Big Girl

Our baby is getting so big! I love this picture so much. I've tried for about a month now to get a ponytail or pigtails in her hair and she just never sits still. Finally a dear friend of mine tried, just to see what Izzy would do. She sat perfectly still! So the next day I tried it myself and this was the result. An adorable little ponytail with bow. She even kept it in for about 3 hours. Once we got in the car to go somewhere and she had to lean on it, she pulled it out. I just can't get over that in four months, she will be two. It doesn't seem possible!

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

We took Izzy to see Santa yesterday. Overall she had a great time! There were milk and cookies, ornaments to make, and Mrs. Claus reading a story. But the minute we sat next to Santa, the tears and screaming started. Art and I went up to Santa with her to try and calm her a bit. I tried holding her, Art tried holding her, neither worked. It was pretty much instantaneous. She saw him in line talking to and holding other kids and seemed fine with it, but once it was her turn, it was an whole different story. It's funny too because as soon as we walked away, she was fine. She ate her cookie and made a tree ornament with daddy and you never would've guessed that a few minutes earlier she was terrified. There's always next year!

Chicago Trip

I've been so horrible about updating my blog lately. I just realized how old my last post was. Oh gosh, where to start. Izzy continues to grow like a weed. At her 18 month appointment she was still off the charts for her height (34 inches) and weighed 24 pounds 3 ounces. And boy, oh boy, she is talking up a storm. She's stringing 3-4 words together in little sentences. When we went to Illinois for my grandmother's 90th birthday, I swear, she learned at least 20 new words. She copies what we say all the time, so we have to really watch ourselves! Art and I are also doing very well. We're enjoying some much needed time off from our busy website. It's been a beautiful fall season this year, so we've been spending lots of time outside and with family. Here are some photos of our resent endeavors!

Izzy had a great time with Halloween this year. We went to numerous farms and pumpkin patches over the last few weeks. She had a blast at the party I helped coordinate for the MOMS Club that I'm involved with. She sure does love Elmo!

We had a ton of fun in Illinois visiting my family. A lot of them had never met Art or Izzy. At my grandma's party all of her 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren were present. It was quite the family reunion. It was great to see everyone.

We got to do a lot of fun things out there as well. One of Izzy's favorite things was the DuPage Children's Museum.

One of Art and I's favorite things was our visit to Navy Pier. We went on a boat tour through the city of Chicago. We left right as the sun was setting, so we got a gorgeous view of the city at night. We learned so many things about the architecture of the city. It was wonderful.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip out to Chicago and look forward to visiting again. It's so hard to believe that summer is over and fall is halfway through. The holidays are right around the corner too! I can't wait!

The "Zoo"

So it's been awhile since I've posted anything. Art took his new iPhone for a swim in the pool and that was our primary camera, so I had to break out the older one and get some pictures today when Izzy and I went with MOMS Club to the Swetsville Zoo. So when I first saw that a trip to the zoo was being planned, I was shocked that I didn't even know a zoo existed in Fort Collins. Then I thought that maybe it was more of a farm or petting zoo. I was very wrong. Here are some pictures so everyone can see what I mean!

This "zoo" was a zoo of scrap-metal statues that were all animals and dinosaurs. There were also a lot of creatures there of random sorts. Izzy had such a good time with her friends, so did I!

This was the best part there. It was a bunch of hanging metal pipes and the kids had a (very safe, haha) metal stick with a golf ball on the end to bang them with. Surprisingly, no one hit anyone else!

This dog looked just like the one from Toy Story. Izzy and her friend, Katrina, loved it. When you touched the head, it bounced up and down. We will definitely be going back again, especially since it's free! Alas, all good things must come to and end for the day!

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Pool Party

For her birthday, Izzy got a little swimming pool from her grandparents. We haven't set it up at all yet, but when we found out it's supposed to be in the high 90's all this week, we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to try it out! She loved watching us blow everything up and fill it with water. Once it was ready, she pretty much just looked at it! She started to warm up to the idea after Art got in with her. She liked the slide when we were at the bottom to catch her before she went fully into the water. I think she'll have to get used to it, especially since the water is still quite a bit colder, but she had fun all the same!

It's Summertime

Yesterday was the first day this year that it's hit about 90 degrees. And what better way to celebrate than to go to the pool? It was so much fun. The pool is within walking distance from our house. We went later in the day after Izzy had taken her nap. She loved it! She had a few moments when she didn't really know what to do, but for the most part all three of us had a great time. I have many fond memories of that pool as a kid and it was almost surreal now taking my own child there. I can see us spending lots of time there during the summer!