Memorial Day Weekend

Since Brian had to work on his birthday, the whole family took dessert to him and the other guys to celebrate. Brian is actually moving shifts in early June; so it was great to celebrate his time at the station before he leaves.

"The Fam" with Daddy and his birthday cookie
Izzy driving the fire truck. She loves to get in and pretend drive.

On Monday, we went to Blair to visit Brian's grandpa's grave and to visit with family. Izzy thought all of the flowers were very pretty.
After lunch, the kids set up the slip-n-slide. Even though it was a little chilly, they didn't seem to mind. Izzy wasn't too sure about sliding on her belly down the thing.....
but she eventually went! Looks like fun to me :)
She had more fun cheering on the other kids from the bottom of the slide though!

Happy Birthday B!

We are sending out warm birthday wishes to the best father, husband, and friend you could ever wish for. You make our life special :-) Enjoy your day tomorrow!

Love--Izzy, Jennie, Rocky, and our baby boy

Feeling better!

After 3 days of being sick and passing it to Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Wood, Izzy is finally back to her active, happy little self. Since Mom and Dad are still getting over the flu, Izzy spent alot of time watching Dora and Diego. When Diego comes on, she sings along and runs back and forth in our living room and around the table in circles. She even said she wants a Diego cake for her birthday.
She also enjoyed going out into the backyard with Rocky to enjoy some fresh air. She is so set on "Izzy swingset, party" that she goes to the fence behind our house and forlornly stares at the kids playing on their swingset. I guess that is what she is asking for this year :)
The last pic is a picture of how we caught Rocky and Izzy one night during bedtime. After her bedtime routine, she asks that Rocky be in there for her to fall asleep. This particular night she was having a bit of trouble and invited Rocky to "sleep" with her in her bunk beds! Busted!!

After a long weekend.....

This is a pic of how Izzy feels this Monday. We had a long, fun-filled weekend going to G and G Nelson's ,Tiffy's graduation party, and then to G and G Wood's and now little Izzy is a bit under the weather. With the weather getting so nice, we have been spending quite a bit of time outside which tends to lead to more injuries. We now have a black eye from falling on the trampoline and slivers in our hand from falling on the deck. She is going to be one tough little girl by summers end. She also caught a little stomach bug and is spending her time between Dora on the couch and trying to keep some food down. She says, "Izzy hungry"; but then when she sits down is really not interested in eating anything.

Hopefully, the bug won't last long and she will be back to her playful, happy self!

The verdict is in!

It's a boy!! Last Wednesday, we had our 20 week ultrasound and saw that little blob that was not found on Isabella's ultrasound. He looks as perfect as can be out through the image of the grainy ultrasound. He put his hand behind his head and we were able to make out all 5 fingers and saw his cute little toes.

We feel very fortunate to have been blessed with not one, but now two, little bundles of joy! Izzy is as excited as a 22-month-old can be. She points to the baby in my tummy and gives it kisses and hugs. She just got new bunk beds in preparation of giving up her crib in a few months. She loves to jump on them but would still rather sleep in "Mommy/Daddy bed", as she calls it.

With only 20 weeks or less to go, we are on the down-hill ride and can not wait until we can meet our new little guy face-to-face ;)

Women of Faith 2008

This year I attended my first Women of Faith conference with my mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law. It was so hard being away from Izzy over night but worth it for 12 hours of worship and praise to our Savior. The ladies on the tour have so much humor, wit, scripture and insight to share with all who choose to attend. It was a great weekend and I know we all plan on going again next year.

All you moms should enjoy the attached link by one of the speakers, Anita Renfroe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5g3aWmJPE8

Getting into the Holiday Spirit.....

Our life with a busy toddler keeps up busier than we ever imagined. Since this will probably be our last post of 2007 we wanted to update you on how Isabella is enjoying the Christmas season and all it entails. Frosty, baking, Christmas trees, and SNOW!!!

Isabella loves Frosty the Snowman. You have to sing it to her and she makes you repeat it over and over and over!

She also loves jumping off of the couch, ottoman, or anything else off of the ground

Isabella is happy there is no more Callahan and hopes for a better season with Pelini :)

Our family from Vegas came for Thanksgiving. Isabella and Lauren had so much fun playing together except when Izzy was pulling her hair.

Surprisingly, Izzy loved Santa....especially the candy cane he gave her!

Izzy and Lauren had fun goofing off at dinner their last night here!

Izzy enjoyed putting up the tree. She really likes pulling off the balls!

Isabella enjoyed helping me bake Chocolate Chip cookies. I can't wait until she is big enough to start our tradition of making and decorating sugar cookies.

She also really like licking the beater....

Isabella wasn't too sure of the snow when we first went out. She said it was yucky and then wanted to be picked up!

Rocky on the other hand loves running and playing in the snow

She finally ventured out once I created a path up to Kaci's house for her. It was great, I didn't have to worry about her running into the street because she would only walk on the path that had no snow!

By the end of the afternoon, she had finally warmed up to the idea of the cold stuff. She was falling down in the snow, running around, and throwing snow at other kids :) It was really a cute sight!

From our family to yours: Have a great holiday season!