it was in her hair and not taped to her head- ha ha ha- and I know Julie is going to have a blast doing the same!!  Congratulations Julie!!!