Adendum to both bed and shoes entries...

I went to get something out of Isabelle's room and found this. I think sleeping kids are so cute and funny at the same time. Here she is flopped in front of the door asleep with her shoes on, (which I did remove before laying her in her bed for a nap) complete with her blanket shoved into her mouth as much as possible.

Bed...Who Needs A Bed?

We've made the toddler bed transition. I wanted to have plenty of time before the baby came so we could go at Isabelle's pace. The first night I set it up and she jumped in and squealed in excitement. I tucked her in and left and nothing. I closed the door thinking, "That was too easy." And then 45 seconds later the shriek came. She's not much of a screamer, but man it was the most scared cry I had ever heard. I went back in to console her and I let her choose which bed and she chose her crib. I was going to let her choose for about 2 weeks and if she still preferred the crib, then I would take it down. After 3 nights of choosing the crib, the next day for nap she chose the toddler bed and she's been "in" it ever since.

Most nights I go in to put her back in her bed because she's somewhere on the floor in her room, but after 2 1/2 weeks, she's now starting to be in her bed when I go in and check on her. I can't believe how big she is!

The unfortunate event that comes along with this is she has figured out door knobs. Amazingly, however, she won't come out of her room until after she has slept. Naps and bedtime, she'll kick on the door or play, but never come out. Then when she wakes up she comes and finds me. I'm enjoying it while it lasts, I'm sure it won't be long before she realizes she can come out before she sleeps. She also hasn't started opening other doors in the house, ie pantry, bathrooms etc. Door knob covers are on the shopping list so I'm ready for the day that my life will change once again.

"Da-ye, I sorry"

We made a practical decision and sold the boat on Monday. It was a sad sad day. Sometimes it stinks making the practical choice. It's not always the fun one. We have had so many fun memories on that boat. That's actually how Mike and I met. We've gotten to spend lots of fun times with friends and family boating and camping. We always had a blast even when the weather wasn't perfect or something didn't go right. Isabelle enjoyed it the couple of times she got to go and has been wearing her life jacket around the house saying, "boat." We definitely will be getting another boat when we are done having kids and they're old enough to help out.

As we watched someone else drive off with our boat, Isabelle so sweetly from the backseat said, "Da-ye (Daddy), I sorry."

Shoes and wipes

I was making breakfast and Isabelle kept herself entertained while waiting patiently. She unloaded the box of wipes and organized them. She then proceeded to "count" them. She really only counts to three, but then kept making up words to count the rest. Then I got her cheesy smile.

Notice the shoes and jammies. She wakes up still in her crib and asks for shoes. She hasn't even eaten yet, but still needs shoes on. Most days she wears shoes all day weather we go anywhere or not. It's even funnier in her footed jammies with shoes.

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day, Mike's extended family always gets together to put flowers on his grandpa's grave and then we go to a park for an afternoon of visiting, food, and fun together. Isabelle was not happy at the grave, but perked up as soon as she got food, mostly chips. That girl loves her chips. We had a great day. Mike played some ultimate frisbee and soccer. I got to visit and play at the playground with Isabelle.

I have no idea whose hat she found, but she was putting it on everyone else. I told her to put it on and this was the face she made. I thought it was funny.


Later cookies, candy, and rice krispie treats came out. She has such a sweet tooth. Mike found a sucker, and therefore, Isabelle found Mike. He shared it with her, but in the end, she got it.



She spent most of her time climbing the table to see who would give her more sweets. Anyone with a cookie was her best friend.

On the way home, exhausted and a tiny bit sunburned, she got ahold of Mike's shoes and was being cute.

The Duck Pond

We went to Layton to spend a morning with one of Isabelle's cousins. We went to this great duck pond. It had TONS of birds! There were geese, swans, ducks, seagulls, and I don't even know what else. Isabelle had a great time feeding them. She was quacking at them all the whole time. It was pretty funny. It was a really pretty park and we had a nice stroll along the huge ponds and river. It was a little chilly, but still an enjoyable day.


There was also a great playground. Isabelle had a blast climbing up the stairs and going down the slide a hundred times all by her self. She has finally decided slides are really fun. We also spent some time in the swings which she has always loved.