18 Months!

Isobel will be 18 months old on Wednesday! Today we had our well baby check, though Isobel is more and more of a big girl every day. She tipped the scales at 22 lbs and 31.5 inches. She also did so well with the vaccinations she received today. So well that I am on the hunt for the perfect baby doll (so please give me a shout if you have a good recommendation).

Words we learned this week include Amen and share. Two good words to know! Isobel's great grandparents gave her a doll that says it's prayers, and she has been walking around the house squeezing this doll saying, "ah-mi! ah-mi!" for the past few days. It took me a few times to realize she was saying Amen!

This is how Isobel naps these days:

Excuse the fruit leather around her face, apparently my days of teaching daycare didn't give me enough practice wiping faces clean ;)

My friend made the doll for her, and we are sure glad we have it. Today Isobel wanted to watch her Daddy movie and snuggled her daddy doll before going down for a nap. We are really missing Daddy, but it's nice to hear his voice every few days.

PSA

Please forward this on to everyone you know with young children. Isobel will be rear facing until she reaches the 35 lb limit on her seat.

"Sah Sah!"

We spent some time at the beach this weekend:


On Saturday we went to Kailua beach with the squadron, and Isobel was less than enthusiastic about playing in the sand and going "swimming" with mommy. At the very least, our outing provided the much needed energy drain that led to Isobel's 2.5 hour nap. And my falling asleep during our bedtime routine that night. I'm not admitting to anyone that I woke up at 9pm in the rocking chair, and went straight to bed...

The funny part about Isobel is that later in the day on Saturday she wouldn't let me take her OUT of the water at the beach by our house (which is much louder and has much bigger waves). She insisted on standing in the water, and letting the waves come crash up on her. Good thing I was too lazy to take her rash guard off (isn't it pretty, see above). I was a bad mommy, and had let her out of the house with nothing but a thin cloth diaper and the aforementioned rash guard on... We had so much fun (WHHEEEEEE!) that I promised Isobel and Brady a more well planned trip to the beach in the morning. Sunday morning rolls around, and down we go. Except this time I have the forsight to put Isobel in a swim diaper. The child walked in the sand for a little bit, mind you she had to leave her Crocs on to do this, and then demanded to be picked up. Poor Brady, he thought I wasn't going to play with him. Despite loosing my cell phone in the sand (don't worry I found it), and balancing a wriggly toddler on my hip I was able to let Brady play fetch into the water for awhile. We were almost back to the stairs when Isobel started saying "Sah Sah," which is toddlerese for Sand Sand! I put her down, and the child walked right up to the water and stuck her feet in! We spent a good amount of time waiting for the waves to come say hi. I think from now on I'll need to bring Brady to the beach while Isobel is in daycare, and bring Isobel without Brady. The two of them together are too much for me to handle.

The news from David is that they are BUSY and he's hoping to start making posts of his own soon. We've spoken a few times :) Isobel absolutely loves watching her Daddy video. She asks for it all day long, so it is usually playing in her room. I decided to move the little TV and the XBOX into her room so she can watch Daddy before naps and bed (and yes, I'm hoping she'll start falling asleep to the video... for now I play the slideshow that has soothing music on it while I nurse her down).

Dave deployed last week to Iraq. We are missing Daddy here, but have been trying to keep busy. You can check out more pictures from the send off here.

Isobel has also been more adventurous with food recently. She loves spinach pizza, yogurt, and beans and rice. Check out what she did last night at the CO's house


that isn't her plate, but she was so intent on eating from it. Thank goodness my friend and her kids don't mind Isobel's poor manners ;)

I Scream, You Scream

We all scream for ice cream!


Isobel had her first encounter with an ice cream cone this weekend. We went down to the Hale Koa resort to play in the sand, and Isobel got a taste of our ice cream cones. I think she likes it :)



Isobel had her first real kiss this weekend too. We had a final BBQ this weekend before Dave deploys, and Isobel loved having her friend over to play.

Is it really June already? We played on two beaches yesterday, and Isobel had SO much fun. She is getting so brave with the sand and the waves. As you can see in the Ko Olina pictures, Isobel loves flavorful food. She dove right into my Mattar Paneer and rice without hesitation, and ate more last night for dinner than I have seen her eat in a long time. She definitely loves Indian food.

I also finished up a skirty I have been working on this past week. The yarn and the pattern came from two of my online friends, and they go perfectly together.