24 weeks and counting

She loves her Jeep!

Getting ready for Santa!

Our buddy napping.

Daddy and Is.

As the week went on Izzy"s congestion and cough got worse. I thought something just wasn't right. She has been in good spirits and smiling, but I just couldn't take it anymore. Morning feedings have been a bear because she can't breathe. I had to work on Saturday so Mark took Izzy to the doctor. Diagnosis.....double ear infection and sinus infection. Ugh!!! Izzy is now on an antibiotic and takes it like a champ. I hate putting her on meds this young but I want her to get healthy.

I am slowly moving Izzy to all formula. It has been 6 months and I'm ready for a piece of pizza and some ice cream. With the holidays upon us it has been hard to stay out of the candy. It has been very mentally challenging for me to wean her, but all-in-all I think it will be good for all of us.

I bought her first jar of solid food and we are going to try it this weekend. Because of her MSPI, the doctors adivise against cereal so we are to start with orange veggies and then move to green. I'm getting excited to see how she responds. I will let you all know and post pictures of her first solid foods. Hope you are all healthy and doing well.

Ariann

23 weeks

Izzy and her pal Cletus

Izzy loves her new Jeep that the Launs gave her. She honks the horn with her mouth.

Mom was two days late with the picture. Hopefully she didn't change too much in 2 days.

Mommy's photoshoot with Izzy.

This is where people were driving through a vacant lot instead of down the street because the snow was so high. You can see the stop sign in the upper right hand corner where they should have been turning.

After Mark snow blowed 3 times in 12 hours.

Our little snow bunny wasn't sure what to think of her snow suit.

This is taken out of our bedroom window. It's kind of cool to turn out the lights and look out the window with the Christmas lights and all the snow.

Our tannenbaum.

Chillin' watching the Huskers.

For Izzy's 23rd week we did what we've been doing for quite a while. We watched Nebraska football. We were sad they lost but they played hard. We went to our friends', Mandi and Brandon Hoys', to watch the game. Izzy did great and went to bed just like if she was at home.

On Tuesday we had a bad snow storm and daycare called and said they were closing at 2 o'clock. Mom was really excited she got to leave work early and hang out with her girl. Also, all of mom's patients cancelled for Wednesday morning and she has Wednesday afternoons off. So....WE GOT TO SPEND TWO DAYS TOGETHER!!

Now we quickly roll out of and into another week of Izzy's life.

TTFN

22 weeks and Thanksgiving.

Cheering on the Huskers as they beat the Colorado Buffalos!

This is 22wks and 1d because with the hussle of the holiday I didn't get one picture of her first Thanksgiving. Such a bad mommy. I will have to get some from the relatives.

Izzy turned 22 weeks on her first Thanksgiving. She finally rolled from tummy to back again but it is still hit and miss. I think I'm going to have to accept she is not going to be a roller.

For Thanksgiving we went to Mark's Aunt Joni and Uncle Rick's in Hastings. It was nice to see everyone. For some of Mark's family it was the first time they got to meet Izzy. Everyone was very excited to meet her and she did very well with all the new people. She did have one melt down because she was hungary. Otherwise it went great. Next we went to my mom and dad's and we had a lot of cousins and aunts and uncles in town. Izzy got to meet fourth cousins. Yeah, it really goes back that far. It was just great getting together with everyone in our family like we use to. Our holidays were huge and I knew my third and fourth cousins well. But things change and people start to get busy with their own families and we just don't get together as often.

This weekend Mark and I went on our first date night in a long time. It was a really fun time and we really needed to have us time. Izzy stayed with Shannon. She is one of the girls from her daycare and she does a good job with Izzy.

We got our Christmas tree up and a few odds and ends maybe next weekend we can shoot for a few more things and work on finishing the Christmas shopping......wishful thinking.

Towards the middle of this week Miss Izzy really started to pull her head up. She is trying to sit on her own. Also she is grabbing everything. When I'm reading her a book she likes to touch the pages and flip them to the next. I can't believe how big she is getting.

At the end of this week Izzy could sit for a few seconds on her own and then topple over, but it won't be long and she'll be doing it on her own. Talk soon.

PS: Mark and I lost another old friend this week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Neal Grummert's family.

21 weeks!

Loves the jungle gym.

flexibility!

Oops same picture twice and I don't know how to get rid of it.

Took picture in the dim light because she didn't like all the flashes.

Didn't like all the flashing.

This week Izzy is just a jabber jaw. Lots of talking and she is making her "O" sounds over and over again. I just love it. When you make the "O" sound with her she loves it and you get a huge smile back. Izzy has also really started to pull her feet to her chest. Oh, to be that flexible again.

Gamma came up this weekend to do a little Christmas shopping because Grandpa was deer hunting. Gamma's friend Cathy came with her too. They were some shopping fools. Izzy and I had to finally call it quits at about 6 o'clock, but she was a trooper the whole time. She didn't sleep much so she was beat when we got home and went right to sleep. Daddy was at the football game. Weird....

The next day daddy got to stay with Izzy while mommy finished up some shopping. Daddy is sure getting the hang of things and they have a lot of fun together. He is even braver about getting out with her and taking her places than I am.

Hope this is finding everyone well and we'll talk soon. Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving.

20 weeks!

Lounging around.

No smiles...they're hard to find when it comes to the camera.

Oh, maybe a little one.

Fingers in the mouth are much more fun then rolling over.

Our buddy, Cletus, lounging with us.

Mommy and Izzy

Holding head up= strong enough muscles to roll; Tummy time = sucking on fingers instead.

Another week past. Do we count this as 5 months or do we wait until the 25th of Nov. I think I will go with the 25th, because she still hasn't rolled over again and that will give us more time:).

Saturday Izzy spent the the morning with Daddy and then we all watched the Huskers win. Yeah! Otherwise things were pretty uneventful.

Izzy is still really watching her hands and trying to put her hands, blankets, carpet, etc. into her mouth. She has more interest in that when lying on her tummy, then figuring out how to get to that random toy by rolling over. Can you tell I'm forcing the subject? Everyone keeps saying she'll do it when she wants to.....Be Patient!!!

19 weeks!

Another week older

Taking a snoozer.

One of our few pictures. Mommy is always behind the camera instead of in front.

The girls at game day. We won against OU.

Our friends Scott and Jen Yilk with their daughter Sienna. They came for the game from Chicago.

The boys. What a crazy bunch.

So far 19 weeks has been an adventure. Friday morning Izzy woke up with her eye matted shut and it was pink. Yes, her first conjunctivitis (pink eye). Luckily it was bacterial and not viral. Bacterial heals much faster. Pretty much once you start the antibiotic. Viral will last 12 days and is contagious for those 12 days. That was your lesson for the week. It was nice to stay home with my baby girl with no serious illness. So while we were home I worked with her on rolling over. SHE DID IT!!! She rolled over 3 times and hasn't done it again since. We'll keep practicing.

Mommy and Daddy went to the football game on Saturday and the Huskers won. Yeah!. Mark's cousin Dessa babysat. She is awesome and Izzy really likes her. I definately makes leaving for a few hours easy. Sunday was just another lazy day. Daddy seems to have too much fun at the football games.

We'll talk again this week to finish it out.

18 weeks and Halloween!

They took this at daycare for me. Love her smile.

This is actually Izzy's 18 week birthday. No banner this week.

18 weeks

My baby leopard.

Does it go leopard, puma, cougar?

pumpkin outfit 3.

Izzy and Grandpa

Mommy and Is.

On Halloween Saturday Mommy and I went back to GI to celebrate my first Halloween with Gamma and Grandpa. We made the rounds to Gma and Gpa Doerings' and to the Great Grandparents. We had lots of fun and tuckered out early.

Mommy tried to add soy formula back into my diet this week and it didn't work so well. I am such a calm baby, I didn't really cry but my poo poo really showed the irritation in my intestines. We'll put the soy back for now and try again in a month. We are also still trying to roll over. Hopefully soon. My goal is to do it by Thanksgiving. Wish me luck.