Christmas 2008

Christmas Eve...


Christmas morning...she knew something was afoot.


Opening present #1


She got the hang of opening the presents, but often forgot to look at the present, and would just move on to the next one.


In her new chair, Hazel. Thanks, Papa and Yaya!


Sitting in the midst of all her loot. Chewing on her new blocks, Thanks Grandma Boo and Granddaddy Don!

Izzy and her new Teapot

A guy that Chris works with, and his family, stopped by on Saturday with Christmas presents for Izzy. She opened them right away, and got a Singing Teapot (and all the accessories) and a Love Bug. The Teapot combines two of the things she really likes...music and buttons she can press. Unfortunately, the Teapot has a bad english accent, and a really loud voice. There is no volume control, so the Teapot is a lot like Will Ferrell, but not as funny. Anyways, Izzy LOVES her Teapot and has been playing and dancing around with it for the past two days. Here are some videos of her doing just that. Also, please notice that in the first video, Raisin literally runs into the camera. Probably on purpose because he's part (the big part) idiot. In the second video, the whining you hear in the background is also Raisin, simply being Raisin. He's a charmer.

The password is Izzy.


Untitled from J Pack on Vimeo.


Untitled from J Pack on Vimeo.

Christmas photos

A few weeks ago, I took Izzy to Sears to get some pictures taken. I had a $4.99 coupon that got me 36 prints! So, I was going to have her wear her red "HoHoHo" onesie with some random pants, but then I got there and saw all the cute Christmas outfits. I said to Chris before that I wasn't going to get one of those for Izzy because they were impractical, but I fell victim to the cuteness. I picked one out and bought it and changed her into it so she could wear it for her pictures. I've taken Izzy to Sears before for pictures (I Love those coupons!), but they have a new photographer there now. The old one was pretty good, but this one kind of sucked. I mean, the pictures she took were good, but she was kind of slow! Izzy is only 15 months old, so when she hits the pose you want, and even does it smiling, you HAVE to be ready to take the picture. Alas, this photographer was not, and then had the nerve to ask me to have Izzy do it again! Obviously, Izzy makes her own schedule, so we only got a few good pictures, but since I only get to pick one pose with my coupon, I didn't really care. AND, we went to a Christmas party for Chris's work the other day, so we made Izzy wear the dress for the first half. So, we did get some use out of it after all...

Here's Izzy!

Recent Izzy Videos

(The password for all videos is "Izzy").

One of Izzy's new things to do is play with water bottles and their caps. She likes to screw the tops on, and gets the general concept, but doesn't quite achieve her goal. If you watch, she mostly just wiggles her fingers ABOVE the bottle cap.

2008 11 29 Izzy and the Bottle Cap from J Pack on Vimeo.

This one is Izzy, cuddling on Raisin.

2008 12 02 Izzy cuddling on Raisin from J Pack on Vimeo.

And Izzy has figured out how socks and shoes go on, but isn't able to do it herself. Instead, she just lays the shoe/sock on top of her foot. But, she also has developed an interest in all things foot related. Here she is in her crocs (which she never wears). She usually wears soft soled shoes, so these were totally new for her.

2008 12 02 Izzy in her Crocs from J Pack on Vimeo.

Happy St. Nick's Day!!!

When I was a kid, every December 6, regardless of if it was a weekday or a weekend, I would wake up and open up my stocking...it was from St. Nick. So today, Izzy opened some St. Nick presents. Alas, we have no stockings up yet, so St. Nick left them on the table.

Here is Izzy, right after she stole her St. Nick present off the table. I left it there for her to get, but she thought she was being sneaky, so she immediately took off running for the spot between the jogging stroller and the tv, aka her Cubby Hole.


And here she is, running.


She loves to hide in her Cubby Hole and stash her "treasures." We've found clothes, her piano, food, and pretty much anything she is into, at the moment. *She is apparently my daughter.


Here she is, chilling, inspecting her new gift.


And here, Izzy is walking around with her new purse.

This ones for you, Em...

Since you were so antsy about a new post, I thought I'd dedicate one to you. Here's to you, Em. You and your antsy pants.

Izzy's first Zoo Trip!!!

On Thursday, I packed Izzy up, and we went to the zoo in Tucson. We met people from playgroup there, and walked around looking at all the animals. Tucson's zoo is pretty small, but Izzy liked it.

The first thing we did when we got there, was feed the giraffes. We paid $2 for 2 giraffe biscuits (which looked just like Raisin and Eden's fiber treats.) Then, Izzy and I approached the giraffe, sure the keep upwind (just kidding), avoiding all eye contact with the ferocious beasts (kidding again), carefully holding out the treats, one at a time, while the giraffe sticks out his tongue and licks it away. I thought Izzy might be scared, but she feeds the dogs their "Yay, you went in your crate" treats a lot, so we gave it a shot. She, thankfully, fed the giraffe both its treats, but she wasn't quite sure about it. If you check out her face, she looks mighty concerned.




We also saw a lion, which, per the sign, was old and decrepit and probably dying, so it needed tons of medication, and was probably incontinent and senile and thought it was an anteater, or something like that. When we first walked up, the lion was sitting majestically. By the time we got around to really looking, he had flopped over onto his side. By the time we walked away, he was lying on his back, proving he was a "he." But I think he was still alive.


We also saw a "spectacle bear." I'd never heard of that kind of bear, but it was cute. It was also Izzy's favorite! She loved looking at him, and pointing, and didn't want to leave (but that could have been because there was a plethora of grassy leaves that she could reach while looking at him.) Mostly, I think she thought it was a dog.


All in all, I think she enjoyed the zoo. I can't wait until she gets older and actually makes all the animal noises!