Isabelle does this every night now. She puts on her own shirt and is sooooo proud. There are times that she puts the shirt on backwards and I don’t have the heart to flip it the right way.

She’ll stand there with her arms up in the air with the biggest smile on her face. Sometimes she jumps up and down to emphasize how important this accomplishment is. Sometimes she even says “da!!”, meaning “ta da”.  I want to remember that always.

There are many days where Isabelle does something like this and I think, ooh I want to remember that. I should write that down or draw it. But then I don’t and then it’s lost.

So, this is a start to a new illustration series, the “I Love” series. It might not be daily drawing but dependent on when Isabelle does something I want to remember. It’ll be sporadic drawing but at least it’ll be drawing.

Today I was going to post about the beautiful new book I got. I took a couple of pictures of the book but I’m feeling a little overwhelmed today so am not in the mood.

Isabelle has a diaper rash. I think this is her second ever diaper rash. It is so sad. Yesterday when I was changing her she was crying and saying, “it hurts! it hurts!!”  And she was crying and shaking in her bath. It is so awful.   And today I wanted to let her run around without a diaper but she isn’t having any of it. She’s not liking the nakedness.

And the house is trashed. Actually for the past few days Isabelle has been wreaking havoc in the house. She takes all the pillows off the couch and tosses them all over the living room. She does the same with her toys. It looks like a toddler’s been through. Oh wait…a toddler has been through.

You know, it’s one of those days. I wanted Alan to stay home from work but he didn’t and he got all mad about it.

This post was going to be about the new book I bought. The one I keep mentioning briefly. The one I already took a few pictures of. But I’m not sharing. It’s late, I’m tired, and the book deserves a proper post. So how about some pictures of Isabelle instead?

Here’s a picture I tried to take of the book.

Can’t see it? It’s right there. Under her tooshy. And here is the picture of the skirt I absolutely fell in love with from the book.

Yeah. Right there. Under HER FOOT. I swear, I do take care of my books. It’s just, Isabelle is fascinated with the camera these days. She actually picks up the camera, brings it over, and asks to have her picture taken!

And how is the little miss doing? Thankfully she is much improved. No more crying or shaking. Just a bit red but it doesn’t seem to be bothering her. Ok. Maybe real pictures of the book tomorrow. When I can say all the nice things I want to say with a fully awake brain.