Administrative Note...

Chris has informed me that it is difficult to read the captions that go with the pictures, because it is hard to tell if the caption goes with the picture above the caption or the picture below the caption. He says that they should go ABOVE the pertinent photo. Therefore, in accordance with his wishes and his supreme knowledge, captions will now go ABOVE the pictures that they relate to. Thank you for your time and attention in this matter. We will now rejoin your regularly scheduled program, which is already in progress.

Tummy Time

Izzy doesn't get enough tummy time. I admit that up front. She gets lots of time sitting and standing and lying down, but tummy time always seems to escape me. I usually think to do it right after she has eaten (which would result in a whole lot of spit up), or right before nap time (which means she isn't in the mood to hold her head up). So, she just misses a lot of chances to be on her tummy. Chris is way better at giving her tummy time. And since she has gotten more head control, and a stronger neck, she even enjoys it a little if she gets lots of praise. Here are some recent pictures of tummy time with Daddy.

If we push her little arms under her, she can push up pretty well.



She likes to have people tell her "Yay, Isabelle!"



Sometimes, she can even follow us as we walk around her. She has pretty good neck control so far.



Also, please notice the nice bedspread that she is lying on. I made that! A long time ago, I made it, and christened it "The blanket bundle" because it actually folds up into itself.



Izzy is so happy to have tummy time with Daddy.

Wolverine-abelle

For those of you who don't know who Wolverine is, he is a member of the X-men. I won't go into the many complicated details of his life, except to say that his hair is kind of one of his trademarks (along with the metal that is fused to his bones...adamantium...and the way it shoots out of his knuckles...very cool). Anyways, Izzy has learned to wiggle around in her crib, and often ends up with her head pushed up along the side slats. If she stays that way long enough, it pushes her hair down, so that the middle of her fuzzy head is flattened, while the sides stick up...looking crazily, like Wolverine.



This is Wolverine. The sides of his hair are slicked back, while the front comes forward, like a valley between two hills.




And here is Wolverine-abelle. We did her hair just like the original Wolverine, and the resemblance is uncanny. (For those of you who DO follow X-Men, I said Uncanny on purpose...)



This is a side view...Notice the nice point in front? Young wolverines often have that look.



This is a real wolverine. See the point on his/her forehead? Wolverine-abelle is even more like a real wolverine, than the X-Men Wolverine!



And here, Wolverine-abelle is lunging at the camera...very ferocious.

Izzy's future...

Isabelle has so much hair, that Chris and I decided to see what she would look like with LOTS of hair...like a real person does (because she's a baby, not yet a "real" person. Here are the results...


In this one, she has shoulder length hair, with some bangs. Kind of like you'd see with a headband.



This one is short and shaggy. The ends were expertly arranged to flip AWAY from her head. Very trendy.



And this is the punk look. One side is longer than the other. It all curls away from the head. Kind of like Kelly Osbourne (but korean). Please let us know which one you like best!

Izzy's first Christmas!!!

Somehow, Izzy was in Minnesota today!!!

Here, Izzy is with her cousin Ellee. In Minnesota. While we thought she was napping in her crib. That girl is AMAZING!!!

Izzy breaks the Time-Space Continuum

Izzy with her Godparents, Josh and Kal, on the Great Wall of China in 2003.



Izzy in Wisconsin with Josh and Jimmie. She's sporting Kid 'n Play hair.


Izzy watching soccer/futbol in South Dakota the Rygh family last month.


Izzy celebrating her -1 Christmas with her family, last year.


Izzy hiking with Chris in Hawaii.


Izzy with Chris and Max.


Izzy admiring a waterfall with Sarah at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii.


Izzy with Chris and Jake at a Florida football game. Check out her hook 'em horns on her left hand!


Izzy sitting with Lizzie on a very nice bench.


Izzy bathing with the Koi at the Buddhist temple in Hawaii.


Izzy riding a whale tail, in Hawaii.


Izzy growing out of a plumeria flower, a la Cabbage Patch kids.