Wordless Wednesday

A Girl After My Own Heart!

She may look like her daddy, but Izzie acts just like me! Some of you may say, oh no. That's ok. She had to get something from me. After all, half of her chromosomes came from my side, remember? Well that being said, she demonstrated just how much she is like her momma last night when she ate peas, cornbread, and chocolate cake for supper. YUM!

1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Izzie's 1st birthday about 6 days early this past Saturday. I don't think that I have ever enjoyed a birthday party for anyone, myself included, as much as I enjoyed Izzie's party. We ended up having about 20 guest, which put our house right at capacity. I had just enough seating minus one, and I sat on Greg's computer chair! My parents, sister, grandparents, one uncle, one cousin, and two aunts came. Greg's Mom and Stepdad came, and our pastor and his family came. Greg grilled hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill, and I prepared baked beans and macaroni and cheese. Izzie wasn't too sure about the whole cake thing at first. I can only guess that she was freaked out by the 10 cameras flashing while everyone stared at her. I don't think that she has ever had that much attention at one time. Once she got the hang of it, Izzie dug right in, though. The first present Izzie opened was a musical interactive purse that my sister bought her. She was quite upset when we took it away and handed her another gift. The Lord blessed us yet again, and we had a wonderful celebration with our family and friends.

She's a Girl!

So I know I've been a bad blogger lately, but I just haven't had the time to blog... or take pictures. We have had a round of sickness at our home. Izzie is on her 12th antibiotic since January for a sinus infection. We've all had the stomach virus. Greg has had nerve pain that we though might could be shingles, but no rash formed. Now I think he has the stomach virus again.

We are gearing up for Izzie's first birthday party this weekend. I am very excited. Greg has started making her a toy box for her room. It's huge! One day I think it will become her hope chest. I promise pictures of the party will follow.

BIG NEWS...
We had a sonogram today, and the Intelligender Prediction kit was WRONG. She's a girl!!!! For sure! I have to admit that I was starting to get excited about the idea of having a boy yet nervous about having to buy everything all over again (We went ALL pink with Izzie!) I am ELATED that we are having another girl. I always wanted a sister to play with. I got one, but she is 10 years younger than I am. Now Izzie and her sister can grow up together.

Oh yeah... Her name is Elizabeth Ann May. We'll call her Liza!

11 Months Old

Izzie turned 11 months old last week. Our lives have been crazy lately, so I'm just now getting the chance to post. This month Izzie is doing much more walking. She can walk all the way across the living room, if motivated. (Although, she would rather crawl.) She is doing much better with her eating, especially if it is something she can self feed. Some of her favorites are pizza and baby goldfish! She is still a busy body, but here lately, she wants to cuddle a bit-- but not for too long. Speaking of long, she is wearing a size 18 month!

She got chickenpox on 8/19 and was a champ through the whole ordeal. She ended up with over 400 pox! She went back to daycare last Thursday and brought home the stomach virus Friday. We have all enjoyed passing it around our house!

She is the joy of our lives and we thank God for her daily! Only one more month until the picture is complete!