HAPPY 8 MONTHS ISABELLA!!

thank you for the last 8 months together! you've taught me so much, mostly about love and patience. we love you more than you will ever know. . . you are a gift! thank you sweet angel!

Favorites from the weekend. . .

some of my favorite pics from this past weekend. . . my husband takes the best pictures of our daughter. he can really capture what a sweet angel she is . . .

First friend. . .

i am fortunate to only work 4 days a week, giving me fridays to spend with isabella. during those 4 days, isabella spends her time with our wonderful nanny, katarina and her baby, landon. he is 3 weeks older than isabella. they are just now really beginning to notice each other. here they are this past week in their new stroller. i was told landon spent most of the stroll trying to take isabella's icy toy away. the fighting begins. . .

"Times have changed. . . "

i'll always remember something my dad said a few years ago when my grandpa passed away. . . "times have changed". my dear grandma passed away this past week. she lived a long and wonderful life and will be missed. my daughter often resembles her. i am constantly looking at her and thinking of grandma. isn't it funny how life works. . .

isabella met her great grandma for the first and last time this past june. we love and miss you grandma . . .

I could just squeeze her!

On all 4's. . .

almost, but not quite. bella is getting where she wants to go now, not perfectly, but it's good enough for her. she mostly army crawls and she's pretty quick about it. all I can say is, we're in trouble. . . daddy got this cute shot of her on her way . . .

The many faces of Isabella. . .

If you're a mother you'll understand what I mean when I say that I could spend hours and hours just starring at my child. I swear I would never get bored of it. I find myself giggling all the time at the faces she makes. She's not even aware she's making them, they're just part of her amazing personality that I love so much!! And they're just so much fun to watch!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

. . . . . . . trust me, it was HAPPY!