She's Gotta wear Shades

One of the great sadnesses of my life is that I can't wear the cool sunglasses. I literally cannot. I don't have the right shape face. I have no bridge attached to my nose. And my cheekbones are so prominent that my glasses hit my cheeks well before they touch my nose. Sadly, Izzy seems to have the same "handicap". But since she's so young, Chris and I are trying to start her off on sunglasses before she knows they are supposed to sit on her nose. That way, she'll always think that they are supposed to rest on her cheeks. Here are some of our recent attempts.

These sunglasses have completely missed her nose, but she's trying...good sport.


Here, she's wearing the sunglasses that are kid sized. They still don't sit on her nose. But they sure are cute!


We've given up on wearing the sunglasses as they were designed, and now are just using them as accessories.


Here, Izzy is going for the "I'm so cool" look, but may just look like she had one too many sips from the boob.


And this one is...from an early 90's high school movie, where at the end, they catch candids of the actors, and then the pictures fly into a yearbook. She reminds me of Seth Green in "Can't Hardly Wait", except only in looks. She's nothing like his character in personality. Thank God!

Dear Hannah...

Dear Cousin Hannah,

I apologize for taking so long to thank you for the stuffed animal cat that you gave me over the Thanksgiving Holidays. But, in my defense, I was only 2 1/2 months old at the time, and could barely see past my own hands. Just recently, my Mom introduced me to the cat, who at the time did not yet have a name. Since then, Dad has named it Cat-a-Miranda (or for you sailors, Catamaran-da). We don't have a specific spelling for her name yet, since neither she nor I can write. I like her a lot, though. I especially like her ears and her tail. Usually, I like to bite on the noses of my stuffed animals, but since Catamiranda is so big, her nose doesn't fit in my mouth. But her tail is perfect, and when she's facing me, I like to grab her ears and give her hugs. Mom took some pictures of me and Catamiranda (I guess that's how we're going to spell it), so that you can see how much I like her.

Here we are. Catamiranda likes to sit on my lap.



And in this one, she moved forward so that I could bite on her tail. I especially like the ribbon on her tail. That way, she's not naked.



In this one, I got so excited by her tail that I mistakenly kicked her away from me.



Because of the kicking mishap, Mom moved us to the papasan chair, so that if I kicked Catamiranda off of me again, she would just roll back on.



In this one, I am clearly going for her tail again. I didn't find out that she had ears until later on that night.



Oh, and Catamiranda is also a favorite of Raisin's. He has tried to steal her away from me twice already!

Thanks again for Catamiranda. When you come visit me next, maybe I'll fit into the princess dress you gave me. I love you, Hannah! Please give hugs and kisses to yourself, and then some to Ellee, Isaac, Josiah, and your Mom and Dad.

Love,
Your favorite cousin - Isabelle

Grandma and Grandpa Pack come to Visit

Chris's parents came to see Isabelle over the long weekend. They had tons of fun with her, and we were happy to take them up on their offer to babysit (we saw Juno). Izzy enjoyed all of the attention! Thanks a ton, Grandma Boo and Grandpa Don!

Isa-Nana flipbook

Izzy...the many looks

Chris gets home around 5 most days, and by that time, I'm ready for Izzy to play with Daddy. I'm sure she's ready for Daddy to come home, too. So, sometimes, I like to put Izzy in places that Chris can see her right away, and feel good, because she is waiting expectantly for him. In the following two pictures, I put Izzy in her bebepod, and left her right in front of the door to the garage. I used to want to just lay her down right there, but then I got worried that if Chris was in a hurry to get in the house, he might not see her lying there, and step on her. But anyways, in these pictures, he got right down with her, and said hi.

At first, she didn't know what to think.

And then, she knew he was nuts, and wasn't sure she wanted him that close.



In this picture, Izzy is again sitting in her bebepod. She is wearing a bonnet, because I wanted to see what she would look like with her hair all flattened out, so after her bath, I parted her hair and flattened it down, and then slapped the bonnet on her head. There are no pictures of her hair like that, because it was really kind of scary. But the bonnet was cute, and it accentuated her extremely round face.



And here is Izzy one morning, wearing shoes, but not fully understanding that standing requires two feet firmly on the ground. On a related note, she also seems to think the Jumperoo is most fun when she jumps on the tips of her toes. I think it looks painful.



And here is Ninja Izzy. Self-explanatory.