In for a surprise

We had a couple big surprises from Isley this week. I was feeding her the other day and felt something hard in her mouth. Figured she had found something fun to stick into her mouth, but to my surprise- it was a tooth! We had no idea she was even teething. It is the cutest tooth (of course thats what we say about her first tooth)!! I took a picture, but it is hard to see- might have to click on the pic to make it bigger.
We still enjoy our morning naps together on Fridays. She cuddles with me and I get to catch up on some sleep. Lately one of us has been sweating and so she wakes up and her hair is all matted down and her cheeks are flushed.
The other new thing she has discovered is standing up in her crib. She can't pull herself up on the couches just yet (think they are too high), but she can pull herself up in her crib. I walked in after her nap the other day and there she was- so happy to be standing.

Cutest tooth ever!
Wet hair and red cheeks from our nap.

Her new trick.

Lounging around this town....

The sun is starting to warm things up and we are making more trips outside. Isley LOVES to be outside. If she wakes up really early and it isn't too cold, I bundle her up, strap her on and we take the dogs for a little walk. If we have enough time she usually catches a little cat nap. She loves to go on jogs with me (and Uncle D). She is going to have a blast this summer cruising around. I plan on jogging or walking the dogs in the mornings and going for prebed walks in the evenings- all with her. Also need to enroll in swimming lessons. I can't wait for the summer!!!!

Here are some shots of her eating and lounging around. For some reason she thinks her high chair is a recliner. When the tray comes off- her legs come up!!

I need to take a picture of her in her bouncer at day care. She goes wild! Peggy (the most amazing sitter) says she would bounce all day if she left her in there. Just looking at her jump that much makes me dizzy- I don't know how she does it without throwing up....

Hats and Pretzels

Sorry about the time lapse- been busy with everything. Isley is motoring around. She can't seem to sit still and is already starting to pull herself up. We have our tickets for her first out of state visit to California. We leave for a long weekend at the end of March. The weather should be beautiful so we can take some trips to the park and get in some sunny runs. Pretty sure all of the great grandparents and aunt and uncles are excited to see her and meet her!
When Isley was about 4 months old she put on a little hat show for me. She didn't seem to mind too much so one morning a couple of weeks ago I decided another show was in order. She wasn't has excited about it this time, but she still looked like a doll.

She is a pretty good eater and I try to feed her all sorts of healthy stuff. We did sneak in a hard pretzel for her to gnaw on (I took off the salt) and she loved it. She kept breaking it down into soggy pieces so we snagged it away and about a half an hour later I noticed she was sucking on something. I opened her mouth and there was a part of the pretzel glued to the roof of her mouth- all mushy and breaking off so she would get little tastes every once in a while. Here she is enjoying the pretzel.

Babbling backwards

Isley is growing like crazy. She is crawling a little. She takes a few "steps" forward and then flattens out. She is great at crawling backwards - still has to figure that one out. She can push herself to the sitting position from her stomach. She is becoming really attached to mommy. I was brushing my teeth this morning and she even said "mama". I think she was just babbling, but it still melted my heart. Corey is hoping for a "dada" first so he is sure it was just babbling. She was sick this week- running nose, cough and mild fever. She is doing much better. She went for a 14 mile jog with me last week- did great! She loves to be outside even is it is only 35F out.
Her personality gets cuter and cuter everyday.

So determined to go forward.
Going for the camera.

Some giggles before bedtime.

Puppy Time

Ash and Isley hanging out. Since the dogs are mostly outside they are still getting to know Isley. They love to sniff her and check her out- she also enjoys checking them out. They are going to have a great time running around together this summer.

This is my favorite site- coming in to grab the munchkin after a nap. I LOVE seeing her little eyes peek above her crib.

Rubbery Ducky

Here are some pics of Isley during bath time. She loves splashing around in the pink ducky and chewing on her dolphins. She is also starting to move her knees and hands in crawl position. She will be crawling by the time Corey gets home.

Baby Gate

Break out the baby gates!!!! Isley is getting close to crawling. We were doing some pilates the other morning (she wakes up at 5:30am so I have to do something to pass the time) and I glanced over to see her propped up on all fours rocking back and forth. Since then she has been getting up on all fours all the time. She even started moving backwards tonight. We have a lot of baby proofing to do before she is cruising around. Corey left for Chile today for 2 weeks so hopefully it takes her a while to figure crawling out- cause I am going to need lots of help chasing her around!!!

Thinking about it.
The jaybird is up!