Birthday Girl

Well Isley is officially one whole year old. We had a great little party with family and good friends. Isley had a grand ole' time and made out with some pretty neat stuff. We even had to wake up at 5:30 the next morning to play with them all.
I would list out all of her milestones, but I think they are the same as every other one year old out there- clap, wave, point, say "mama" and "dada", etc. etc. She does have a new trick she is working on. I thought for sure her first steps would be letting go of the couch and venturing out, but she started to stand up in the middle of the room- nothing to hold on to. She just gets up and stands there with a big grin on her face- she even bounces a little like she is going to take a step. I thought it wold be another few months before she started walking, but at this rate, it is only going to be a couple of weeks before she takes her first step!!
She is healthy (29.5" (50%) and 18.2 lbs (15%)- she is a skinny little thing) and happy and that is all we could ever ask for.

Her new trick!

Birthday cake! (She only had about 2 bites and was done- to my relief)

Birthday Dinner.

Her new lion- she can ride or push around.

5:30am Sunday morning- enjoying the loot.

She has been pushing this thing all over the house- good thing the music turns off or Corey would have kicked it down the stairs.

Our friend Jen picked this out for Isley- and it is a hit. She no longe wants rides in the duck- she wants daddy to push her around the house FAST!

Mom's Day

This is a little late in posting, but oh well. We had a wonderful Mother's Day- had french toast and berries for breakfast and had my family over for kabobs that night.
I was showing a picture of Isley to a coworker and said "This is my daughter" and felt so strange. I still find it really wierd that I am a mother- I love it more than anything, but still not use to calling myself a mom. I never thought being a mom could be so rewarding or that I could feel such overwhelming love and happiness over the tinest of things.
I am also lucky to have an amazing mother myself. She is one the most selfless people I know, never hesitating to do something for Corey and I or my brothers. Corey and I always talked about living somewhere else, but in the end came back to IF for jobs. I can't imagine being somewhere else- away from my family. My mom is always there to help us out, wether it be picking us up from the bars, watching Isley until 3am while we pack out an elk or just running errands with Isley and I and chatting. She is a beautiful, strong, caring women who has taught me to be the person I am today. Love her more than words can express.

Isley went crazy over blueberries- we found them stuck to her bottom all day long. And she was stained blue for most of the day.

Trying to get a cute pic of the 2 of us...

This is her birthday dress- which is next weekend (trying not to remind myself so I don't cry all week long)

Through the window

Isley loves to look out the window at the puppies. She races over when they appear and slaps the window and screams with delight. The pups are liking her more and more too- they sniff her and look for hidden treats that may be stuck to her legs or bottom after lunch...
Her bottom two teeth are in and now her top teeth are coming. She has one big front tooth that you can see and the other is right behind. Corey says they look like my "big buck teeth".
I think she is starting to look like my baby pictures- I'll have to post a few sometime. We just can't seem to get enough of her.

Heading to the window.
Puppies!!!

Doll face.

Still playing with the safety kit. I finally took the plug-in protectors away because I didn't want them to get stuck in her mouth.

All for love

Isley is so much fun! She is a little sweetheart and officically saying "mama". On the trip down to SLC Corey sat in the back for the last half of the drive and played with Isley. There is nothing that makes the heart more full than listening/watching to your husband shake his head with a rattle toy in his mouth making your baby girl laugh and laugh. The things you do for love and laughter!!!
Isley has graduated into the regular bath so now her pink duck is her little toy. She jumps on it, takes rides in it and crawls all over it. Here are some pics of daddy giving her a ride in the pink duck.

Big Race

Corey and I ran the SLC marathon this past Saturday. I also gave my brothers half marathons for xmas. They both trained and did great- Darin injured his foot half way through, but he managed to suck it up and finish and is looking for the next race.
We had a great time and brought along Grandpa to watch Isley while we all ran. Unfortunatley, we didn't get any pictures because we all finished at different times and missed each other. The race had photographers so I will try to grab a couple photos when they post them.
Here are some cute pics of Isley- she now had 2 bottom teeth that are too cute.

Enjoying water in her sippy cup.
Playing with the safety kit...very safely! (Look at her long out of control hair)

Adorable little teeth.

Cali

Well we made it to California and back with no problems or break downs on the plane. Isley flew great- played and slept. She did start to want to crawl around so I had to distract her by singing, while may be pleasant to her- is not so pleasant to others :)
We had a wonderful whirlwind trip visiting with great grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I feel so lucky to have both sets of grandparents- just wish we lived closer to visit them more often.
Isley had a ball climbing on every thing she could- she even managed to climb on a table onto a basket and hang from the table like a monkey..injury free.

Grandma and Grandpa Clark

Grandma and Grandpa Ballock

The weather was beautiful so I put Isley in an adorable little dress. The lawn mower was coming after her here and she isn't too thrilled, but she looks cute in her little dress.

Little Monkey

Isley is a little monkey. She crawls all over and climbs on anything she can. When we fold laundry together she crawls on the basket and pulls out all of the clothes. Here are some pics of her climbing on the chair- she is really graceful at falling too.