Daddy's Girl

Izzy sure is a daddy's girl! This morning when he left for work she went crawling after him crying! The crying didn't last but I thought it was so sweet! I am sure it was a major ego boost for DH too! Our girl is just so darn cute, she gets more fun everyday! She is a little charmer that is for sure, not afraid of strangers in fact she will crawl right up to them :) We are in trouble when she is older I think, total flirt!!!

So Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!

I just can't believe how much we have to be thankful for. DH and I were talking about how crazy it is that our life has changed so much since last Thanksgiving. Last year we were wishing for a child and this year we have a 10 month old!!!!!!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving, we do it at our house so it is a bit of work, and we still have to finish putting everything away and back together....but it is worth it.

My favorite part of the day was letting Izzy dig into a piece of pumpkin pie and cool whip. She couldn't shove it in fast enough!

Sleep baby Sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so Izzy has now been on antibiotics since Sat morning, her fever is finally gone today but we are still having sleep problems. I know when she was really sick over the weekend it wasn't her fault she didnt' feel good and woudl only sleep if you were holding her for the most part, probably because it hurt her ear to lay down. So she was up A LOT Friday and Sat and Sunday night 2-3-4 times.

Well last night she was up twice again, only when you went up to her room and sat in teh rocking chair with her, she would lay her head down but then pick it up look at me and smile and want to play. The first time she got up around midnight DH and I tried everything, rocking her, putting her in bed with us but all she did was want to play..........so I figure she couldn't feel that bad if she wanted to play. Well finally after an hour of this we finally decided to let her CIO because we didn't knwo what else to do.............she didnt' have a fever, and wanted to play and DH and I are just totally exhausted after dealing with this since Friday night. So after I don't know how long, probably not more than 15 mins the crying stopped. Until it started again about 4:40 am. I went up tried to give her a bottle which she drank but then did not want to go back to sleep, she wanted to play..........again being exhausted I let her CIO again only this time it was 10 min max of crying. She then slept till 8am this morning but was crabby most of the morning because she was still tired.

I called the Dr office and they said they think the ear is getting better since the fever is gone but if she has another bad night or fever comes back they would want to see her.

Well here I am it is 10:45pm I went to Izzy's room because she was up crying, I made sure she had her binky and blanket, wasn't burning up from fever, settled her down then put her back in teh crib, I didn't talk to her. As soon as I put her down she starts screaming. So now here I am blogging about it because I dont' know what else to do . DH and I are exhausted.

She was such a good sleeper, what happened? I feel silly for taking her to the dr because she is waking up so much at night but up until last week she slept through the night most nights, although the last couple weeks we probably had 3 nights where she would wake up but it was pretty easy to get her back down....nothing like the last few nights. I don't know what else to do. Is it because she doesnt' feel good or is she just wanting the attention she had when she was really sick.

I just wish she could talk and tell me what the problem is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sick Baby

Well we had another milestone over the weekend.........Izzy had her first ear infection. Poor little thing was soooooo sick. She got a really high fever friday night and scared me half to death because she was trembling with the chills and then threw up in the middle of hte night. Thank goodness I had DH's mom stay night with me since DH was out of town. I was convinced it was the stomach flu but sure enough we took her to teh dr Sat morning and it turned out to be an ear infection. DH ended up coming home a day early from his hunting trip which I was so greatful for. Since Izzy didnt feel good she was not sleeping well and was very clingy and just wanted to be held. Which I have to say was kinda nice to have all the cuddle time. Sat night i put her in our bed for about half the night which was kinda nice.......she hasn't slept with us since she was about 2 months old. I can't tell you how full my heart felt when she finally fell asleep and I looked over at her sleeping, hten at DH sleeping and even the cat was in our bed sleeping.

I am exhausted though and am going to try really hard not to get sick myself. Seeing that I have not slept for more than 3-4 hours at a time in 3 days my body is a little worn down and whenever that happens I seem to always get sick. I might see if my mom can come this afternoon just so I can take a nap.

Izzy was doing a lot better yesterday but still was not 100%. I am hoping that today she will be feeling mostly all better. She only got up 3 times last night which was not nearly as bad as previous nights and actually she is still sleeping now........which I think is a first, she has NEVER slept past 8am.

I guess we are lucky that Izzy is almost 10 months old and this is the first time she has ever really been sick. I hope she stays heathly for a while because it is such a terrible feeling to see your baby sick and know you are doing everything you can to make her feel better but she still feels crappy.

On a happy note, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. We do it at our house with my family and Chris's family. It will be exciting to have Izzy for her first Thanksgiving. She should even be able to eat some turkey and mashed potatoes! And I am sure her grandparents will make sure she has some pie and whipped cream :)

Birth Certificate!!!!!!!!!!

We FINALLY got Izzy's birth certificate in the mail today. What an awesome feeling to see it clear in black and white, she is ours forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been a while

Well it has been a little bit I think since I blogged. Things are good. We had a good halloween, since Izzy goes to bed so early we just took her to teh neighboors and then daddy put her to bed while i handed out candy. She looked so cute in her monkey costume, and I might just be able to get her in it next year since I bought it a little big.

Oh she had her 9 month appt and she weighs 20lbs 10oz and is 29" long!!!!!!!! Such a big girl. The doctor was very pleased.

This weekend DH was up north hunting so I had Izzy on Friday night and then Saturday night she went to my parents because I had tickets to see Keith Urban, what a great show but man was it loud......I think I am getting old:) Izzy did good for my folks and other than waking up at 3 am sunday morning she woke up for the day at 6:30..which considering the time change was not bad........well then the afternoon was tough to try to stretch her to her normal early bedtime but we managed to, she only went to bed about 15min early and was so tired she went right to sleep and we didn't hear from her until 5 am......yes she was up and could not get her back to sleep this morning. DH was a trooper and he got up with her and I went back to bed but I think it will be a long day today. I am guess it is because of Daylight savings but who knows? I just hope she gets back on track soon.

This week I leave for my longest business trip since Izzy. I am gong to Baltimore for my dad's company and I leave Wednesday afternoon and don't get home until late Friday night. I am sure I will miss my peanut. Izzy will have a blast though because Thursday and Friday she will be with Grandma, DH's mom and dad. She is even spending the night there since she is watching her both days it is just easier if she keeps her..........so DH gets the night off too!!!

Next week is his big and Final (thank goodness) hunting trip but it is a long one, he will be gone for 4 nights............that is a long time in my opinion but Izzy and I will get through it.

Well her are a few recent pictures