Laughs, Elmo, the 4th and the Fridge

Isabella does so many of the cutest things all the time that I could post all day if I had the time. But here's one of the cutest videos I've ever seen. She LOVES dogs! I'm not a big dog lover myself, or any type of animal lover for that matter. I love to watch fish in a tank, but I end up killing them all. Poor things. I just don't have the touch, but I think she does. She laughs, talks to them, and crawls after them when she can. So, here's mommy playing hide-and-seek with a puppet doggy. (Probably the closest thing she'll ever have to getting a dog. Not to mention her daddy is allergic to every kind of animal hair! )Hope you enjoy her sweet laugh as much as I do........

Some more funny pics of my little love bug.......

Would go to any length to kiss Elmo!

"4th of July here I come! Even though I'm scared of fireworks!"

Mom used to tell stories of when Amanda and I would shove each other into the refrigerator. One or the other would push the other in and close the door. She ended up having to tie the refrigerator door closed to keep us from torturing each other. This reminds me of those stories. Lucky for her, she gets the fridge all to herself....

"Yay! I finally got in! Mommy didn't close it before I could get there! Whew, that was close."

Fountain Fun

Today Amanda and I headed to the Polka Dot Market open house in Hendersonville and then went to the fountain at the Streets afterwards. Tessa loved the fountain. She played and played until one of the sprays went straight up her nose. She was pretty much done after that. Isabella didn't much care for it. I think she thought it would make boom noises like fireworks. She kept grunting and making an unhappy face so we just stood around one hoping she might not be afraid of it. By the way, if anyone ever plans to go out there, just so you know the water had a "wind sensor" and if it's really windy they won't come on. We found that out the hard way today. We had to wait about 15 minutes and it finally came on when the sun came out and the wind calmed down. Just enough time for us to eat lunch and then get wet.

She liked the "little" water fountain spray.

Hiding places

I was in the living room this week hanging out with Isabella and Peter. Isabella was playing so quietly with dominoes on the floor that I never noticed what she was doing with them. I usually make sure she doesn't put them in her mouth so I pick her up to get her ready for dinner and she had about 20 dominoes in the bottom of her onesie. I laughed so hard! I dug forever to get them all out of her clothes. She learned how to reach her arm behind her head and put them down the back of her shirt. So, yesterday we're eating lunch and she started doing it with her food. I caught her in the act and she just laughed and laughed. If you look closely you can see a piece of ham starting to go down her dress. What a creative, unique little girl I have on my hands. Not to mention a very messy eater! Bib? Hello? Don't know what I was thinking.

Grandpa Terry

Never does two weeks go by that we don't meet up with Terry for lunch at the Mexican restaurant. It's our spot to hang out and try to catch up from the weeks as much as possible with two wild, high energy little girls. :) The girls usually make it about 45 minutes before we've made a complete mess of our eating area and the girls are squirming to get down and play. It's always a fun time to get together. We love him so much! I'm so glad the girls and soon Harrison will grow up with their Grandpa Terry. Soon, there will be 3 little ones in the picture!

This week's swim lessons

What fun we had this week! Thanks to Peter, we got pictures of Isabella's first swim lessons with her friends, Wade, Brock, and her new friend Luke. She was the only girl. She had great success with swimming. We used ping pong balls, cushy water balls, mini surf boards, hoola hoops, water rings/sticks, and a slide. She took off today kicking really well. At first she'd just let me float her around on her belly with her legs just laying there, but now she's kicking them great. She's learned to turn around and grab the side of the pool and pull her little body up out of the water (with my help). Stephanie Finch did a great job teaching all these sweet babies. Here's a few pictures from this week.

After a long hard day at the pool, she was exhaused! Love the lady-like legs. :) At least she's being modest with the blanket.

To the Zoo again!

What a beautiful day! This morning was perfect for a stroll in the zoo so me, Isabella, Amanda, and Tessa got up and headed that way. I met my friend Shannon and her little boy Brock out there and my stepmom Kathy and my nephews Logan and Evan met us too. As the day went on it got hot, hot, hot! I know Amanda was about to fall over being pregnant and pushing Tessa around in her stroller. We ended up leaving around 1:30, way past the girls naptime. I thought Isabella would get home and konk out, but she played in her bed for an hour (I usually get her up way before an hour goes by, but she sounded like she was having so much fun I didn't) so I got her back up and she played some more until 4:00! I guess since she's getting older the naps aren't that big of a deal anymore. I am not looking forward to the 1 nap a day. I am still trying to enjoy her 2 naps a day at this point. Long enough for me to jump in the shower and get cleaned up in the morning and clean house in the afternoon. It's been great! Here's some pictures from the day......

Happy Father's Day

This was Peter's 1st father's day. Since it was I wanted to something special for him. We usually don't do much on holidays like this, but I had to this time. After visiting the T-Mobile office more times than I wanted to, I finally got him a new cell phone. He hated his that he had and I got to hear about more than I really cared to :) so I decided that would be a good gift. He loved it! I also got him this cool "My Hero" american flag frame. Of all people who would appreciate that it was him. If you don't know my husband he is a HUGE history/war enthusiast. He loves it so much we have boxes and boxes of Civil War books and things under our steps and everywhere in the bonus room. That was "his" room I let him decorate. Anyway, I think he'll remember this day for a long time. Unfortunately as you can see in the picture he was in his oh so lovely work shirt which meant off to the zoo he goes. They definetly keep him busy. Thanks Peter for being a great dad. It means the world to me and Isabella. Love you!