A Day in the Life...

"I love you guys"

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:50:00 +0000

I suppose its safe to say that IzzyB picks up most of her words from us first and foremost.

I never thought we or even I said "guys" a lot but it seems we do because IzzyB uses it a lot and in proper context.
The usual one is when we have company at the house and she, our great little host, greets everyone with a "Hi guys!" And when our company is leaving she lets out a "bye guys!" and if she really enjoyed their company, like after our community group nights, she adds a "thanks for coming over guys."

But the best one we have gotten is every few nights, we wished it happened every night, as we are getting IzzyB ready for bedtime and she says "I love you guys."
AB and I just look at each other and smile. I am also pretty sure tears fill AB eyes.

Funny how that saying can mean so much to parents*. It also erases all the other things, multiple things, she did earlier that day that made us count to ten (you parents can relate to this).
Also makes us feel like we are doing a decent job at showing her and telling her we love her.

*I'm also documenting this for when she is a teenager and just happens to ever be screaming the opposite of that phrase to us, we can show her she used to be sweet to us.

Bed time story

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:51:00 +0000

IzzyB has been sick for about a week now with RSV. It's been weird for us having to stay home to prevent her from getting other children sick. 'You're welcome' to my friends with kids.
She is on the mend and back to her normal self now.

So with RSV comes a constant fever and subsequently a frantic mother who always wants to check the sick child's temperature. The best way for us to check a 2 yr olds temp is the not-so fun-thermometer. If you need a hint ask a mother with a baby.

Still setting up this story, bear with me...

As you readers remember IzzyB is now in a toddler bed and she can easily get in and out. And now when we put her to bed she usually gets out of bed for a bit, not making a sound, to play before finally getting to bed to go to sleep. As you know from our last story we try to keep most stuff off the floor in there to keep her safe...and dry.
So it's routine for us to go into her room before we ourselves go to bed to cover her up so she does not get cold.

Which leads us to tonight.

I walk in and begin to cover her up. My hand hits something hard, a piece of plastic, I grab it to examine. As I am holding it up to figure out what it is by the dim lighting of the nightlight AB walks in and asks what I am holding when we both realize it's the cap to her thermometer.

I start gently trying to find the thermometer by feeling around in her bed trying not to wake her while AB is trying not to LOL behind me. I finally get my hands on it and we put it away.

That thing is not something she can get to easily. It's in a drawer that she can't even see into when it is open but she can reach in.
Meaning she had purpose. She opened the drawer and felt around until her tiny hands felt exactly what she was looking for. We figure this because nothing else was removed from this drawer. Or she is much more clever than we give her credit for and she cleans up her tracks.

I was scared and thought she might be putting it her mouth or something. We walk into our room and AB says that more than likely she has been check Woody and Jessie's temps since AB has had to check IzzyB's for about a week now. "Check tempature jus lil bit" is probably what IzzyB was saying to Woody and Jessie, AB mentioned, as we laughed ourselves into bed imagining what was going on tonight in that room.

Sorry Woody. Sorry Jessie.

New Humidifier

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:44:00 +0000

IzzyB's humidifier went out last week and since it doubled as a noise maker we had a chore upon us to find a replacement.

We found that most new humidifiers are pretty quiet and most people want them quiet but we did not want quiet at all. So we did find a noise maker for a good price and then we found a good humidifier on sale. But the humidifier worried me because for some reason it creates a flow of water over the open top and easy for a child to play with. However the box told me there was a cover for the open top. Sold!

We get home and put both items to use quickly for nap time. IzzyB was excited about them and had a great nap and great sleep that night.

Sunday afternoon nap time came around and we put IzzyB down and started to watch a movie. AB went to the bathroom and said she heard IzzyB moving around and had probably not napped. When our movie was over we headed it to check on her.

(before we get to this next part you all should know we converted her crib into a toddler bed weeks ago)

We open the door to find puzzle pieces everywhere, stuffed animals scattered, and IzzyB kneeling by the humidifier. She gets up and we see her pants are soaked as well as her entire sleeves. There is water on the wall, the side of her bed rails, and over the basket of other stuffed animals. The carpet is sopping wet as if we just poured a bucket of water onto it.

IzzyB walks over to us with her wet hair flat on the sides of her face. "What have you been doing?!?" we ask and she raised we hands in the I-don't-know gesture and says "Just woke up!"

AB and I immediately start laughing so hard that IzzyB probably thought we had just snapped like crazy people and we have probably encouraged playing in the humidifier since it was so hilarious.
(we have now put the humidifier on a dresser to prevent this entire event from ever happening)

Faces of a new 2 year old

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Working Girl

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:43:00 +0000

With A keeping some children at home now it is not as easy for her to come have lunch with me like she used to. But this weekend she did not have to work on Thurs or Fri so her and IzzyB decided to come make the trek to have lunch with me.

We had some yummy BBQ and then came back to the office to say hey to my co-workers.

IzzyB wanted to get up in my chair and when she did I snagged some good photos of her "working."

I told my boss I had found an apprentice and he said we should add her to the payroll.

The time outs

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:36:00 +0000

I think IzzyB might be being put into time out a lot lately. After she has been in time out for a little while we get on her level and ask her why she is in time out. Well now as we go to get her, she automatically stands up and says "time out, throw fits".
Which is exactly why she is in time out so much recently.

She's a pretty quick learner.

Old threads.

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0000

IzzyB sporting some clothes that Amy used to wear.

Daddy loving on IzzyB

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:24:00 +0000

A Great Morning

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:12:00 +0000

This is a great start to a beautiful morning. All I need right here!

Nightly Book Reading Routine

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:20:00 +0000

Notice the pile of books. Every night.

Storytime

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:19:00 +0000

My girls reading The Belly Button book

BFF

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:40:00 +0000

IzzyB and Fiona Mae

Pickin' at the guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:49:00 +0000

She loves to strum the guitar. I recently showed her the picks to help
strum with and I'm still trying to decide if it was a good idea.

Life as I know it...right now

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:25:00 +0000

Other than pictures we have not updated the blog in awhile. I have noticed that I am not the only one though as a lot of our friends who now have a kid or now have more than one child have also slacked on updating their blogs. I believe kids are a good excuse now that I have one.

As my job has moved me to be more involved and IzzyB is way more active that I feel like I do not ever get to get on the computer at home. I constantly have to remind myself that when I get home I can't just sit on the couch and veg anymore.
But you know what makes it easier to be reminded of that? When I walk in the door after a day at work and I hear those little feet running and she turns the corner into the kitchen and yells "DADDY!" as she sees me.

I would always see those types of commercials or scenes in movies where this happened and it would warm my heart...but now as it happens to me it MELTS my heart. Just seeing her get so excited to see me and as she comes in running to give me a hug then asks mommy to join for a group hug...those are the best moments of my day.

One of her favorite things to do is to go check the mailbox with me. She always yells out "MAIL!" after I ask her if she wants to go check the mail with me. So we march outside and I give her a piece of junk mail to carry back to the house and she is always so proud to carry it in as she helps daddy.

All of this to say, as IzzyB is growing, learning, being adventurous, and seems to get into trouble more and more frequently, I have less time to sit down and update the blog. I will try to upload pictures as I remember to. Thanks for listening and I hope everyone is well!

Happy Mother's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:14:00 +0000

Us being goofy before we sit down to enjoy a Mother's day brunch

Ice cream date

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:24:00 +0000

Amy and I swore we would hold off on sugars for IzzyB for a long time.
We have found that the expectations you had for your parenting styles
before you have children go out the window when the child arrives. We
don't give her sugary stuff everyday but we do give her treats
occasionally. But this day I took her to the golden arches and we
shared an ice cream cone. We both enjoyed it and had a great time
while mommy was away. The ride home with the windows down and IzzyB on
a sugar high rush was highly entertaining for me. I highly under
estimated the amounts of laughter this little girl would bring me.

Bugsy

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:18:00 +0000

Rupert

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:18:00 +0000

YouTube videos before bed

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:09:00 +0000

We do read her books before bed but tonight was extra special...watching dolphins and dancing dogs on YouTube! I bet our parents never thought we'd be raising our kids on wireless devices watching videos from around the world.

First bubble bath

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:33:00 +0000

She was a little scared of the bubbles at first but then totally
warmed up to them. Mostly because I covered her head in them...

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noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:30:00 +0000

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"Scott's wedding"

Raise the Roof

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:06:00 +0000

The close up

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:37:00 +0000

You talkin' to me!?!

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:12:00 +0000

Flashdance

noreply@blogger.com (Isaac) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:58:00 +0000

She's a maniac on the dance floor