As you are all aware (or at least you should be) we had a new arrival to our family on June 18th, Izzy's little sister, Charlotte, was born. It was a normal...well as normal as a c-section can be...surgery. We all did pretty well with the transition to a family of four. Isabelle has been a wonderful big sister. She will rub Charlotte gently on her head and say "Hi Arlotte". If Charlie is crying she will take a blanket over to her to cover her up, or sometimes she will just tell her "No!", which sadly is from me saying no to the dog when he barks for no reason...lol. She likes to help us change Charlotte's diaper too...to bad she couldn't change it for us.
In July we moved into our new house. Isabelle (and Charlotte) now have a big backyard to play in, as well as a swing set to play on. It is great having some extra space for everyone to roam in. It certainly makes for less stressful days. Isabelle loves playing on her swing and crawling up the stairs; unfortunately she did have one big tumble down them, but luckly she did not hurt herself...thank goodness.
In other big news Isabelle has finally decided to use walking as her main mode of transportation! She started walking towards the middle of July, and since then she hasn't looked back. It is so amazing to see how much she has changed since she started walking. It seems she is learning new things and words everyday. Some of her new words are...no (her favourite), good girl (although it sounds more like goo gur), Charlotte (Arlotte), okay, ball and I am sure there are many others.
Another new favourite passtime for Isabelle is singing. She will go around the house with her head back and her eyes closed "singing", I guess the best visual I can give you is the way that Stevie Wonder looks while singing, it is quite adorable. The other night she was in her crib singing and was just singing "No way" over and over...a true toddler I think! :)
Isabelle has been gaining weight well now. She is up to about 23 pounds, which is great, seeing where we were sitting just a few months ago.
She has grown into a wonderful little toddler, with a very BIG personality. Mostly sweet and kind hearted, but with a little stubborness thrown in (well...sometimes a lot)...lol. But we love her dearly and often at the end of the day when she is in bed, Mike and I will just talk about how great she is and how lucky we are to have two wonderful girls.
I must say, having the girls certainly makes me realize why parents do the things they do. Do I agree with everything when I look back at things that happened to me...well no...but I certainly understand the reasoning. Children are these little things that you bring into this world and love with all your heart. I truly believe that no one REALLY understands that love until they have children of their own. Hopefully Izzy and Charlie will realize how much they are loved (of course when they are older...lol), but for now we will love them just the same.
Anyway that is all for tonight...don't worry there are pictures too!
Enjoy!
Amie
Playing with Daddy in the pool at Aunt Barb's
Having her first horse ride
Meeting Mario...more for Daddy then Izzy ;)
Loved eating corn on the cob on her own
Helping Mom with the cleaning
Getting the mail with Daddy
Big Smiles :)
Hitching a ride with Auntie Amanda
Playing with Charlotte
Being goofy at Nana Sue's work picnic
Taking some of her first steps
Wake up time...look at that crazy hair :S
I knew she loved bananas...but didn't realize she wanted to be one
Our last picture as a family of three...that belly was huge...taken the morning Charlotte was born
