I wish there were words to express how much Jon and I love being this little lady's Mama and Daddy! She brings us more joy and happiness than we could have ever imagined! While I wish I cold slow down time, we are truly savoring every single moment with her. We are trying to etch into our minds her sweet giggles, her little head tilt and smirk that indicates she wants something, and just her little signature moves and words that make her, her! Every day is a delight with this one. And now that she is saying "I Love you!" back...OMG...melt my heart!
Happy
22 Months Isabella Rae!
This is her "Happy and You Know it and Your Face Will Surely Show it" face : )
This is her "hands in your lap and smile please pose" : )
22 Month Highlights:
22 Month Highlights:
-Daylight savings hit and we had to Spring Forward. Not our favorite night of the year! We had to get up early anyways for church since both Mama and Daddy were singing in the band, and you were so exhausted you fell asleep as soon as the door closed in the car!
-I have said it for the last couple months, but this month you continued to show off your super girly side! You absolutely love playing dress up, pretending to put on make up with mama, trying on everyone's shoes, and you must have a bow on at all times! I never imagined myself as a girl mama, let alone, a girly girl mama...and I have to say I absolutely love it!
-We continued to run every Tuesday at the greenway with Tia and Dani which you absolutely loved! You always wanted to bring your (naked) baby, and plenty of snacks, but you enjoyed every second of it. If Tia jogged behind Mama, or too far in front, you'd shout "Nani, Nani??" b/c you couldn't see her. You loved to be close, and tried holding hands in the strollers every once in awhile!
-You got the grasp of coloring more this month and totally loved it! You could sit at your table for a long time with a few crayons and a coloring book. For the most part, you also get not coloring on anything other than the book, with the exception of sometimes flying the crayon right off the page and onto the table (good thing it just wipes right off!)
-We played outside a ton and while Mama wanted you to run around and get all your energy out, you loved riding in your "Ca" (car, said with a Boston accent : ). Oh boy, I have images of what's to come in just about 15 years!
-Aaaand then we realized you have seasonal allergies!! After about 12 days outside from morning til night, you woke up one morning with watery, swollen eyes, total nasal congestion and a clear runny nose that wouldn't stop like a fast flowing faucet, and you just felt lousy. You didn't nap that day (not because we didn't try, but because you couldn't lay down and breath), so you spent a lot of time cuddling on the couch.
-We celebrated St Patricks Day by going to the Park and dressing alike. So just an ordinary day with cute little matching onesies that Mama made (a Pinterest win I would say!).
-You are growing more and more independent, and more and more curious as time goes on. You want to do things on your own. You want to find new things. You want to open doors now to see what's behind them. I love your independent spirit, although part of me wants to keep helping you with every little task, b/c each time you do something new on your own just reminds me how much of a big girl you are becoming, and you are certainly no longer a baby!
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| This was not prompted in the least...you just wanted to hold her hand and make sure she was ok! |
-We also celebrated Easter for what seemed like a couple weeks! We went to an Easter Egg hunt in Mimi's neighborhood and you absolutely loved it! You were a little skeptical of the Easter Bunny, but liked looking at the real bunnies. We then had an Easter Egg hunt ("Gee huh") in our living room with Dani and you loved finding the eggs, even though there was nothing in them! (BTW: what do you put in eggs for 1 year olds that don't eat candy/sugar, and isn't a choking hazzard!?)
-You are really talking up a storm this month and your vocab has skyrocketed even more! I am amazed every day at the new things that come out of your mouth! You are starting to sing certain words to some songs too which is just precious.Things like "Mmm, juicy!" when eating an orange or "Pies" (to mean "Up High, Down Low" high five game) just crack me up. You also now repeat everything we say. Everything! So we are watching out!
-You know all your body parts and can easily point them all out (including heart and lungs), and now you pretty much say them all as well, in your own words. Examples: "He" (hands), toesies, boom boom (heart), eyes.
-You really took a lot of tumbles and hard spills this month! One evening you were happy to see Pops pull into the driveway and ran downhill on the sidewalk and smacked your forehead hard on the ground! That left a nice big bruise and scratches on half of your forehead. Then, a few days later you fell off your step stool while brushing your teeth and busted your nose. Not to mention the always scraped knees and sometimes scraped elbows. Such is the life of toddlers in the summer I suppose!
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| You were SO not happy about taking this picture you were choking back tears. What a fake try at a smile : ) |
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| "Get me away from this huge bunny, holding a huge bunny!" |
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| You squealed with excitement with each and every egg you found! You were so upset when the 3rd "gee hunt" was done!! |
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| So serious, and yet I love this one of you two! |
-You know all your body parts and can easily point them all out (including heart and lungs), and now you pretty much say them all as well, in your own words. Examples: "He" (hands), toesies, boom boom (heart), eyes.
-You really took a lot of tumbles and hard spills this month! One evening you were happy to see Pops pull into the driveway and ran downhill on the sidewalk and smacked your forehead hard on the ground! That left a nice big bruise and scratches on half of your forehead. Then, a few days later you fell off your step stool while brushing your teeth and busted your nose. Not to mention the always scraped knees and sometimes scraped elbows. Such is the life of toddlers in the summer I suppose!
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| About a week after the forehead incident, and the day after the nose! |
Sleeping: You are a great sleeper, and on nights you don't necessarily sleep well, you are a great rester! You were in your toddler bed all month and did fantastic!! You never get out...even when you drop Moo Moo or "Be" (brown bear) all of 9 inches down! It cracks me up to watch you on the monitor b/c even though you could just reach right down and get them, you look over like "Oh well, that stinks!" You are also highly aware of the video monitor and when you are really ready to get out of bed will sign "Please" and say Mama or Daddy. But, if we don't come immediately, you still sit there patiently! What a good girl!
As for timing, bedtime is still 6:30 or 7, and we get you out of bed at 8am. Some mornings at the beginning of the month (right after the transition to toddler bed) you were waking up super early, around 5 or 5:30, but you'd just lay there playing with Moo or Be.
You take 1 nap a day around noon, lasting 1.5-2 hours most days, although occasionally when you are really tired it will be closer to 3 hours!
On a side note, your bed is looking like a small animal farm these days with everything you want to sleep with. This last week you have added a few things so now you have Moo cow x2 (one with paci, one paci removed), Be (brown bear), Be too (teal bear), and "Ma" (one bunny slipper). I have NO idea how you came up with "Ma" for the bunny slipper, and occasionally you will hold it up and say "Baaaaaa" really loud, so I'm not entirely sure what you are making of it, but it certainly makes us laugh! You also wanted to sleep with naked baby but she's pretty hard, and it was a pain trying to remember to bring her up and downstairs constantly b/c you want her with you all the time!
As for timing, bedtime is still 6:30 or 7, and we get you out of bed at 8am. Some mornings at the beginning of the month (right after the transition to toddler bed) you were waking up super early, around 5 or 5:30, but you'd just lay there playing with Moo or Be.
You take 1 nap a day around noon, lasting 1.5-2 hours most days, although occasionally when you are really tired it will be closer to 3 hours!
On a side note, your bed is looking like a small animal farm these days with everything you want to sleep with. This last week you have added a few things so now you have Moo cow x2 (one with paci, one paci removed), Be (brown bear), Be too (teal bear), and "Ma" (one bunny slipper). I have NO idea how you came up with "Ma" for the bunny slipper, and occasionally you will hold it up and say "Baaaaaa" really loud, so I'm not entirely sure what you are making of it, but it certainly makes us laugh! You also wanted to sleep with naked baby but she's pretty hard, and it was a pain trying to remember to bring her up and downstairs constantly b/c you want her with you all the time!
Eating: You are willing to try most everything at least once and I love that about you. Things you have hated in the past you are finally starting to like such as tomatoes and avacado. And man, can you eat your fair share of guacamole!! You still love scrambled eggs (gee's) with spinach, cheese ("chee", blueberries ("boo boos"), 'nanas, strawberries, pear, nectarine (ok, really pretty much any fruit put in front of you!), fig bars, black olives, greek yogurt with fruit, Kashi granola bars, GF nuggets, and man oh man is cereal now your favorite food! We stick to cheerios or bran flakes and you could out eat us all with those! You still eat oatmeal with fruit most mornings, but we give you a choice, usually oatmeal vs yogurt with fruit vs eggs. You also are world's longest eater, and will usually take about an hour to complete lunch or dinner.
Isabella
Loves:
-Dancing, singing, & listening to music
-Reading
-Snuggling, giving hugs and kisses...you are SOOOO affectionate!
-Rocking (and more snuggling!)
-Snuggling, giving hugs and kisses...you are SOOOO affectionate!
-Rocking (and more snuggling!)
-Playing outside, taking walks
-Going to the park to "schide" and swing
-Baths!
-Going to the park to "schide" and swing
-Baths!
-Wearing bows, sunglasses, and shoes...all the time!
-Going down "schides" (slides)
-Puzzles, coloring, blocks
-Eating good food
-Looking at animals, making animal sounds, reading about animals
-Naps, sleeping!
Isabella Hates:
-Puzzles, coloring, blocks
-Eating good food
-Looking at animals, making animal sounds, reading about animals
-Naps, sleeping!
Isabella Hates:
-When yummy food is all gone!
-Not being able to do something independently that you are trying to do
-Not being able to do something independently that you are trying to do
22 Month Stats:
Height: 33 or 33.5 in (approx 45th percentile)- she hates getting measured so this one is a little iffy : )
Weight: 26 lb (approx 70th percentile)
Teeth: One new tooth this month- canine on bottom left, so now total of 13 teeth (4 molars, 4 uppers and 4 lowers)
*Wearing 18 month fall things, and 24 Month and 2T stuff for the summer. 18 month things fit, but we handed them all down to Dani since you got a complete summer wardrobe from Maggie and the Lefler girls!
Isabella's
Firsts this Month:
-First major tumbles and falls leading to quite a few cuts, bruises, and a bloody nose
-Said "I eh oh" (I Love You) for the first time!! 3/31/16
-Said "I eh oh" (I Love You) for the first time!! 3/31/16
This
Month in Pictures:
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| Easter Sunday |
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| Duck lips for days : ) |
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| This is her "eyes peas" (AKA: ice please) smile! |
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| My 3 favorites! |
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| When there is time to kill before our run...take a selfie... |
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| Make funny faces.... |
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| Shove snacks in our face...whaever : ) |
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| You LOVE to help push the stroller! |
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| Big statue, little lady |
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| Kissy face selfies : ) |
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| Silly face selfies |
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| That dimple! LOVE! |
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| Taking time to stop and smell the roses |
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| My favorite picture right now! |
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| Meal times with Daddy are more fun! |
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| Daddy and his sweet girls- who could have imagined the foreshadowing when Daddy bought 2 identical onesies in sizes 24 months and 3 months!?!? |
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| Helping Mama do our planter boxes for the front yard...you LOVED it! |
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| Those sweet little chubby toes and feet! |
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