Greg and Little Isla P.

Greg and his little valentine baby girl.

This was a few weeks ago. Greg had this block in his mouth and was kind of growling at Isla, she thought it was so funny...

Then she wanted to get in on the action....

....which got Ashby interested....

Fun for all.

Isla loves her Pappa!!

The Latest.

The latest is...

Isla is pulling herself up from sitting to standing. She also goes from sitting to all fours, then back to her hiney. I can see her little wheels turning and am nervous for her to move around, I just know I will have my work cut out for me.


Isla is also sick. She has a nasty little virus. She is coughing and has a yucky runny nose. No fever so we are just watching her and taking extra good care of her while praying this doesn't turn into something else!

We were in St. Louis last week and had a chance to see Grandma. Two cuties!!




Isla playing peek-a-boo with us in the airport. It was about 2 hours past her bedtime, and right before this she was just waving at everyone that was walking by.

Isla's First Necklace.

A gift from the Wahls when she was baptised. We love it. Thank You, Wahls!! XOXO

Gold Medal.

Reminded that the Olympics are starting up again, I wanted to share these pictures of our little medalist. Isla was given this at the end of our Little Gym session. I suppose it's for her remarkable ability to sit and squirm, her perfect little front teeth, the range of motion she gets when waving and just her unbelievable cuteness! That's our girl!!

A few more 9 month pictures!

More of Isla.

Long legs.

Rats nest.

New teeth.

Standing.

Isla is 9 months old!!

Yoga pose while holding her toothbrush!

The message at 9 months seems to be "On the verge". Isla is just about to have a lot of new tricks up her sleeve.

Cutie pie. The one thing that is consistent every month and we feel confident will never change is that she is cuter than ever, and just as sweet as can be! All four of Isla's front teeth have popped through. Her big gummy smile with little white speckles always makes us giggle. And when she is sitting in her Excer-saucer playing she seems to be all legs!

Scooting.

One the Move. For some time now Isla has been scooting around on her belly. She just started pulling her knees up under her bottom, so maybe she will figure out crawling before she figures out how to walk. If we stand her up she will stay there as long as we let her. Sometimes she will put all of her weight onto one foot...we think she will walk before she crawls. She will also scoot around on her hiney. Everyday I set her down to play with toys as I get dinner ready and when I come back to get her she is four feet or so from where I left her. She figuring out the motor thing!

Babbling. Isla makes noises all day long. She has a really deep raspy voice that reminds us of Darth Vader, another soft sweet voice, and a really high pitched squeal, that is usually reserved for being super excited and usually coincides with seeing Ashby which we think will be her first word, and honestly we are encouraging it. She makes a 2 syllable sound that starts with an "Ash". She has also started making "Pa" and "Ba" sounds in the last month.

Waving to Papa at breakfast.

Social Butterfly. Besides chatting all day, Isla loves to wave. She waves unprovoked to Greg and I, to Ashby, to her bird mobile, to her stuffed animals, to her reflection, and to any and all strangers (but mostly when they are not looking.) When we came back from Miami last week Isla stood on my lap for the longest time just waving to everyone sitting behind us. Even when I held her down to take her bottle she was straining to wave at the lady across the aisle from us. It is the cutest thing ever and I love when people tell me how sweet she is! We have been encouraging her to blow kisses, but we aren't there yet.

Sideways in the cart.

Always paying attention. Isla is SO alert, nothing gets by her. She perks up when she hears Greg's footsteps in the house. Ashby too, of course. When I stop the car, whether it's in the garage as we are coming home or in the parking lot of the grocery store, she claps and giggles. And in the grocery store she kicks her legs around so that she is sideways in the cart so she can see where we are going. She often just sits there waving as people pop into view. For Christmas Isla got several DVD's and she enjoys them so much. She giggles and squeals, and waves to the TV, it is so cute. And she definitely has favorite parts. Isla also gets excited when I take her to Little Gym. She recognizes the building as we are walking in, and I think she recognizes some of the other kids and parents in the class too. She loves her time at Little Gym.

Jackpot...Blackberries!!

Life is good.

Waving to Greg in between bites.

Growing appetite. Isla is eating just about everything that we are. She hasn't refused anything...yet, but she definitely has her favorites - blueberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches, and clementines have been a huge hit. She has had green beans, asparagus, carrots, brussel sprouts, corn, broccoli...you name it really. She has also figured out that Ashby will eagerly lick her dirty little hands clean if she lets her. The times that this has happened Isla has just squealed in delight. And poor neglected Ashby has finally found a pay off for having Isla around!

We are so thankful to have such a sweet, happy and healthy little 9 monther!

Who Is Having More Fun...

Sweet Isla P., or her cute Papa?

Miami.

No, Colorado does not have palm trees, last week we headed south to Miami. It was such a great get-away. We all relaxed and enjoyed the warm weather. Greg even got to golf!! Isla was very curious about her surroundings, trees and lush plants everywhere, birds, ducks, the beach....there was a lot to take in for her little eyes.

Isla and I went for a walk one evening and we came across several ducks that we not shy at all. This one duck walked right up to us and Isla would not take her eyes off of it.

Our crazy duck friend.

Reading with Dad after and nap and the pool.

SO BIG!!

Isla loved the water!!