fish.*

[* i know what you are thinking: 1) enough with the pool pics of the cutest fishy ever. but i can't help it, we spend a lot of time out swimming in the pool. 2) does she not have any swim diapers? nope, remember no baby-ing suit either. nakie. & 3) what is with that hair?!? i dunno. it is crazy. of note, that second-to-last pic i think fishy looks looks a whole lot like her mama and her lips are still purse'ing.]

gmas.

a few weekends ago Ibelle, rowdy and I headed to cenTex to see the fam. we had too much fun. Such a good time and so good to see Garner and my mom! i would venture to guess that rowdy had a blast too! Ibelle just played, played and played.

plus she showed off a little, case and point: eating 1/2 jar of baby food at a meal, never.happens. and her driving abilities in the front seat of G's car (to clarify, meaning she sat in the seat, car turned off.)






notice a theme in all these pics:

.. a sticking out TONGUE!

like father, like daughter.

Want to know something interesting?

Ibelle is def her father's daughter.
{which I adore!}

A few samples of their sameness:

1. she is not a sound sleeper, she wakes up pretty easily. if you know dh, you know he is the worst sleeper (or non-sleeper, whichever way you look at it, he does not sleep well). i on the other hand, goooooood sleeper. i heart sleep.

2. ibelle is a picky eater she only likes certain foods. she also wants them to be offered or prepared a certain way, just like her dad. (ie. her dad will not eat toast that appears to be slightly tan'er in color, that would be burnt toast. ibelle will not eat a green bean if it is cut the wrong way. ok, i kid. you get the point.)

3. baby girl is a stinker. she is very stubborn. there is no offering her a substitution; she knows exactly what she wants. i would venture to guess that she will be like her dad as she grows. :)

4. mostly, she looks just-like-him. i hear it a lot, so don't feel bad for thinking it too.

oh goodness,

i LOVE these two.

*Ibelle + her dada.
{whom she adores. how could she not?}

*with this pic i imagine it being from the 80s (look at that shirt & her purple hair scrunchy). I imagine it being
dyer's dad and his sister, amy.

first fathers day.

Isabelle loves her "dada"!

big time.

♥

No joke. "dada" was her first word and she is always in awe of him.

Maybe it is his itchy man beard that gets her when she gives him a kiss, or maybe it is his big muscles that hung up her swing, or maybe his sweet voice when she is over-OVER-tired, or maybe that he cleans her eye out when her mama (accidentally) squirts baby wash in it, or that he helps mom with all things (laundry, cooking every night, cleaning, yard work, grocery shopping), or that he loves on her ALL the time. He is such a WONDERFUL dad!!

Oh, & she is def her father's daughter. (more on that later.)

{Funny, I picture Ibelle and her friends at school talking to each other .. like on Look Whos Talking: when Mikey is in the sandbox and asks the other baby, "How many babies does it take to change a light bulb", and the baby asks "how many?", and M. says "What's a light bulb?"}

swing-bling.

Summer, the summer time ..

She loves the swing.

Good thing we have one in

mind for the improved backyard.

Maybe we will add some bling to it!

She will love it.

Spending her time just a swingin'.

{in the pics you can see Garner's

leg/foot; we went to g'mas house this

weekend, such a stinkin blast!}

lovies.

{i don't think i could ever express

how much i love these two. ever.}

morning.

.75 years.

ICH-ture of the most beautiful 9 month old at the arboretum.

Isabelle @ 9 months:

clearly knows her name.

bow defiant {she will yank the hair clip out of her hair despite being told "no" while giving you that i-know-you-said-no-and-i-know-what-no-means look.}

fickle food eater. sometimes she feels like it, sometimes she don't. Lots of time is spent coaxing her to eat solids. clearly milk is providing ample {see above pic.}.

still possessive, with everything, especially kleenex/ paper or any other product that is not kid safe.

an older cousin to Baby S #2 {which is in development. yay!}

not crawling forward, but doing a wonderful job of scooting backwards. she really likes to go backwards to the point where she is in a huge predicament when she finds herself under a chair.

owner of a gazillion toys.

she knows her teachers at school. in fact, the other day they told me there was a substitute teacher in her class and Ibelle just cried.

purses her lips. {see above pic. precious.}

still obsessed with the camera cord.

road trip'er. driving to brenham was an adventure.

made her mama cry b/c she is getting to be such a big girl.

got her first pool. went for her first swim.

not quite pulling herself up, but able to stand and hold on for awhile.

says "dada" and some other noise when she is referencing Rowdy. {and yes, we are aware she is mimicking the dada sound, and that she does not associate yet.}

9 month stats: 20 lbs 8 oz & 27.5 inches.

Nine months in 9 words: loved, precious, stinker, beautiful, sweet, happiness, heartwarmer, adorable, perfect.

toy-o'hoy.

baby girl has toys.

no joke. she has lots, in fact i'm guessing she has one for each day from now until she is like 40.

(gosh, after putting that I can't help but

think of the saying, "Lordy lordy Isabelle is forty.")

(can you imagine: little, tiny, not-even-one-year-old, Ibelle?.. @ 40?!? phew. good thing she is only 9 months.)

Where's Is-aldo?

here she is in her spread
& like i mentioned before, for a baby that doesn't crawl she sure can get things everywhere!
(thanks aunt mimi for sharing some of jack's toys!)

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.}