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!