You would think that I’d carry my camera with me everywhere. But sometimes I don’t. It’s such a bummer because Isabelle has had a lot of firsts these past few weeks and each time I did not have my camera. Luckily Alan’s phone can take pictures. That’s where this one came from.

Isabelle had her first time in the dentist chair. She was very good and did not cry but she didn’t want to open her mouth. Since it was her first time they didn’t force her mouth open but just tried to get quick peeks in when she would let them. They were checking for rampant cavities. They didn’t see any. Hope she gets my teeth and not Alan’s. Alan gets loads of cavities. But I think that’s because he drinks so much soda.

Another first: at the optometrist. Isabelle didn’t want to look at the optometrist. She kept trying to turn her head away while he was trying to look at her eyes. It seems one day she will be nearsighted like me. Damn. Wish she got Alan’s eyes. Again no camera but luckily with Alan’s phone I got VIDEO (Quicktime, 896 Kb) of Isabelle being silly. They had left a pair of glasses out and Isabelle was trying them on. In the video she has them the right side up but originally she kept putting them on upside down.

And the latest first: going down the slide all by herself. Alan brought her to the park while I met up with some old friends. So I missed this first completely! But Alan caught it on video with his trusty phone again. This video (Quicktime, 272 Kb) makes me tear up. She’s getting so big. She finally wants to go down the slide by herself. WAAAAHHHH!!! Waaah waahh WAAAAHHHH. My baby isn’t a baby anymore and this just reinforces it.