11 months and counting

My baby is now 11 months. Next month she'll be 1, I cant believe it. I swear she gets funnier and more silly each month. She's starting to run a little bit but she always looks down at her feet so she ends up falling all the time. She has so much energy and is always on the go. We're trying to teach her to go down the stairs backwards but so far she hasnt grasped the concept. I'm pretty sure she see's everyone else going down the stairs the good ol' fashioned way and she wants to do the same.
Man is this little girl a jabber box. She talks and talks and talks. It gets really interesting each Sunday in church when she's talking through every prayer and lesson. Its pretty cute though!
I'm so excited that her first Christmas is a round the corner. Its going to be some much fun see what her reaction is to all the presents.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

I know I'm a little behind but I thought it was still worth writing about. Thanksgiving was nice this year. We didn't have to worry about running around to see both families. Jason's parents went to California to see his sister and My mothers parents went to Las Vegas to see my aunt and uncle. So that left us just one place to go, dad's parents. It was nice to sit around and talk to everyone without having to worry about running off to see other family members. After dinner and sitting around to talk forever. Jason took Isabelle home to bed and I stayed out at my parents to go Black Friday Shopping.

We go shopping every year on Black Friday. I know some might call us crazy but I think its actually fun. I never really go with anything in mind that I need to buy but I always find things. Things didn't go exactly to plan this year. We started off at Toys 'R' Us but it was going to be a 2 hour wait out in the cold. So we headed over to Walmart, some of there sells started at midnight. We ended up standing in line for different things from 10:30-5:30. We were at walmart all night long. We made some friends, saw people get trampled, waited in line for a wii only to find out they supposedly didn't have any (they did but it took them an hour to find them). It was a crazy night but you can be sure we'll be going out again next year.

10 months and other fun stuff

Well another month has past and that means Isabelle is now 10 months old. She's growing like crazy and learning a ton. I know everyone thinks their babies are smart but seriously Isabelle is SO SMART! She can blows kisses, and tells everyone she sees "hi". She now has 3 teeth on top and 2 on the bottom. She's been walking for a month now but she really wants to run (She's always trying to keep up with her cousins). One of our favorite things to do is watch Isabelle dance. Her favorite song is "All the Single Ladies" and she even sings along with it, by singing the "oh oh oh" part. Its so fun to watch her learn and discover new things. She truly is the best thing ever and the biggest blessing we've ever had.

A few weeks ago Jason and I along with our friends, Slyler and Hilary, went to the iFly and FlowRider in Ogden. The iFly is a giant wind tunnel that's used to train sky divers. We each got to spend 2 minutes in there in one minute segments. I know 2 one minute sessions doesn't sound very long but trust me it actually seems like forever. I found it very difficult to relax my first time in the tunnel. I was squeezing my butt-cheeks together so tight my butt muscles hurt for a week. The second time went much better. Jason and I "flew" practically the whole time and really enjoyed it. I think we'll definitely go back one day.

Isn't the clothing pretty?

The FlowRider is an inside man made wave that you can surf on. Let me tell you, I sucked! The longest time I stayed up was about 2 seconds. Jason actually did pretty well, He at least got up and rode the wave for a few seconds. You know the one thing that I thought was weird about the FlowRider is there was no instruction on how to do it. They kind of just throw you in there. Lucky for us there was a very nice pro-surfer who was more than helpful. If it weren't for him we wouldn't have had any clue on how to ride the wave (not that I know now). It was fun experience and its really to bad we don't have one out this way so we can get more practice.

Now unfortunately for the bad news. last Friday Jason was let go from his job. Apparently the slow season is upon us and there wasn't enough work to go around. What do you say other than It Sucks! It sucks that they let him go so close to the holidays and with no warning. I know that something will turn up and we're surprisingly optimistic about the whole thing. We're doing everything we can to stay hopeful that some other job will come up quick. We're keeping our fingers crossed that the airlines start their big hiring boom soon. Please keep us in your prayers as this is a crazy time for us. We know we're better off then a lot of people and we're counting our blessing. We're just hoping a job comes along soon, if you hear of any job openings let us know. For now Jason's a stay at home dad and he's enjoying the time with Isabelle. I kind of like that he's home with her, to bad we cant afford for him to do that forever.

On a happier note I realized I never blogged about Halloween. Since this Halloween is my favorite holiday and it was Isabelle's first I think I should at least include a picture of her in her Halloween costume. She looked so cute as Tinker Bell. She had matching sparkly green shoes that squeaked when she walked in them. She was the cutest little fairy ever. It was way to cold outside to do any real treat or treating. We did go to my grandmas house and let Isabelle trick or treat with my cousins and nephews but after 5 houses it was to cold to keep her out. She was extremely excited to see people put candy in her little bag. She carried her little bag around so proud. Halloween is so much better when you have a kid to take treat or treating. I cant wait for next year, Hopefully the weather is better.

I spoke to soon

Isabelle is walking!
and loving it.
As soon as I can find the video of her walking las Wednesday I'll post it.


If that isn't enough excitement
Here's a video of Isabelle playing paddy cake.
She likes to "Roll It"

9 Months Old

My Baby is 9 months old today :(

The rate at which a child grows is mind boggling.

This past month has been a fun one

(they all have been, shh..)

Isabelle has learned to walk...Kinda

Monday (Oct. 4th) Isabelle took 3 steps all by herself.

Since then she hadn't had much interest in walking until Yesterday.

Yesterday she was all about taking a few steps here and there.

She's going to start walking soon and I'm not ready for that yet.

She now has 2 bottom teeth and one more coming in (I think)

She says "Uh-Oh" when she drops stuff and it always makes me laugh

she's such a happy baby,

Always smiling

Clapping

or Laughing

We adore her

But who wouldn't love this face ???

Drews Birthday/ Anniversary Dinner

My cute Nephew Drew turned 5 this month.

He wanted to go to Pirate Island to celebrate. Arrr...

We had our own private cave, delicious pizza, and an arcade

What more could a 5 year old ask for?

Drew is the best person to watch open presents.

He gets tickled pink when all the paper is off the presents.

He says things like:

"This is what i always wanted for like my whole life"

(even though we all know he's never seen this "favorite thing" in his whole life)

(This is the pillowpet Drew wanted so badly)

After dinner and presents we played in the arcade.

Jason ended up winning a iPod shuffle out of the claw machine.

I've never seen anyone win anything out of those things.

When our tokens all ran out we ended up with 556 tickets.

Drew was so happy to get to pick his prizes.

All in all i think he had a pretty great birthday.

Anniversary Dinner

So our anniversary was 2 weeks ago.

We've come to find out that with a child and responsibilities

we don't get out exactly when we'd always like.

However we finally got to celebrate this weekend.

Jason took me to:

It was DELICIOUS!!!

and expensive, but totally worth it!

I would recommend it to everyone.

We had such a fun time but go when you're not being rushed.

It took us over 2 hours to eat.

All the food was mouth watering but the dessert was AMAZING!

It was called the White Chocolate Creme Brulee.

Its to die for.

We will definitely be back

Although with the prices it will probably be a while

BUMMER :(

First Tooth

Isabelle got her first tooth this week. She had a rough Sunday night, She woke up at 4:00 am screaming. I thought that maybe her leg got caught in the bars again. (that's right I said again). She was smack dab in the middle of her crib all rolled up in a ball. I tried rocking her back to sleep but every time I tried to lay her back in her crib she would start screaming again. She did finally go back to sleep an hour later. I had to wake the poor girl up to take her to Courtney so I could go to work. Courtney called me at work to tell me Isabelle had a tooth! I couldn't believe I hadn't noticed it but when I went to pick her up I realized why. You cant see it. (That's why I didn't include a picture in this post) Its literally just above the gum line on the bottom. You cant see it but you can feel it. I'm also pretty sure she's getting the one next to it. Oh Joy!

Happy Anniversary to Us

Today marks the 4th year Jason and I have been married. I cant believe its been that long. This last year has probably been the best year so far. We added Isabelle to our little family and we couldn't be happier to be her parents!

Happy Anniversary Babe!

I can't wait to see what the rest of our lives bring!

Laughing Ducks!

Yesterday we went and feed the Ducks at the "Wetlands" (Its a little park in the next neighborhood over from my parents house). By we I mean myself, Jason, Isabelle, Courtney, Drew, Preston, & My Dad. We found a jack pot of ducks in the pond. We feed them almost a whole loaf of bread. 3 of the ducks got really daring and came up by us to get some easy food. We had a good time but the bread was gone before we knew it. We decided it as time to leave. The ducks didn't seem to happy about this as they were quacking up a storm as we were leaving. As we headed back up the trail Drew Said.....

"Jason the ducks are laughing at you"

Then we all died laughing!!!

8 months

Isabelle is 8 months old now!! How does time go by so fast? It sure does make me sad that she's not so little anymore.

She's all over the place and into everything. The one thing she's not into (thank heavens) is the kitchen. She doesn't care for the tile to much.

She'll crawl on the tile but its definitely not her favorite.

She's turned into a sassy little thing.

She'll let you know exactly how she's feeling. You're either going to get the cutest squishy smile or you're going to have her scream at you. Its really funny either way though.

She Dances!!!

Its hilarious. If theres music on she's bouncing along to it. We love playing music videos just to see her move.

She's been spending a lot of time with her cousins and she adores them. They can make her laugh by just talking to her. Isabelle wants to be right there with them running and having fun. All to soon will she be trucking along besides them.

She's in love with frozen yogurt (Yes I know she's not supposed to have any yet)

She's learning things like crazy and can now says mama!

She's just the best little thing ever. We love her to pieces and cant imagine life without her.

She is our SUNSHINE!

Jason's Birthday!!

PARTY!!!

On Sunday Jason tuned 31!!!

We spent all weekend celebrating his birthday.

On saturday Braden, Taylor, and Brandon took Jason shooting. Nothing Says Happy Birthday like shooting a couple of clay pigeons.

Then for dinner we went to Su Case with my family. Its one of my very favorite Mexican Restaurants.

If you haven't been there you should go! Their salsa is AMAZING..

Drew was so excited to give Jason the present he help Grandpa pick out.

It was a ROCKET! Well actually it was 2 rockets and a launch pad.

No Jason and I have our own rockets to take when the family goes to launch them!

On Sunday I got up and made a quiche for breakfast.

Then Isabelle and I gave Jason his presents. 3 shirts and some DVD's.

We also ordered him some pants but they didn't get here in time.

This boy is so hard to shop for.

He is 6'5" and both his legs and torso are long.

Its so hard to find pants that fit (I almost always have to order online)

and shirts fit unless i forget to hang them to dry.

I cant dry any of Jason's shirts in the dryer or they come out to short.

ANYWAY

After Church we went to Jason's parents house for dinner.

His grandma was in town and it was nice to celebrate with her there.

Dinner was awesome and Jason got more presents and money for badly needed new tires (Woo Hoo)

Birthday's are so much fun!

Happy Birthday Turkey Face we love you!

Climbing

Isabelle learned to climb up the stairs on Monday (8/23/10) at grandma Stacey's House. Here's a video of her going up the stairs at home. She's even fast at going up the stairs now. You can't even turn your back on her or she's half way up the stairs. She's such a stinker. I'm not ready for her to be so mobile. She crawls all over the place and pulls herself up on furniture. She's even walking around the furniture now. Its just crazy! She a fast learner. It seems like she started to crawl one day and then 2 days later she was pulling herself up on things. Ahhhhhh. We're not ready for this yet. I guess we really don't have a choice though. Courtney was nice enough to have Doug bring up one of Preston's waking toys from Mesquite. Its a cute little car that converts into a push cart. Isabelle loves it! She pushes it all over the house. I'll have to post a video of that sometime. Anyway, Here's the video of Isabelle conquering the stairs.

7 Months

I cant believe I forgot to blog about Isabelle turning 7 months.

Isabelle is getting so big although I'm not sure how big since we don't weigh her at home. She only gets weighed at the doctors office. :)

It's been so fun for Jason and I to watch her grow. She has learned so much in the last few weeks. A week before she turned 7 months Isabelle learned she could get into a sitting position on her own.

A few days before she turned 7 months she learned to crawl.

Yep that's right we have a CRAWLER on our hands.

Not only does she crawl, she also stands up using the furniture. Although she doesn't think she needs to hold onto the furniture the whole time, which has resulted in a lot of falls. She's surprisingly pretty well balanced

Unfortunately for us she still isn't sleeping through the night. We're trying very hard to just let her cry herself back to sleep but its so hard to listen to her cry in the middle of the night. Oh well it has to be done. I'm sick of getting up every night. I think I've only slept twice through the whole night since we had her and both times are because she was having asleep over with my parents. (Thanks Mom & Dad)

She says DADA but we're sure she has no idea what it means. She is a gabbier box though. She talks all the time or is blowing raspberries at everyone. She's HILARIOUS!

She seriously gets no attention at home,or anywhere else for that matter. She's not spoiled at all, no one even likes her, it's really sad.... Ya Right

We love her to death. She's been so much fun lately and Jason and I are loving this age. She is so smiley and interactive. She's just the best thing ever!!

The Twisted Stitches...Our First Booth

Last saturday Courtney, my mom, and I set up a booth at the Highland Fling. Thanks to my friend Haylie who had rented the booth and let us move in on her space. We had a fun time and it was a really good experience. We didnt sell as much as we would have liked to but it was still a good time. I think next year we'll have to rent a booth or two at some different city's and see how those go.

Nasty Rash

Still Smiling even though she doesn't feel well

This is my Little baby with a nasty rash. Last Monday I dropped her off to my sister so I could go to work. When I was saying goodbye to Isabelle I noticed a small light rash on her shoulders but when I came to pick her up this is what she looked like. The pictures really don't do it justice, she was covered in red little dots. They were everywhere, on her ears, on her palms, the bottom of her feet, literally everywhere. She didn't really sleep that night but when she got up for the day on Tuesday the rash looked much worse. So into the doctor we went. Isabelle has been on amoxicillin for a couch that wouldn't go away. I was positive it was an allergic reaction. Her doctor said he didn't think it was an allergy and he was sure it was 5th's disease (which is just a virus). He said it should clear up in a day or 2. He was right, The next day she looked much better and by Thursday the rash was gone. Thank heavens for that, Isabelle hadn't been sleeping because she wasn't feeling well. Luckily, we're all back to our normal selves here at the Powell home.

Look at that cute bum :)

What's in a name???

Thank you to everyone who helped us a name for our shop. We loved all your names but unfortunately for us most of the names had already been taken. After a lot of deliberation we decided to go with The Twisted Stitches. Thank you to my dad for coming up with the name.

We're still trying to set up shop but please drop by and check out what we're making.

HELP!!!

I've decided to set up an Etsy shop to sell little odds and ends of stuff I've been making. The only problem is I can not come up with a name for the shop. I have tons of ideas but nothing that really jumps out at me.

So I'm holding a CONTEST!!!

Leave a comment on this post with a name you came up with for my shop. If you're name gets picked or inspires me you will WIN one thing out of my shop. I'll be selling Car seat covers, headbands, belts, tutu's, purses, traveling totes, and anything else I can come up with. Check out my other blog here for an idea of what the purses and car seat covers will look like..

Thanks Everyone!!!

So far behind!

need to start blogging more often. So many things have happened lately I need be better at blogging when they happen so I'm not so far behind.

Any way in order of what happened...Here we go

My awesome sister-in-law was deployed on June 25th. We got to go to the airport to see her off. It was a very interesting and sad experience. We saw so many people with brand new babies and little kids say goodbye to their families. When it came time to say goodbye it was an absolute tear feast. It was so hard to watch my brother say goodbye to his new wife. We're very proud of Jayme though. It's not easy leaving everything you know for a year to serve our country. Thank heaven for all those who are willing to serve our country so we can live the good life.

Girls night out oh yeah!! My sisters, mom, and I went to see Eclipse on opening night! It was so fun. But I don't think I'll see another movie on opening night again. The girls were crazy and there's nothing but hooting and hollering throughout the whole movie. Oh well I love the books and the movie Eclipse was the best so far. It sticks to the book and it was fantastic. I'm definitely Team Edward but after this movie I think I'm also Team Lautner!! Man that boy is beautiful!

6 month stats:

16 lbs 8 oz - 62%

26 inches - 65%

Last but not least Isabelle turned 6 months old on July 12th. I know I say this every time but I cant believe how fast time goes. She's getting so big and I'm loving this age! She has been so much fun lately. She's giggling all the time and is more interactive. She wakes up happy to see us and talks to us all the time. We pierced her ears on July 13th. She cried a little bit but then we gave her a sucker and she was fine. She looks so cute with earing's, I'm so glad we pierced them now instead of waiting. This way she'll never remember the pain and then its all said and done. woohoo for growing little girls!!

Playing catch up

Well another month has gone by and we're into June already. Yesterday Isabelle turned 5 months. She is so funny. My dad had her giggling her cute little head off yesterday. She thinks Grandpa Todd is awesome!

At 5 months Isabelle is:

Kind of sitting up: If you sit her up she stays that way for a little while until she leans to far to one side and over she goes

Sleeping much better: I was getting ready to pull my hair out. I don't think I could have taken another month of getting up 6 times a night.

Eating jarred baby food: So far she loves fruit and doesn't care for veggies. Aunt Courtney boiled some carrots for her yesterday and every time she would take a bite she would shudder.

More active: I cant wait till she can crawl. She wants to go every where and whines until we pick her up and take her to where she wants to go. Yes she's very SPOILED!

Rolling over both ways: She's been able to roll from her back to her stomach for over a month but just in the last couple of days she has learned to roll from stomach to back. Hopefully this means no more waking up to crying baby who wants to be rolled back over.
Scrunch face and hands: For some reason Isabelle has started to scrunch up her face when she smiles. Its so hilarious, I'll have to post pictures of it. She also has discovered her hands. When ever she sees them she'll stare at her hands. She gets a kick out of watching her fingers move.

She's growing up way to fast but we're enjoying watching her figure everything out.

As for me and Jason... We've pretty much been busy with Isabelle, She's definitely a hand full. Jason and I still work together, although I'm still only working part time (which is Awesome by-the-way). Jason is really busy studying to get his CFI (certified flight instructor). He decided he would like to teach people to fly, until the airlines pick-up again. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this happens soon.

As for me I've been sewing and quilting. After having Isabelle my maternal instincts must have kicked in because all the sudden I wanted to start sewing. My very awesome Grandma and Grandpa Bleazard gave me some money so I could buy a sewing machine. (I would have had one already if I had not laughed at Courtney when she got hers for graduation). Anyway, I've always been interested in quilting and after getting my machine I figured Why Not?!?!? So I made Izzy a quilt. After getting the quilt top/back done I sent it off to be machine quilted on top. I got it back on Friday, Perfect timing for Isabelle to turn 5 months the next day. It looks awesome!!! Now I have ideas for a million other quilts that I want to do but I think I may have to rob a fabric store first since fabric is so expensive! :(

4 Months

4 Month Stats:

14 lbs 2 oz - 75%

24 1/2 inches - 64%

Isabelle turned 4 months old yesterday! Isnt she pretty? She's just full of life! She learned to roll over on May 2nd which is so cute to watch. Once she gets to her stomach though she has no idea what to do. She's such a determined little girl. She grabs everything in site and she's so smiley. She loves to jump in her jumperoo or the johnny jumper. She's just a little on the spoiled side...Ok, a lot on the spoiled side, but she's so cute.
Isabelle does not sleep through the night yet but we're keeping our fingers crossed that it happens soon. I'm exhausted! She hates naps but we're trying really hard to change that. She also gets bored really quickly, Maybe she'll be another Preston!!! :) That's ok though Jason and I love to entertain her and so does the rest of our families.
We are loving watching her hit all these milestones and cant believe she's already 4 months old.

First sucker

Here's Isabelle having her very first sucker. She couldn't get enough of it, it was so cute. I thought I'd let all of you see it.

3 months

Isabelle is 3 months old already. She's growing so fast. She loves sucking on her fists and talking to herself in the mirror. She's also discovered she can blow bubbles with her mouth and smack her tongue and lips to make sounds. She's very talkative now but still a horrible napper. Isabelle has been sleeping in her own room for the last couple of weeks now. We were hoping it would help her sleep better at night but its not working. She still gets up 2-3 times each night. Since I returned back to work Isabelle is getting use to being up at 6:30 -7:00 each morning which isn't very fun on my days off. We're loving watching her grown but wish that she's slow down a little bit. :)

HI HO HI HO BACK TO WORK I GO.

Today is my first day back to work since having Isabelle. I had a hard time last night thinking about leaving her while I go to work. For the past 10 weeks she has been my life, I've done nothing without her. Now I just drop her off and head to work. It sucks! I've been at work for an hour and I miss her terribly. On one hand it's kind of nice being back at work. I've missed the people that I work with and having some adult interaction. On the other hand I hate leaving Isabelle even though I know she's taken care of. Can't I just bring her to work with me? It would solve all the issues with coming back to work. To bad it doesn't work like that. :(

Catching up!

Ok there's so much to catch up on, might as well start at the beginning.

Last Sunday Isabelle was blessed at home with 49 people in attendance who love her. It was actually amazing trying to get everyone into our cute little house. I really liked blessing her at home, it was so nice to have the blessing and then right after eat some Delicious food. Jason gave her a very nice blessing, I know he was nervous but he did a great job. I want to say thank you to everyone who helped out in bringing food. It all tasted so good and it was so nice not to have to prepare it all or worry if there was enough. Thank you everyone who came, its obvious how much Isabelle is loved.

Courtney and Doug came up for Isabelle's blessing. It was so fun having them here. Poor little Preston got an ear infection and was pretty miserable the day before the blessing but he seemed to be doing better on Sunday. Drew is so funny and above is a picture of my dad doing some magic with him. He loves it when my dad does magic. He always wants to know how its done. Its so fun to watch his face light up when something "magical" happens.

Last Friday was my Birthday. I had lunch at Mimi's Cafe with my Great-Grandmother, Laveta, we share a birthday :). She's the cutest Grandma, I miss living with her. Then Jason took me shopping where I picked out some very cute new shirts. I love to shop and after having Izzy I definitely needed new clothes. Later we went to dinner with my parents and Braden and his wife Jayme. They took me to Typenaki, it was SO good. I love that place. A little pricey but so good.
Then this Sunday we celebrated my Birthday with Jason's family. They gave me all sorts of good stuff including gift cards for more clothes and hair and make-up products, Love it!

And last but not least. Last Monday our friends Curtis and Alicia had their little girl. We're so happy for them and glad that Isabelle will have a friend. Here is a picture of Isabelle next to baby Haidyn. I can't believe how much Isabelle has grown in only 10 weeks. She looks huge next to Haidyn. It makes me a little sad and I realized I need to cherish each stage of her life. She's growing way to fast.

2 months

Isabelle is 2 months old! She is getting to be so much fun! She smiles so much and she's talking up a storm. I cant wait until she starts laughing but I'll defanitly take all the smiles. I'm pretty sure she doesnt want to be a baby any more. She's always moving her arms and legs and she wants to sit up so bad. She's a pretty busy baby. She still doesn't have much hair but if she's anything like me she wont get hair until she's 10. She's in love with her hands right now. She sucks on them like crazy, its mostly her left hand but sometimes her right hand finds it way to her mouth as well.

Isabelle had her 2 month appointment and man is she growing. She grows so fast i cant believe she's not my little newborn baby I brought home just 2 months ago.

Here are her stats:

Weighs: 12 lbs 1 oz - 81%

Length: 22 1/2 inches

See what I mean about getting big. She's my little chunky monkey. She has so many rolls she look s like a popped pillsbury dough boy can. She sure is cute though, we like them on the chubby side. We're going to be blessing Isabelle this sunday so I'll post about all the fun of blessing our baby next week.

Road Trip

Almost 2 weeks ago my mom and I took Isabelle on her very first road trip. We went to see my sister and her cute family in Mesquite. Isabelle is actually a very good traveler, she slept almost the whole way. :)

It was so fun showing Isabelle off to them for the very first time. The all seemed to love her especially Drew. It was funny to see Drew with Isabelle. He would sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her and tell her "It's Ok" and rub her head when she would cry. Preston however wasn't to sure about her. He was definitely curious but I'm not sure if he was more curious about her or her bouncer. Preston would bounce her in her bouncer like she was headed for the moon. It was even better when Isabelle wasn't in the bouncer, Preston would take her place. Since Preston is just a bit heavier his bum would almost touch the ground. Then he would start bouncing in it and hit his behind on the ground and say "weeeeee" it was hilarious.

I enjoyed our little trip to Mesquite. Courtney and Doug's new home is so beautiful and the weather was awesome. We even got to go swimming. Ok so we didnt really swim, we sat in the hot tub but the weather was in the high 60's. I hope we get to go visit them more often since the live a lot closer now. Of course they're always welcome up here... Hint Hint... :)

A month old already!

1 month old!

Isabelle is a month old today!! Time is flying by, on one hand I feel like Isabelle has been a part of our lives for much longer than a month. Then again it feels like we just brought her home for the first time. She's been so much fun and also such a challenge. Being a mom is the best and hardest thing I've ever done and it's only been a month.

taking a nap with Dad

In her first month of life Isabelle has grown a ton. She's getting so chunky and cute. She's discovered her tongue, she smacks it against her lips and "chews" on it all the time. She's also started to "talk" to us a little bit. She's fights sleep, not at night thank heavens, but she doesn't like to take naps which makes her really cranky sometimes. She also is doing pretty well at holding her head up. We love her so much and cant wait to see her grow and hit all her milestones. She's absolutely the best thing in the whole world. We're not obsessed, I promise...Ok so maybe a little, alright a lot. That's ok though because we're the parents! ;)

our little BYU fan

2 Week Appointment

Today I took Isabelle in for her 2 week appointment and guess what....She's HUGE! She now weighs 8 lbs 8 oz and is 20 1/2 inches long. The doctor said that he's never, in his whole career, seen a baby who's breast feeding gain so much weight in 2 weeks. Obviously Isabelle isnt staving.

They pricked her heel for the PKU test and she didnt cry at all. She just sucked on her hand and then fussed when it didnt produce any milk. I cant believe she's already 2 weeks old. I better enjoy this time off with Isabelle, I'll be back to work before I know it. Sad! :(

Newborn Pictures.

Yesterday Jason and I took Isabelle to have her newborn pictures taken. I can not wait to see all the pictures. Julie Burton is the lady that took the pictures. She must be the nicest person ever, she was just so cute with Isabelle. You should check out her blog julieburtonphotography. She posted some sneak peak photo's of Isabelle so I'm going to repost them. Next week we should get the rest of the pictures.

Here they are..Enjoy!

Isabelle Piper Powell

SHE'S HERE!!!

Isabelle Piper Powell was born January 12th 2010 at 2:56 p.m.

She weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces

and was 20 inches long.

Isabelle arrived on Tuesday January 12th. She was 6 days early according to her due date, but I'm glad she didn't wait any longer. She was only a ounce off of being 8 pounds so she was pretty good sized. She's absolutely beautiful! She has her daddy's nose and her grandpa Quinn's forehead. Her hands and feet are pretty good size too, she's definitely Jason's daughter. We were all surprised when she came out a with hair. Okay, so she doesn't have a lot of hair but I was pretty sure she was going to be bald. Her hair also has some wave to it which I love. I just hope it doesn't all fall out, I know wishful thinking right?? Oh well a girl can dream.

We're all home from the hospital now and Isabelle's done pretty well. Her second night home was a rough one, she got up every hour :( . Last night she did really well though and I'm guessing it has a lot to do with my milk finally coming in.

It's crazy how fast you fall in love! Jason and I are loving every minute of being parents. We find ourselves starring at her in amazement a lot of the time. She's so beautiful and perfect it truly is amazing.

okay, Here's some pictures of our little girl.

Here she is right after birth, she's getting checked out by the doctors

Here's she is with her eyes open

Here she is with Daddy.

And here she is in her going home outfit!

Video of Jason making her smile

The Nursery

THE NURSERY IS FINALLY DONE!!!

And with only 9 days till Isabelle's due date. The room is Beautiful, its exactly what I wanted. When I first decided what I wanted the nursery to look like I had no idea it could look this good. Thank you to everyone that helped me with the nursery and a HUGE THANK YOU to my DAD!!! He spent so much time over here putting up bead board, molding, furniture. Without his help I don't think it would have gotten done. Thank you daddy for all your help and keeping me company while Jason was out of town picking up the twin airplane. Now all we're waiting on is Isabelle's arrival. I now feel ready for her to come! :)

OK so without further ado here's some pictures.

The Closet door

The Crib

Picture of the valance my mother-in-law made to match the crib bedding

There's a close up of the picture frames hanging on the wall above the crib, One day they have our first family pictures.

Here's the Crib with the beautiful bedding my mother-in-law made, isn't it pretty?

Here's the Hutch in front of the one pink wall in the room.