A Very Busy Izzie-Bee

Isabel was a bumblebee for Halloween.  And not one of those precious little fairy versions with the tutu and glitter wings, but a fat, fuzzy bee with a stinger.  I loved the outfit.  She looked hilarious.  Needless to say I took WAY too many photos, but there is something so cute about a bittie in a costume.

We did Boo at the Zoo with her cousins on Tuesday night...

Mommy and her Izzie-Bee

Carter the cowboy, Callie the cowgirl, and

Caden as Jake from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates"

Callie did a great job babysitting!

 

The boys were afraid of Herbie, and Iz seemed unimpressed.



 

A very hungry bumblebee at home.  But which puffs to eat...?

Eh, just cram them all in there!

She really thought she was getting away with something

here.  Little did she know she literally picked my least

favorite book off the shelf.  So, read away Iz!

Her concentrating face

 

She spent Halloween day at Grammy's house in a pumpkin shirt, and then we were off to each of our family's houses for a some trick or treating on Wednesday night.  (It should be said that halfway through our adventure, when our Munchkin was screaming because she was: a. tired, b. hungry, and c. sick of being taken in and out of her car seat, I jokingly yelled at her, "Quiet down!  We're doing this for you!  Now...have fun!"  Because I realized that this was the exact opposite of fun for her as an 8 month old.  Oh, well.  What we do for grandparents and pictures!)

Pumpkin Carving

We did our pumpkin carving with friends at Grammy and Grandpa's house. It was a little chilly, but with some blankets and Grandpa's fire pit we stayed pretty warm.



 

 

A Very Izzie Fall...

We have been enjoying fall immensely around here.  Pumpkins and cool weather and baby jeans...oh my!  We hit up the pumpkin patch with my parents, Emily, Jared, and Caden last week.  It was gorgeous weather and we had a lovely time.  This little Izzlette is clearly made for fall.

She had a slow start after her micro-nap

on the way there, but she made up for it.

The castle had a fun little slide...

 

And a not so fun big slide.

Daddy!  Would you give it a rest with

the big slides!  I'm 8 months old!

Don't we look like pumpkin farmers?

She might need to wait a year or two for this...

Her Grammy and Gramps love her!

Again...weird shoe-house not amusing to a baby...

Cousin Caden feeding goats?  Now

that's something I gotta see!

This is the action that had

her enthralled for awhile.

By the end of the night, she was spent!

So many changes!

!

This little munchkin is so much fun! These past few weeks she has changed so much--every day she is doing something new and exciting.  Everything goes in her mouth (including the baby pumpkin in the picture above), so we are taking advantage of that by trying some new foods with her. 

The crawling has only continued to improve.  Like all babies, Isabel has turned into a master of places she shouldn't be.  But she is so darn cute it is hard to be annoyed!

Last weekend Izzie started clapping.  It is so precious to see those chubby little hands working so hard.  She now claps for everything.  When you get her up from her nap, when you're playing with her, when you sing... She is very non-discriminating about her clapping.  She even goes so far as to clap while crying sometimes, which is quite amusing.

 

On Friday, Bryan went to get her out of her crib and found her standing there waiting for him. She's so adorable the way she stands there with her little armpits hooked over the side to prop her up.  She's getting really good at pulling herself up, and is trying it all over the place. Delicious Munchie. We'll keep her.

Iz has discovered a new face, and it is hilarious. She scrunches her eyebrows down really far, and opens her mouth really wide into a kind of uncomfortable looking face and gives little irritated grunts.  This is sometimes a silly face that turns into a giggle, sometimes a sad face that turns into a cry, and sometimes an annoyed face that turns into a whine.   It is her all purpose face.  It makes us laugh every time.  (I will keep trying to catch a picture of it, but this is the best I could do so far.)

 

Crawling Continued...

As mentioned in the previous post, Isabel is now a crawler.  I tried to catch a video of some of her moves.  She is looking pretty cute and confident these days.  And as a result, the baby-proofing has begun (see picture below).  Sharp-edged coffee table is banished to the basement.  Stereo is on lockdown.  Outlets are covered.  House decor is hibernating in closets.  This Munchie is caged.  (I should mention that the first attempt at caging her resulted in her pulling the gate to the side and crawling right through.  Seriously?  How was I to know that she has already developed some problem solving skills?  This set up works a little better.  So far...)

8 Months Old and Crawling

This little sweet pea is officially 8 months old and officially crawling. She has been attempting to crawl for about a month, just rocking back and forth on all fours trying to figure it out. She had perfected rolling over and scooting backwards as a means of transportation, and for awhile we were thinking that she might just stick to that. But she figured it out finally. She is still timid about it and only does it when it seems absolutely necessary. We thought once she started crawling she would be all over the place, but she is a very cautious crawler and I'm not sure she's convinced it's worth the effort.  Either that or she wants to avoid looking silly and is making sure she does it perfectly before she tries to show it off. 

 

Nap?  I don't need no stinking nap!

What?  Is there something on my face?



Trying to find the book she wants...

Very proud of herself for getting the remote

off of the table and turning the stereo on.

Her first bruise (right knee).  I was a little heartbroken

when I saw it.  Only big girls get bruises.  

The Cutest Li'l Red

The real reason the Huskers won last Saturday? 

This little one was all aglow with Husker spirit. 

Cutest little fan there every was.