Growing in Leaps and Bounds

We finally took Isabella to her 1-year checkup last week and her doctor told us that she is in the 97th percentile for height which could explain why she is able to scale the stove, climb up on any chair, and uses anything and everything as a jungle gym. We definetily have a little monkey on our hands :) She also is finally getting some teeth!! She has four on the top and 2 on the bottom. That's alot considering that 6 weeks ago, I think she may have had 2!!

Isabella has been surprising us left and right by the new things she is learning. She can blow at the bubble wand and on her food that is hot. She is running up and down the sidewalk in front of our house. She also likes to play chase and "Run, Run, Run" where she runs away from you. She has recently started to dance to music also. It is really funny. She kind of sticks out her butt and bounces it up and down. Very amusing! We try to get her to do it at every opportunity. She is also starting to sign. She has mastered "more" and "please"; although she chooses to do them only at her own desire.

Her vocabulary is increasing as well. She can say Mama, Dada, gog(Dog), ock(Rock), mine, me, and her two favorite: No and Don't! We are working on new words and body parts and are having a blast watching her little mind grow!

Her is a picture of her and the "gog".......

Playing and Catching 'gators!

The weekend of the 14 and 15th, Isabella and I made a trip back home to spend some time with the family for the Madison County Fair. We had a great time hanging out with friends and family, petting animals, eating fair food, and listening to great music!

We finally got to meet little Ava. She was so precious! Isabella didn't mind if I held her as long as we gave her a turn. Here she is trying to pull Ava's socks off. I guess Ava told her that she didn't want them anymore.

On Saturday night, I went out with some friends to the Dierks Bentley concert and put our babysitters, Ashley and Amanda to work. They watched 3 1-year-olds and a 7-year-old. They sure earned their money! Isabella had a great time and was the last to go to bed.

On Sunday, we went back to the fair and ate and ate and ate. Isabella really got into the Dippin' Dots and Bavarian Cream Funnel Cake :) Yummy!! She also played her first carnival game. She enjoyed picking up the ducks so much that she continued even after my money ran out. She also had a blast visiting the petting zoo. She loved the goats!

She also showed up that she has "no fear." I caught a little alligator and she touched it! She had such a great time at the fair that I can't see how she does next year!

Vegas Baby!!

Last week, we went on vacation with my parents and sister to Vegas to visit my Aunt Cis and her boys. We had a blast hanging out beside Jeff and Lori's pool most of the trip. We did see a few sights but mostly relaxed. Izzy and her cousin Lauren had a great time getting to know each other and being pool bums. It was all we could do to get them out of the water to eat, for naps, or at the end of the day. All in all, it was a great trip and we had fun visiting with everyone despite the 115 degree temps!!