Izzy got Tagged

One of my friends tagged me awhile ago (she actually wrote hers very cute from the perspective of her kids, but I'm not that clever) and I've been trying to think of eight things to say about Izzy. I hope you enjoy getting to know her a little better.


Eight things you didn't know about Isabella Dawn:

1. For about the past few months Izzy has been pulling her hair out why she is in her bed. I'm talking CHUNKS of hair that leave bald spots. Justin and I fretted about it for about a week trying different solutions. Finally I read online how one mother sewed socks on to her child's p.j.'s. So I have been safety pinning Justin's socks over her hands every time she sleeps. She is very willing and holds her hand out whenever it is time to put on her socks. This seems to be working because I no longer find her covered in hair when she gets up. I don't know how long this will continue...

This is actually when she first started pulling her hair out, it got much worse until we put socks on her hands (if you didn't notice before, go back and look at her recent picts).

2. Izzy is really into being a big helper. She puts her clothes in her laundry basket (even the clean ones that I'm trying to fold), helps me clean out the dishwasher by putter dirty silverware in the clean drawer, empties the grocery bags out, and even picks up her crayons sometimes. The only thing she really doesn't like to help with is changing her diaper. She throws a fit whenever we have to do this. Unfortunately she isn't ready for potty training. Any suggestions...?

This is my big helper concentrating on stacking cans of food on top of a box of diapers. I guess that's were she thought they belonged.

3. Any time something gets out of place Isabella makes sure I know so I can fix it. For example if the towel is pulled off the stove handle and falls on the floor (uh-oh), her shampoo bottle falls in the bathtub (uh-oh), or if she spills food on her tray we must fix these messes immediately or she will continue to say uh-oh over and over. She is very particular. I blame myself entirely for this funny little habit.

4. Isabella is a big dipper. I'm not talking the one you see in the sky either (ha, ha I kill myself I'm so funny). If she has a sandwich and yogurt, her bread gets dipped in the yogurt. She likes ketchup with anything and ranch with her pizza (thanks to Justin). She dips her roll in soup and anything in a glass of water if she has one. It cracks me up to see her funny combinations.

5. As soon as Izzy could walk, she started to try out dancing around and spinning in circles. She knows how to push the power button on our stereo and will start bouncing around and waving her arms. I'm hoping she inherits my style of dancing which, according to her dad, looks like I'm having a seizure.

6. We started talking a lot about colors as Izzy is really into coloring everything. She really loves the color purple and wants to wear purple socks and shoes and have purple barrettes. She really does think every color is purple although I hear her say blue every so often.

We like to lay on the floor and color with each other.

7. If I need about a half hour to jump in the shower or make dinner, I turn on 101 Dalmatians. She absolutely loves it and starts talking about Pongo. It puts her in a trance when it turn on. I was so impressed the first time I tried this. When I got out of the shower to come check on her, there she was sitting in her chair with her duck watching the show.

8. "Ball," was one of Izzy's first words. She is crazy about balls. I have to be careful to not walk by the big bin of balls in Walmart or she starts to go crazy. She also loves balloons and bubbles. Maybe she's really into round things that start with the letter, B. She also likes blue berries, so this could be a developing pattern. Anything else I should know of the starts with a B and is in a spherical shape?



Now we tag Justin and Case, Ava and Chase, and Joelle and Randon.

Princess Isabella's First Wedding

Justin's cousin, Michelle, got married this weekend. The wedding was very intimate and beautiful. I honestly think Izzy stole the show. Her grandma Wilson wanted to make sure she had a special outfit for the fine occasion, so she made Izzy this very fancy dress. I thought she looked like a princess.

This is Isabella's second cousin, Lias. He was visiting for the wedding from Germany. He is a month older than Isabella and completely cute. He speaks English and German. It's very impressive. I couldn't get the both of them to hold still for a picture, so this is the best I have.

Justin's Week Off

I've been kind of a blogging slacker, because Justin was actually off two weeks ago. The weather was fairly good that week, so we were able to do a lot outside. We got a new bike trailer and so we road around White House a little, went to the park and flew a kite (sort of). Justin took care of mowing the lawn and washing the cars. I helped by thoroughly cleaning the inside of our dirty cars. They were so nice and clean. I really do love getting into a clean car. Anyway...

We all really enjoyed the day spent at the Nashville Zoo. I was very impressed with it. The walkways were fairly shaded and we did see lots of animals. Isabella especially loved the meercats, fish, birds, and elephants. She was also VERY attached to her duck. See if you can spot it in four out of the five pictures we took that day. There are bonus points involved if you can figure out where it is in the fifth picture.

A Huge Milestone!

On Sunday I actaully got to sit in Sunday School, open my scriptures and contribute to the disscussion. Yep, Isabella is 18 months old and that means nursery. Hurray!!! She was so good. I think it helped that her friends Emma and Greta were there. The leaders had to come and get me to change her diaper and when I took her back, she cried for a minute. But when Justin went to get her after church, he said she was having fun and played with all the kids.

Grandma Wilson made Izzy this Easter dress, only she had like three Easter dresses, so this is the first chance we had to wear it. What a cutie!!

At her 18 month check up, Izzy weighed 23 pounds (about 25th percentile) and was 32 1/2 inches tall (about the 85th percentile). She absolutely hated her doctors appointment. She really doesn't like anyone to touch her including Justin and me sometimes. She screamed and cried the whole time. Any suggestions on how to help? I guess she doesn't have to go again until she is 2, so hopefully she will be better.

I'm so proud of my Isabella Dawn and how much she is learning and growing. Her day to day accomplishments constantly amaze me. I'm even more amazed when Justin comes home after not seeing her for a few days and recognizes all her new tricks. I love you Izzy!!!

Special Girl

This is my first post ever, I don't like blogs and don't usually do this sort of thing but I feel compelled to make an entry. The other day I forgot my cell phone and pager when I left for work, usually this is not a big deal. I got off from work very late, I was on an acute pain service so I felt an obligation to stick around and get all my patients pain free. I was on my way home when I noticed steam from my hood, next thing I knew I was broke down in the middle of no where. I walked a ways until I reached a house where I could use a phone, after much coaxing I managed to talk the nice fellow into calling my wife, who did not answer. So anyway I finally got home around 10pm, those of you who know me know this is late to me. I noticed my cell phone had about 20 missed calls with about 5 messages. I was heart broken over the news that those messages revealed. I have a friend, the type you never talk to but when you go home it is like you never left. Well his daughter passed away, all I could do was cry for him. You see, I have been changed. Before I had sympathy, having a little girl of my own has given me empathy. I just kept imagining myself in his shoes, and how he must feel. After I spoke with him I learned he must be the strongest person I know, I am honored to be friends with such an individual. It's times like these that knowledge and eternal perspective is a blanket of comfort.

What I did during Conference

I very much enjoyed the parts of Conference I was able to watch this weekend. There were several talks that seemed to pinpoint exact answers to my prayers. Our leaders are truly inspired from God. I admit that during the solemn assemble Saturday morning I became a little choked up to sustain a new prophet. Mostly it was because it was sad that we would not get to hear from President Hinkley, but also because I was able to stand a sustain President Monson and I know that he will lead our church wisely. He is indeed of Prophet of God.

Isabella slept through both morning sessions, so those were the ones I actually got to listen to the most. They were also the sessions I could sit and scrapbook while listening. I have been aching to get some good scrap booking done. We had a scrap booking group in our ward get together last week and since than I have been crazy about tying up loose ends in a bunch of my old books. It helped that I ordered some stuff that I needed to finish up. Anyway, I'm very proud to say that I am nearly scrapbooked to date (eat your heart out Jensa)!! I have been working on Isabella's book and today I nearly finished all the picts from 2007.

Okay so here is my huge plug for Creative Memories:

They have these packages called Power Pallets that are absolutely amazing. I have spent lots of money on random paper and never used it (in fact I still have it in a pile somewhere). These packs come with everything you need for creating an entire year of pictures and they are beautiful!! The thing that I love the most is everything coordinates well and the idea book tells you exactly where to put everything. For me, not being creative or wanting to spend a year figuring out what to do with my pictures, this works perfectly. I accomplished so much in such a short period of time and it looks so fun. I also was able to do a lot of journaling which is so important to me. I'm still attempting to run a business, so if you are interested in any products or have any questions, just let me know.

CM recently changed to true 12x12 pages (before they were like 12x11.75 or something) which is so great. One of my friends took all her 12x12 pages out of her very unsafe binder album and stuck them directly in new CM album. It looks great and took her hardly any time. My sister, Amy, is planning on doing the same thing because the cheaper albums she purchased are ruining her pages. If you can't tell, I'm a huge advocate for using CM supplies. I have tried other products and I always come back to CM. If you want to check out the new fabulous products, you can go to my website:

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Here is sample of some of my work. The first three are pages I did today and yesterday. The other two are from Izzy's baby book that I absolutely love. Let me know what you think.

Happy Birthday Justin!

The b-day boy with all his gifts! Thank you for everything family!

Justin's birthday was Monday, March 24th and he managed to get home in time to celebrate it with the Carter's and Aubrey. His grandparents who live about 20 minutes away were also able to come up and celebrate. I know that birthdays are not that big of deal when we get older, so I was very happy to have a few kids who think that birthday time means party time.

Preston and Madison were so excited all day planning this party for Justin. They picked out some special presents and helped us decorate with balloons. They decided to play a game with balloons where we all tried to sit on them and pop them. Preston and Maddy hid so they could jump out and "surprise" Justin when he came home. Maddy even wrote a play called "The Royal Family" to be performed in his honor. We didn't practice before hand, so it was a little unorganized, but she was a very cute director/star of the play. Izzy got so excited about the play that she kept running around and screaming. It was very cute. Justin was such a great sport to go along with all the games and make it fun for the kids. Kids really can turn a small event into something magically and special. Thank you Preston and Maddy for making Justin's birthday celebration a blast!

Justin's grandparents got him this tree. We are sooooo excited to plant it. Thanks Gran and Grampy!!

The party people.

The no-so-creative, but very good tasting cake. I did make a killer dinner, but I didn't take a picture of it.