Learning Everyday

It's very hard to believe that Izzy's 1st birthday is just around the corner. It seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. She took her first steps a little over a month ago, but since then has seemed to have lost interest in walking. She'll still stand up occasionally, but she won't move those little feet. She seems to be much more interested in "talking" instead. Art and I have taken advantage of this by teaching her to use baby sign language. She most definitely knows the sign for "milk." She's also very good at doing "eat" and she's getting better at "more." This morning she was eating cheese for a snack and I showed her the sign for "cheese" again. And well, have a look at the results...

(Oh and she's got this new little face that she does where she makes her mouth into an O. This is the first time we've actually caught it on video.)

Bazinga

It warmed up really nicely here for a few days and we had lots of fun playing with Izzy in the back yard and at the numerous parks around our neighborhood. Lo and behold, it was 70 degrees two days ago and now we have almost a foot of snow on the ground.
After I've been going to a play group with Izzy once a week, I decided that Izzy has hardly any toys compared to other kids. Although she'd play with a paper plate or a deck of cards all day and be just fine! One of the toys that she loved over at a play group member's house was a little piano. Seeing as how it's promoting music, we had to get it for her. It's an early birthday present.
Our little one isn't so little anymore when it comes to eating. She won't eat baby food anymore. She pretty much has to have what mama and dada are eating. This particular morning I happened to feel ambitious and made pancakes. She liked the bigger pieces better.
And last, but not least, Izzy's fancy hair do. She has lots of hair now and it's very blond like mine was when I was a baby (Art too). I don't know what happened at lunch that day, but she rubbed her gross hands in her hair and her hair felt like it had gel in it. So naturally, I had to make her a little mohawk. It's slightly hard to see, but it's definitely there. Izzy looks like such a big girl in all these pictures, our little one is growing so fast!