Accessorize

It has been awfully busy around here lately.  I will be going back and adding some posts for March, so you'll have to check back.

Izzie currently loves to accessorize.  Last weekend, a friend came over for dinner and Izzie was in crop pants with pink Crocs and two barrettes in her hair.  A couple days ago, I went in to get her from her nap and she was standing in her crib holding her pajamas.  I tried to pick her up and she got really upset and handed me the pajamas.  So, we had to put the pajamas on (over the clothes she were already wearing) and then she was as happy as can be.  She added her polka dot rain coat on her way out of her bedroom, so she was getting a tad bulky.  But she proceeded to help Daddy change the toilet seat and fix the shower.

And tonight, she wore her rain coat, a necklace and three purses (one around her neck and one on each arm).  This get-up seemed good enough until she found her sparkle shoes in her room, and then we had to put those on, too.  This lasted awhile, but then she spotted my sunglasses in the kitchen and added those.  You get the idea.

Isabel is hilarious and determined and creative.  It is starting to get hard, because she knows what she wants but can't tell us, so there have been a few explosive tantrums around this house.  They are short-lived, but very dramatic.  This chick is still as laid back as she used to be most of the time, but when she gets frustrated, watch out!  She seems as cool as a cucumber, and then all of a sudden everything falls apart!

Isabel's Dedication

Bryan and I participated in a 6 week parenting class, and at the end of it we had a dedication for Isabel. The basic idea behind it was that we were making a promise to raise Izzie up to know Jesus, but we also made a family mission statement as a part of the class.  It was a great experience to look forward and think about the type of family we want to have and the type of person we want Izzie to be.  Of course it looks good on paper, but we know we're going to need a lot of prayer and ibuprofen to get there!  :)  The Meyers dedicated Caden and Avery at the same time, so it was such a special day!

Chaos

Our house is in a state of chaos these days.  Izzie is constantly opening, closing, emptying, dumping, relocating, rearranging, throwing, organizing...You get the idea.  If it even resembles something with a loop it is a necklace and goes around her neck.  She ends up with quite the wardrobe these days.  If she can sit in it or on it or by it, she will--regardless of the comfort level.  If she can fit it in her mouth, that's how she will carry it (I'm still not sure where this came from...).

But most of the chaos is due to book explosions you will find in at least three locations on any given day.  The options are to get rid of my books (gasp! not an option!), to torture my daughter by not letting her play with them, or to just roll with it and spend my days tripping over paperbacks.  Not surprising, you may have guessed we have currently chosen option 3.  Please don't judge when you come over to our house.  There will be books everywhere--front entryway, dining room, living room, hallway (all places books are currently flung in my home), etc..   It doesn't matter how often we pick them up and put them back (with Izzie's "help" sometimes).  It takes 2.5 minutes of being home for them to return.  Hopefully there is some osmosis happening while she's flipping those pages and she'll turn into a genius who can buy me a house with a beautiful library someday...

She loves a classic World War II novel.

Wearing an apron, holding two sippy cups,

sitting on the bathroom floor.  Duh.

 One doggy purse + 6 necklaces = Ready for Vogue

Return of the doggy purse necklace.

And a wire basket seat.  Comfy.

C. H. A. O. S.  This seriously took 16 seconds.

 (Somewhere, wherever he is, LeVar Burton is smiling.)