We had a great Christmas

Christmas came and went! It always flies by. Every year is such a whirlwind and Izzy and I literally come back from Utah and crash for like 2 days. But it's all worth it! We had so much fun. 

We started out with Eric and Sallee's wedding and it was beautiful. They did such a great job. 

 All the little kiddos were in gold and cream and they looked adorable

 Elle Belle was so cute and just kept Izzy busy! Izzy had so much fun with her cousins. 

 The first week Izzy was in Utah, she would not go to ANYONE but the Grandmas. Which was great.. but hard at the same time because this is how pictures went... 

And then on to the festivities...

Our tradition on Christmas eve

Izzy kept getting in and out of the baby crib

with the help of her cute cousins

and then Christmas morning!

she had so much fun with her Aunts and Uncles and especially Grandmas and Grandpas and Great Grandmas!. She loved all of her gifts. We loved seeing all of our friends and family. It was nice weather this year. Of course we missed the snow, but I won't complain about the 50 degree weather! It was great. New Years Eve my parents and I took her to Little America for dinner and then to Alvin and the Chipmunk movie. She couldn't believe the size the of the screen and loved it for about 20 minutes. But then when she saw the stairs to the right of her... it was all over. So then we just left:). It still was a great night. Me and my parents probably went to be around 11:30. whoops! (jeff flew home the night before). We had a great time going out to eat for literally every meal with friends, spending Sundays with family and enjoying quality time with everyone in Utah. We watched lots of movies every night which I loved. And I got to go out so many times with friends and family because the Grandmas were so nice to babysit! I loved it. I even got to go the Spa in Park City like 3 times. It was a dream. Thank you to everyone for such a great holiday. We miss you already. 

17-20 Months... Uh oh

 "Uh Oh" can explain a lot of things these days! My little girl is growing up fast. Her favorite word right now is "uh oh" and her favorite things to do are "uh oh" things. I absolutely love this stage. As soon as we came home from Utah (well probably while we were in Utah) is when I really noticed Izzy is seriously busy Izzy ;). She is my little busy baby and is seriously the light of my life right now. This stage is so much fun. I mean my back hurts a lot from chasing her and bending down cleaning up her mess... but it's still so great! We have stayed busy everyday this winter by going to playgroups, swim classes, music classes and the park when we have a crazy 65 degree day (that we love!). 

Here are some things that Izzy is doing right now: 

 She loves: 

makeup. elastics. lip stuff. dolls. blankets. jewelry. and dressing up

This is our Sunday. As you can see that she is all ready but there in the background are things that she just keeps taking out of the closet. And she continues to the shelves, cupboards and bathrooms.  It's like a tornado hit our home Sunday morning :). 

 Loves getting things out of her dresser drawers. Her favorite thing to get out is clothes. She tries to put them all on her head. That could seriously keep her busy forever. 

 She loves her "briefcase" (on the left). Carries it around and takes her books out. 

She is a great eater (I'm very lucky). She loves: strawberries, frozen blueberries, HER BOTTLE, any type of snack especially if there is a container to open... she gets so excited, peanut butter sandwiches, turkey, dried fruit, grapes, chips, anything that someone else makes (I think she gets sick of my food :)), grilled chicken with BBQ sauce, frozen peas and bananas. 

 So let's talk about this. About 3 times a day this happens... morning, before nap and then while I'm making dinner. It's the cutest thing ever. She gets out every single DVD and hands it to either me or Jeff. Lately she is now drawing on all of the faces on the DVDS with her crayons. She loves it! And then she gives me this look "what mom?"

 Absolutely loves chairs, especially her own little chair (not this one above). 

 And then we have the toilet paper :). I love it. The best part about this day was she wanted to "dress up" in her dress that she wore to Eric and Sallees wedding. She insisted she wore my jewelry with it. When I take her to my jewelry box to pick out a piece to wear, she shakes and squeals because she is so excited! 

That is my little Izzy....

-says "uh oh" all the time, rolls her tongue to make sounds,  colors on everything, she places a diaper on the ground, lays it out and then sits on it (hilarious)

- loves:  balls, dolls, skyping grandparents, playing with the sink,CUPS with water, ice, toothpaste, and seagulls :)

There is so much! I could go on forever. 

Love it!

Fall 2011

Where in the world did Fall go? hmm... it went by way too fast! I absolutely love the Fall in Virginia. Don't get me wrong... I probably miss Miami EVERYDAY especially in the winter but when I was in Miami, I missed Fall so much. And I LOVED enjoying it again! Virginia is beautiful in the Fall and we were able to take advantage of every minute of it. 

Look who started walking on October 15... this little one

 who loves her walker, airplanes, bouncy balls, glasses of water, balloons, her baby doll, bath time, blankets, Christmas lights, and her daddy... this little one

 We celebrated Jeff's birthday with a date night to Les Miserables, yummy dinner and lots of trips in October! Izzy was a little more excited in this picture

 And then she got her dad excited

 And then it started to get a little cold...

 In October we enjoyed a lovely weekend up at Deep Creek Lake with some great couples. It was absolutely beautiful and the best thing to do in the Fall Season. 

 Our cabin was just walking distance from this Lake.

 All jeff could do was stare at the Air Natique

 We went on a beautiful hike to these waterfalls, enjoyed making dinners, and had a blast on their alpine slide

 And then the day we left, we hung out on the beach

 Izzy loves bath time and reading time with her dad

 Have I mentioned that she loves her dad? 

 Then my mom came and we had a blast. My poor mom got really sick, but we still had fun watching our favorite shows, going out to eat, Georgetown, parks and DC. 

 And Izzy loved every minute of it

Then Liz came out! We had the chance to visit Richmond, Charlottesville and Williamsburg. We loved it! These towns are seriously my favorite. 

 Our favorite was Monticello in Charlottesville. We visited Thomas Jeffersons home, took a tour and had a yummy lunch.

 here is his back garden

 Izzy had so much fun with Grandma and Uncle Eric

 Then we went to Maymont park and saw more things there than we did at Yellowstone park! Bears, eagles, monkeys, farm animals, deer and elk

 Izzy loved feeding the goat

 She's growing up way too fast... and we are loving every minute of her

She helps me with laundry, puts all the clothes on her head, wraps her baby up in 7 blankets every day, throws tantrums here and there:), love love loves playing with friends, gets the DVD's out and hands every single one to me and just loves being busy little Izzy. 

Here's to Fall 2011