life.

{if you can't tell - i can't get enough of this cutie pie.}

darling.

Gosh we have been so delighted to have some great visitors!

Maria-Paula and her daughter, Victoria, came by a few days ago to meet baby Isabelle. It was such a treat! Darling Victoria was so sweet when she would say "Isabelle." Seriously Adorable! Victoria will be such a good big sister, she was so helpful when we needed anything for Isabelle and she would give Isabelle her baby to play with!

oh yeah, and Rowdy was very excited to meet some new friends!

{2 little smiling cuties. I'belle + Victoria.}

{Maria-Paula + Isabelle. MP is due with girl #2 in a few short months.}

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& then .. Ali dropped by for a girls night, it was so fun to catch up with her!! She is so fun and we can't wait to see her again! Ali & I went to Baylor together and she lived with Erin at one time. (Sadly I don't have any pictures.)

Thanks all for coming!!

BU.

Baylor Univ.: our alma mater.

i think ICH is a fan. Not sure if daddy Dyer would back her up .. tee-hee.




thanks erin for the super fun baylor outfit!!

[in the video - that is a Baylor blanket.]

play.date.

Kristen graciously opened her home for Isabelle's first official play date!

Isabelle & Abby (and Abby's big brother Ethan) had such a fun time!! It was so nice to catch up with Kristen and chat about everything baby girl. Abby is just one week older than Isabelle and I can see them being friends for a long time!!

CO visitor.

Elizabeth came for a visit & boy did we have fun including: some B-winners, S-bucks, I-belle loving and yum S-ghetti.

We had an overthetop fun time! Thanks Dr Elizabeth for coming!!
{more here: Eliz.}

Can't wait to see you again!!

{.. o my tree hair!}

{the gorgeous Elizabeth.}

{i love that tongue. so stinkin' cute.}

{the super cute pig that E made for Isabelle.}

fall.

Dear Martha Stewart, I could use your help. Can you come to my home & bring this harvest table arrangement along? djh

mom+bro.

My mom and Garner came to visit us last weekend. As always: a good time had by all. (plus, little I'belle was a gem. we like that.)

A fun weekend celebrating all thing Halloween and Garner's 15th birthday!

Uncle Garner. (notice ICH's wearing a cupcake shirt to celebrate G's birthday!)

Grandma & Isabelle.

Daddy & Isabelle.

.. more of the same. ♥

{I think we have the most precious of pun'kins!}

lickin.good.

Dear pumpkin spice latte, I could just drink you up. djh

bows.

Isabelle's dad is not a fan of the bow .. but we snuck some shots with it on. I love that it tamed her crazy hair!

newbie.

Newborn pics. ICH @ 2 weeks 1 day.

{anthologie.com}
{want to see a few more?: n'born pics.}

2mo.

First Hween: I just LOVE this pumpkin.
{Umm. Where have the last 2 months gone?}

Recently I'belle had her 2 month MD appointment. She weighs in at 12lbs 8oz (90-95th), 23.5in (90th), and head circumference 38.5cm (25-50th). I knew she was a little chubby .. but goodness. She loves her milk! She also got her shots and was a little grumpy (in fact the only place she found comfortable was laying on me). The best part of the morning was lunch with dad at Breadwinners, this was our first non-doctors appointment outing with missy and she did great.

Things sweet girl is up to:

- eating every 2-2.5hrs during the day (no wonder she is a chub.)

- night time usually consists of one 3 hr sleep and then sleep/feeds every 2 hrs otherwise (although a few nights she was a big girl and slept for 4.5-6 hrs straight!!)

- grabbing for toys, she has even gravitated towards different textures - like rubbing the couch and rocker fabric

- she has been cooing and sucking her thumb

- when placed on her belly she can hold her head up really well and balances well on her elbows, her leg muscles are getting so strong and she can stand for a few seconds (of course, with us supporting her)

- loves her floor gym and will click the toy attached to make the music start .. and she likes to look at the tv while playing on it (especially hgtv, tee hee!)

- over the last 2 months she has had lots of visitors

- still going strong with the gdiapers

Things that are upcoming:

- ICH first T-giving & Christmas

- starting baby school (Nov 25th)

thumb sucker.

{wanna see more #2 month pics?: here.}

H-ween.

Happy {post} Halloween!!
:us with our 3 pumpkins!

baby.

What do you think?

Newborn ICH.

Newborn Dyer.

Newborn Mama.
{see another: here. i need to upload my actual hospital baby pic.}

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So this is funny:
when little girl gets made she does "pinkies" .. where she sticks up her little pinky fingers. we think it is her way of flipping us off. i attempted to capture it ..

{oddly i think dyer is doing the same thing in his baby pic up there.}

2yrs.

Celebrating 2 yrs of Heintz was too much fun!

Dyer cooked up some steak, shrimp and baked potatoes. Yum - a fav of ours; and little miss slept through it all!

Then the gift exchange. Dyer's gift: I [plan] to get our stockings monogrammed with Dad, Mom and Isabelle (currently we have 4 stocking - 2 of which say Dyer and Desiree). My giftS: flowers, my wedding dress boxed up and Lenox Christmas china to match our dishes (want to see them?: dishes).

It was a year to remember .. notably that ♥ baby that came along!

[to answer that picture up there : every yr of marriage we thought we could include a pic that represents the yr number + what we are up to at the time. ie) new baby = baby bottles.]

∞.

2 years of DH + DH.

I couldn't imagine it any other way.

{i could never express how much that other half means to me. love him x ∞.}

baby&mama.

A little look at baby girl & mama comparison.

{Isabelle is wearing the outfit that I came from the hospital in 28 yrs ago!}

ICH {2009}

7lbs 14oz

DJK {1981}

8lbs 4oz

get excited - i plan to also post pics of DH and his sis when they were babies.

visit.

Goodness, we've had some fun visitors!!!

A few weekends ago Erin came for a visit. Not only was it a joy to have her stay - she was a wonderful help with little one!! We had an opportunity to go out for some girl time at the mall and had a super yummy lunch {which any new mom can completely appreciate}. Thanks to the other half for watching I'belle and Erin's family for watching Grace.

While Erin was here Kristen & Abby came for a visit. I met Kristen through Erin (she and her family recently moved to Dallas). She has 2 kiddos, Ethan and Abby. Abby is exactly one week older than Isabelle - I can only imagine they will be good friends.

It was so fun to have baby girl chat and hang out!!!

Dyer's dad, Dennis, came for a visit too! Isabelle loves her Grandpa and can't wait for him to visit again!! Also, a huge thanks for helping to hang chair rail in the guest room.

Some of my friends from work have come twice to hang out with Isabelle, Dyer and I. I LOVE their visits and couldn't be more thankful. We have an opportunity to talk baby and I have a chance to stay in the loop with all the things that are going on with them. Thanks you guys!! You completely make our day!!!

{Great} Aunt Mimi will be in Dallas in a week, and Elizabeth will be here the beginning of November. Can't wait.

Aunt Erin & Isabelle

Me, Kristen and Erin

Me + I'belle and Kristen + Abby

Isabelle & Abby

{Isabelle is either yawning .. or more likely, she is being dramatic and about to have a moment.}

Grandpa and Isabelle

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Other things that are going on:

-trying to get Isabelle (IB) to sleep in her crib during the day vs. on me or in the bouncy. so maybe we haven't had much success yet.

-hoping she would sleep longer than 2 hrs at a time at night (thanks Rebecca for the pointers on decreasing IB's stimulation at nighttime feeds - it has been very helpful!)

-reading all things baby @ 6 weeks (that is right folks, we have a 6 weeker!)

-trying to keep up with laundry .. using the Gdiapers may be better for the landfills - but not my laundry doing time (or pocket book).

-attempting to get back into jogging. i've been just twice ..

-Dyer is back at work, and likely a walking zombie (see: "sleep longer than 2 hrs at a time at night")

-IB loves her bath ..most of the time

-IB has a sweet orange pumpkin shirt, I put it on her today! Yay for her first Halloween.

-and me: wondering how we will do it once I go back to work. :) :)

view.

{.. Clearly I need to work on my recording/ downloading skills. you have to wait for about 20 seconds in for the video to start. i don't know how to fix it.}

enjoy the view of the bundle.

giftie.

Sew you know how I made some pillows & other goodies for the missy's room awhile ago? {here: pillows.}

Amidst all my {hand} sewing of said goodies my grand husband asked multiple times if he could get me a sewing machine. I declined. Mostly b/c I didn't think that I really needed one .. & mostly to spare the budget.

I didn't realize how excited I would be until Dyer's mom and sister bought me one for my b-day. I can't wait to break it out .. make baby girl some fun, fun outfits and other thingies.

Oh the possibilities.

I. can't. wait.

[erin: it just dawned on me. i could make the clothes, you could make the bows and K-sew could make the matching bags! i love it. etsy here we come.]

five.

5 wednesdays ago i woke up to find out we were going to be birthing a baby. imagine my surprise {especially since it was my birthday}.

9/2: the day started with me getting ready for work, eating birthday cake {sweet dh made}, a leak of sorts, a quick trip to the hospital and 8hrs later {after some excitement} a sweet bundle.

& now a big load of happiness.

[above: the belly cake dh made for my/ ibelle bday. complete with snow cap, my favorite, belly button.]

[ps. sorry for the lack of interesting posts. taking a shower/ nap has out weighed blog.]