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