Life is the Greatest!

Ahh! This is the life!

Don't you love it? I get to sleep wherever, whenever, HOWever I like ;)

And I am a GREAT help with the laundry!

Alligator anyone?

One night Brandon and I went to check on Isabela after she fell asleep. We about died laughing (trying to not wake her up) as we realized she has the alligator tail in her mouth.

Who am I?

Everyone thinks Izzy looks like her dad. Steph's mom and grandma thinks she looks like Steph as a kid. But looks at this... almost identical. She really is her daddy's girl.
We were showing Steph's mom pics of Izzy and she saw this and said,
"Izzy is so cute! And standing already." Ha!
Then we told her who it really was... Brandon!
So now it's official, she really is her daddy's girl.
(Oh, and Izzy does not use a binkie :)

Happy Easter!

Yeah!! It's Easter!

Izzy had so much fun hitting the eggs together, but it was freezing cold outside!
She eventually got her plastic eggs and chased them all over the floor.
When she got to the kitchen floor at grandma's, those eggs just flew! She was giggling so hard as she crawled as fast as she could after them.

Yes! This chocolate is wonderful!
How come nobody told me about this stuff before?

OH! Because it zaps the energy right out of you... I don't feel so good.
I need a nap.

It's a tid bit nippy out!

A few teeth

So a few teeth have settled in, and it only adds to the cuteness of Isa, but obviously it hasn't really helped keeping the food "in" the mouth. She's also loving playing with the remotes, she doesn't really know what each one does, but she knows the light up and it is fun to push the buttons

Piolín (Pee-oh-leen)

At church people have started calling Isabela, Piolín. Piolín is "Tweety" in Spanish. It has become her nickname here at home. We just can't get over her big, bright blue eyes and bald head.

Cutest kids EVER!

Grandpa gave me JERKY!

It's fun going to Grandpa and Grandma's house.
I get to eat lots of fun things! :)

Random pictures from our phone...

The other day I decided to take pictures of Izzy's teeth. All she wanted was pictures of her tongue, but I finally got a good one. She is such a ham!

This is kind of an older one, but I love it. Izzy used to always fold her arms and lay on them. Her eyes are just so big.

Brandon always gets up with Isabela in the mornings so I can sleep in a little longer.

But the other morning she woke up really early. At 7 Brandon came in like a walking zombie. He was so tired. He just said, "Please, I can't take it anymore. She has so much energy."

I took her into the other room and played. Then I put her in her walker. She cruised like crazy for about 30 min then within about 5 seconds slowed down and fell asleep in mid motion. I couldn't even pry the marker out of her hand.

The other day I found Izzy's swimming suit. I put it on and she went swimming in the bathtub. She was all giggles. And now she is pulling herself up to a standing position so she likes to stand in the bathtub now and doesn't play in the water as much like she used to.

This is Claudia, Santiago, and Isabela. We went over for Juan's birthday party. Everyday Cluadia and Santiago ask for Isabela. Claudia is a little mommy already. At church she comes over and gives Izzy her binkie all the time. She rushes over if she spills her bottle or anything.

On Christmas, Claudia got a little baby doll from Santa. When she opened it up, she yelled,

"Mom, it's Isabela."

So now we have two Isabela's. It is way fun.

Best Shopping Ever!

THANKS AUNT JENNY!

We wanted to thank you for the new/old clothes you gave us...
they are ADORABLE!

(even though you can't tell since they are still in the bags)
and I've grown out of all of these... so you can have them back now!
It's all you gave me and so, SO much more.
I even have clothes stuffed full into my dresser that still fit.
What's mom ever to do when I get even bigger and get my own clothes?

(These clothes are so jam-packed into the boxes it is ridiculous.)
You can't beat not having to go to the store!

Bath at Grandma's

Isabela got to sleep at grandma's house so mom and dad could go
snowboarding early in the morning the week after Christmas.

Taking a bath in Grandma's kitchen sink!
If that isn't the cutest thing ever-
and look at that TONGUE!
The tongue is Isabela's favorite appendage.And isn't this the saddest face when bathtime is over.

Daddy's Little Girl!

Paper or plastic?
Man, do I have daddy wrapped around my finger!

Walker

My new favorite thing is WALKING! I can't do it without help or
even holding onto things, but it is when I am happiest.
Crawling is for sissies. Who needs crawling when you can walk?
And the toys are good, too.

Thanks Grandma!

Thanks Grandma for my card!
It's really good.

...and it tastes good, too. :)

More Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Forster's!
Mmm... Santa Claus

Is it really the "real" Santa Claus?

The room is actually dark with only the Christmas lights from the tree shining.
Isabela only fell asleep when she could see the lights. Every time she woke up, I would lay her by the lights and she fell s

Mr. & Ms. Isabela Claus

Isabela has been so much fun! We just can't seem to get enough of this girl! We took a few pics and found a way for her to be Santa, and Mrs. Claus at the same time! We send our Christmas wishes to everyone, with love and smiles for our beautiful daughter.

Santa was missing her glasses... so she decided to steal mom's.
What an honest example Santa is for all young children!

This is one of our favorites... Santa's baby elf.