Isla with the Ortyl's

Isla with Grandma Jane.

...and Grandpa Greg

Greg, Grandma Ortyl, and Isla

Two Patrina's

Three Ortyl girls

Isla and Jane. Bff's.

Isla and Anna.

Just sitting on the table playing with water!
Isla loves Anna!

Just For Our Records. (Stuff from the sidebar)

What Becky Craved When Pregnant with Isla:
Cheese
Smoothies
Ribs from Revival, YUM!
Shani's sugar cookies, Double YUM!
Grannie Smith apples with really sharp cheddar cheese
Roasted Red pepper sandwich
Key Lime Pie
Fresh pinapple
Ham
Chick-Fil-A (???)
Those inexpensive vanilla cookies, kind of like an oreo but vanilla
Nordstrom cafe fries and olive aioli
An occasional Milkshake
Roasted Beets
Tons of water
Fresh crunchy mango
Proscutto and Mozzarella
Cold milk (I have never liked this in my life!)
Blueberries

Guess when Baby Ortyl will be born and win a prize!! Email Becky your guess, deadline April 19.
Becky Ortyl, May 3 (due date)
Nicki Vitale, April 21
Shani Wahl, April 23
Greg Ortyl, April 27
Dave Leeds, April 27 (his Bday!)
Sarah Broermann, April 28, (Beau's BDay!)
Dale Moore, April 30
**Connie Fox Moore, May 1 (May day)
**Ellen Moriarty, May 1 (her Bday!)
**Colleen McShane, May 1
Funke's, May 2 (Funke Anniversary/Derby day)
Jill Woods, May 4
Tina Fox, May 5 (cinco de mayo)
Julie Valerius, May 5 (cause she loves the Margaritas!)
Anna "the witch" Eberhardt, May 6
Lisa Donato, May 6
Jean Yancey, May 8
Holly McDowell, May 9 (actually Peter Fox's Bday!)
Bill Fox, April 9
Jan Christine, April 10
Kitty Broermann, May 10 (mom's day)

Books Isla Loves:
Creatures by Andrew Zuckerman. Get it at Pottery Barn Kids, Amazon or your local book store.
10 Little Ladybugs, by Melanie Gerth
Tails, by Matthew Van Fleet (she loves the peacock!)

Happy Birthday Grandpa.

(and Beau, and Gray too!)

Two More Pictures.

Isla Is Seven Months.

She is sweeter than ever.

On December 1st Isla turned 7 months. She is sweeter than ever. We are still so in love with her. I didn't post her 6 month update, but a lot has changed with our little lady in the past two months. As you can see she is sitting, and with wonderful posture. When she is on her belly, she can easily hold her head up for quite some time, and has started squirming around from side to side. Isla now waves and claps her hands. She makes all kinds of sweet sounds and recently started saying "da" and she will repeat it over and over again. She has two little teeth and I think it will be no time at all until her top teeth come through. Isla knows her name now, and will turn her head and smile if she hears her name. She loves standing with assistance. She is now in a big car seat, no more pumpkin seat to haul around! She now sits in the bathtub rather than being reclined, and she loves playing and splashing. She also sits in shopping carts and holds on while I push her around and loves the big shiny balloons at the check out line. Isla is eating baby food, finger food and all kinds of table food. She loves fruit, but she gladly eats whatever we offer her. She has also been drinking water from a sippy cup, and will even drink from a big cup. She no longer fusses at the child center at our gym, and she loves our time at Little Gym. She still loves Ashby, and lights up when Greg enters a room. She loves when we sing to her. She is currently getting her fill of Christmas carols, but Itsy Bitsy Spider is a favorite as is the Baby Bumblebee song. It seems like each month is fun than the last!

Tango Card....I LOVE this!

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Preppy, Two Teeth Cutie!

"Isla" onsie from the Bertels

"O" hat from Grandma Jan and Grandpa Bill...too cute!

Two teeth!

Herb Fox

Herb Fox (Becky's father's brother - on the left) passed away last night. He was a wonderful man with a beautiful family. We will all miss him. Hugs and kisses to all of the Foxes.

November 29.

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Happy Birthday, Grandpa Bill!

We had so much fun visiting with you in Tulsa, can't wait to see you again soon!
XOXO,
Becky, Greg, Isla& Ashby

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Isla & The Foxes

We went to Oklahoma to visit my family for Thanksgiving. While we were there we hosted a Bridal Shower for Katrina. Isla loved seeing her family and they loved seeing her!

Isla with her Ena.

...with her Pappa.

....with her Momma.

....with Aunt Sally

Katrina, the beautiful bride-to-be!

Uncle Phill and Aunt Sally

Uncle Pete and Ena.

Grandpa Bill and Quinn William.

We were all SO excited to meet Baby Quinn for the first time. He is the sweetest little thing ever, but not so little!

All I want for Christmas....

The next day tooth number two popped through!

Piglet Up Close.

Isla loves meal time. We are up to eating twice a day now. And this little piglet has moved on to fruits and veggies (Peas in this picture), and all kinds of finger food, no more cereal. Lunch is quick and painless but dinner is another story. She seems to get food EVERYWHERE. In her hair, up her nose, on her feet...everywhere. I think I need to get faster in getting the spoon to her mouth to avoid the mess. Seems like once a hand is dirty it's all over. When she is finished we just strip her down at the table and go straight to the tub!

Piglet In Action.

Sitting Up.

(Notice the blurry foot. It's like a little helicopter blade...always rotating!)

Isla's favorite buddy.

Greg and Isla P. Buddies.

Isla's New Trick.

Isla has started making this funny little noise. It kind of sounds like a cough, and it kind of sounds like a laugh, but we think it is neither, simply a noise that she has discovered.

Great Aunt Naa.

Thanks Gan, for the super cute "Boo" onsie and socks! Love 'em!
And Happy Belated Birthday to you! (Isla's half birthday is her Gan's Birthday!!)

November 1.

Happy Half Birthday Isla P! We can hardly believe it has already been 6 months since Isla joined our little party. We couldn't be more blessed or more happy!