Monday, September 25, 2006

Month Twelve with Isabelle


My monthly recap is very late this month. Isabelle has been one year old for almost 2 weeks now. ONE YEAR OLD! I have a one year old! Wow!

This past year has been amazing. I can’t believe how much I love Isabelle. Being pregnant with her I knew I would love her but the depth of that love…there are no words.

Sometimes I am surprised at how happy I am to be a mother, how much I enjoy it. I think I’m surprised because I used to be adament about not having children, then when we started trying I was indifferent. It wasn’t until after the first pregnancy that I really yearned for a baby. Sometimes when I’m sad thinking about the first time, Alan reminds me that if it hadn’t happened Isabelle wouldn’t be here. My sweet happy girl, she was wanted so much, I ached for her.

Ok enough with the sappiness and on with the recap.

  • Isabelle got two more teeth, that’s a total of four. Two on top and two on bottom which meant biting. OUCH!

  • Isabelle took her first step. With all the walking she’s been doing lately I can’t believe that her first step was just a month ago. We were sure she would take longer to walk since we carry her so much. But babies are surprising.
  • She had her first taste of cake. Yeck! Well more for mommy.


    • Ok how patethic am I? Those are the only things I can think of. I guess preparing for her party just knocked everything else out of my head. So instead let me talk about the things she does lately though they are not new, they make me smile, laugh, or melt my heart.

    Isabelle usually wakes up in the morning with a big smile on her face, that crinkles up her eyes. A stream of nonsensical babbling comes out of her mouth, her very own good morning.

    Sometimes she tightens up her hands into little fists and just yells a happy yell. I just tried it. It feels really good. Who knew?


    Isabelle keeps herself entertained for twenty to thirty minutes at a time, playing with her toys or just babbling. Sometimes we just peek over quietly without disturbing her so we can just watch her play.

    Lately she’s started really protesting when we take something away. She used to do this but she’s taken it to a new level. She’s so demanding. She’s a complete drama queen, crying actual tears until we distract her with food.

    And one of my favorites is, her dancing. She can do it now without holding onto anything. I especially love it when she dances on hearing one of her toys accidentally going off, like with twinkle twinkle little star. Sometimes she will sway to the music sitting down. That’s equally as adorable.

    And those are just some of the simple things she does that amazes us. We love her so much.

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