pool.

Made in the shade.
Yippee! We have shade in the backyard.

Amen.

Thus Ibelle got a baby pool today and she played her sweet little heart out. & Rowdy got a really big water bowl.

(you know mama was not going to sit outside in the hot.hot.hot. Tejas sun. again, thank goodness for the pergola-providing-shade. our young, immature trees provided little to none.)

never mind her swimsuit. $10 for a baby-ing suit was way too much.

vaca.

Bee-see.

That is us!

Last weekend we went on a wonderful road trip to Brenham! {more pics to come}

I was thinking: there is no way I can leave the readers (all 2 of them, hey grandmas!) without a few pics of the cutie and her travels! All pics via the iphone.

Ibelle soaking in the sun at gigi and aunt wynnes house!

Love the new stroller!!
(thanks everyone for the fun mothers day gift!)

ruffle.

ruffle bottom jeans ..

{I just know you were waiting for this view.}

gosh ibelle and that camera and its cord/ich's bff/the thing i take away from her that causes the most-hugest-moment-ever.

no kidding. it is taken away and followed by a "here take it" from her mama as moment ensues.

b-e-a-beautiful.

Baby girl is getting big. Right before my eyes, I can hardly stand it.

Here she is: sitting pretty, hanging out in the grass while her papa does yard things. She is chewing on grass too. Not surprised.

·all cuteness, including the pink ruffled cloth diaper, fun flowers, sassy pigtails
& half of her genes (tee.hee.)
are c/o her papa. He was a SAHD today. also, her dress is actually a toddler shirt.·

Other outdoor news: We are working on our back patio, we bought some wonderful Chesapeake outdoor furniture and waiting for a pergola installation. We will be set. I think I'belle is thrilled too. We can't wait.

child #1.

row·dy [rou-dee]: a rough, disorderly dog.

This completely does not describe our Rowdy as of recent. As our first child I think Dyer and I thought Rowdy was experiencing some depression over having his younger sister around. He was tired all the time, didn't play anymore, had horrible skin allergies, scavenged for food NONstop, was cold intolerant and his joints seemed to be bothering him (since he could hardly jump on the couch). + he gained a load of weight, say 10 pounds.

Turns out that he has hypothyroidism!

He is on synthroid and doing super!! I am So glad for his sake (and ours!) that we figured out what was going on with him.

Rowdy is the perfect dog and so stinkin sweet. He will loiter around Ibelle while she is playing and she loves it. She is always trying to pet him or pull his tail!

seat.

Along with her big girlness includes graduating to a much bigger car seat. Yep, no more baby car seat for this one!

You Go Ibelle with your 20ish-pounds-self.

Without further ado: This is the first ride to school in her new super-safe car seat

[i know, i know. *tear*]

m-day.♥

♥ Mothers Day 2010 ♥

{This was pretty much the best one yet.}

Our day went a little like this ..

♥ a wonderful breakfast from papa DH.

♥ an outing to the Dallas Arboretum with DH & Ibelle (which
included buying a yr membership, yippee!). They have houses made out of different flowers depicting scenes from the Tale of Peter Rabbit, so sweet & adorable; I recommend it! Better yet, let me know if you want to go and we'll meet you there!

♥ a lot of 1-on-1 with the littlest, cutest, sweetest
Hntz.

♥ the most fun in gifts, including an iPhone. I was super giddy! Gifts like that are few and far between (you can relate if you have a house, a yard, a baby, a car ..). Dyer didn't share any clues, other than letting me know that I would be very excited about my Mothers Day gift. I also received some Beatrix Potter (my fav.) children's books in the mail from my mom - they were from when I was little! I was thrilled and can't wait to share them with my little pumpkin!!

play.

Want to see a typical playtime with the cutest?

toys pulled out of the box & placed

everywhere. funny she sure can make a mess

despite not really crawling. rowdy loitering oh-so-sweetly. riding

her pony; clearly

she thinks she is riding a bull, with her hand in the air and all.

8 ½.

It has been a long time,
Far too long.

I realized today that I hadn't blogged in 2ish weeks.
It made me sad .. for a moment I weld up. {time flies}. Then I realized that the day doesn't have 25 hours.

As if the 25th hour is the blogging hour.

There are SO many things that little ICH is up to these days, you know, at 8.5 months of age(!). OK. more than i can count. but a few include:

1. being a model which entails being photographed about 100 times/day by her momma. no lie. (thanks to daddy for mommy's new iCellular phone, yippee!)
2. being a star of many a YouTube video (go here & here. it'll be enough that you will fall in love too!)
3. saying "dadda". Not kidding. (the proof is in the videos).
4. sitting up, getting in the crawl position, then going back to the sitting position. as if to say, "don't rush me".
5. making it known that she wants what i'm eating. i tell ibelle, if she crawls to me she can have whatever really awesome food item i am eating (which is generally a cheese stick).
6. possessive. that is right, if she has something, whether it be a napkin, camera cord, pea, whatever and someone tries to take it from her. grab your ear plugs. especially if the item is KEYS.
7. sassy= see all the above items.
8. maybe saying "momma". at least DH told me she said it today.
9. saying "rr__" (maybe it means "Rowdy") or screeching @ Rowdy. my take on it is that she is barking at him!
10. being the apple of her momma's eye. now, being a mom, i am way more sappier than i was before.
11. using her sweet little right-handed-pincher-grasp to feed herself peas, cheerios or puffs. if you put something in her left hand she will use her right hand to retrieve it and put in her mouth.
12. pulling all of her toys out of her bin.
13. trying to be big girl and sleep through the night!! This.is.HUGE. (or at least from 11-6, ok. maybe she cries at 4am ..but then she goes back to sleep).
14. i love her more than i thought possible.
15. oh yeah, and in her big girl car seat, rear facing of course.

A few other things:
there is some really good news in the air .. but you all will just-haveta-wait for it! :)
ibelle got her first school pictures, she is so sweet in them!

moms.

Happy Mothers Day to all of those beautiful, sweet, caring, kind moms!! We appreciate you today & everyday!!

(From Ibelle: Big xoxo to grandma Kuras and Williams)

eight.

eight months:

chubby

sweet

dainty

cute

little

one tooth

precious

darling

lovely

teeny

adorable

wide-eyed

nosey

sassy

tender

innocent

bundle

cuddly

angel

beautiful

cooing

delightful

lively

"dada"

quick

perfect

adventurous

awesome

stinker

observant

justaboutcrawler

blue eyed

pretty

joyful

{we are thankful.}

whiterocklake.

Where do mommy + baby go when the weather is gorgeous out? the lake. specifically WRL.

golly she is a joy.

robe.

the last 8 months have been the best months ever.

no lie.

gosh: i love being a mom.

{don't you just love a baby in a robe chewing

on a camera cord?}

bday!

Dyer spent his birthday with his girls!

We had so much fun and DH got a few things he was in need of .. some socks and undershirts, candy & an official FIFA soccer ball! We also can't forget the rice crispy treat birthday cake!

easter. (a little old)

I bet you are wondering what little chick-chick-a did for Easter!

DH was post call, so it was a perfect time for little miss and I to do what little girls love to do: play dress up!!

{thanks grandma and aunt mimi for the super cute outfits!}

orange.

Pretty in orange.

{this was taken about 3 weeks ago. she grows by the minute. so she is double this size .. ok, maybe not double.}

ZOO!

a few weekends ago ibelles bff, Grace, came to dallas with her mom and dad (Erin and Chris). We met up at the Dallas Zoo and had such a fun time! This was the first meeting of I and G .. I can already see these two are going to be such great friends! {Hopefully as good of friends as their moms are!} They had so much fun together and even held hands!! I just loved seeing them meet for the first time!

kisses.

Ibelle loves her daddy like Crazy.

I'm serious. & how could she not? he is a fantastic dad!

it is sort of like she has him wrapped-around-her-finger.

although Dyer would admittedly deny.

Anyways. She does all things cute, including kisses!!!!!

{and. ibelle had her 6 monthish pics taken @ the

Dallas Arboretum by the

wonderfully talented, Courtney

with Anthologie Images. she does great

things, including taking

pictures, being a Baylor alum and mission

work. Go here: to see D + Ibelle.}

life.

There is this series airing on Discovery: Life.

It is just-about the most amazing thing. (aside from my mini-other-half of course).

For instance, monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico!
If you have a minute, go here: butterflies.

I didn't realize the show was airing until 2 weeks ago .. since then I've been trying to DVR all the old episodes. There is one thing about it, I hate watching animals suffer, so those parts I am not quit into, otherwise it is awesome!

The show has the most amazing photography! These people stake out an area and film for hours and hours; they capture the neatest things!! I can't imagine that job, how awesome!

{in other tv news: Deadliest Catch and GLEE!! start this week. ..now if I could get Ibelle to stay asleep in the evenings.}

30-1=29.

{click pic to see larger.}

d(addy).h(ntz).

evenbdays.

Oh. goodness.
April is a big month for birthdays in our family
4/2: Michelle

4: Tiff

8: Kyle & Jack

10: Dh1

here's to an April-o-birthdays!!

bdays, 4/8.

two years old.
i completely can not believe it.
jrt. we miss you and can't wait to see your cuteness.
Happy Birthday! xoxo.

many birthday wishes to cousin Kyle!!

80s.

So. I want you to pay special attention to the little missy's outfit ..

What do you think?

it. is. soo. eighties huh?!

fyi: i put it on her on purpose. why?.. i love the 80s! how could you not: the fuchsia + navy + elastic band shirt + leggings!

[*ok. maybe it is hard to see her outfit and maybe the bow doesn't go. the first pic - she is demonstrating the bend-and-snap.]

[click the picture to see it bigger, you know you want to!]

easter10.

{happy first easter to you sweetheart. love you, mom & dad.}

tulips.

sweetest easter gift there ever was.

thanks dh1 for the beautiful flowers & a beautiful daughter.

{sadly the flowers are gone now. ibelle grabbed a-handful-of-leaves ..which caused the the vase to go tumbling. i was holding her and trying to put away groceries in the fridge when it happened. luckily i saved the vase before it hit the floor. the flowers; not so much saved.}

proofisinthepudding.

(background: isabelle loves to suck her thumb and hold something in her hand at the same time when she is tired or is trying to calm herself. so cute. as for the grass, she will sit there and grab handfulls over and over again! sorry this is sideways, i couldn't fix it.)

lucky♣.

four words:

i

am

so lucky.

greengrass.

oh my.

i was definitely not kidding

when i said little miss

loves-loves-loves to eat grass.

{i have video to prove it.}

the thing you can't see: is that, rowdy was running around having a good time. so unlike him. maybe it is the synthroid kicking in.