Busy Week

This week has been kind of crazy.
One. We really started to sleep train Izzy to sleep without a swaddle. It's been a VERY long week due to us not getting any sleep.Two. Ryan left Wed. morning at 5 am for AZ (he gets back tomorrow), for a (from what I hear) all expense paid trip for work! He's having a blast being spoiled though!
Three. We have been at the pool a lot this week. Iz loves being in the water. My mom and I finally were able to get suits and can now get in! It's such an awesome pool here at our apt. complex!
Four. Isabelle is starting to pull herself up in her crib. Just yesterday I turned around for 2 seconds and looked back and, boom, she was on her knees! She changes daily, that's for sure!!
Five. We started Izzy on fruits this week, and so far so good. She's only had apples though, which she seemed to enjoy. Tomorrow she'll have pears, after we get back from picking up Daddy! We can't wait for him to get home!!
Six. In all, it's been a VERY crazy, slow,but busy week!!

Happy Father's Day

Yesterday we went to Rose's Berry Farm here in Glastonbury for our Father's Day celebration. We had a very nice breakfast, with a very nice view! The only downer was it was SOOO hot!!! But it was totally worth it!!

Swimming!

Yesterday Isabelle finally got to go swimming for the first time this year!!! Here are a few photos! Even though the water was FREEZING, she did great!!

Rubber Ducky

Iz got a new bath tub yesterday from grammy! It's a big duck, and when you push in the bill it quacks at you!! She LOVES it!

Also, Peas are good to go with her as well...she loves them! Tomorrow she will try sweet potatoes! Yummy!

We've had a pretty relaxed week, just hanging out at home.

Ryan finally has all the car parts and has spent the past two days putting it back together. He's not quite done, but by him doing it himself, we've saved about $3,000! No joke! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Carrots

Tonight Izzy had carrots for the first time, and she loved them! It went much better than green beans, that's for sure!! :o) I'm one happy momma and she's a happy baby!! It was followed with a bath!! All her feedings are at this point in time! haha saves on A LOT of laundry!!

Iowa Visitors!!!

Today we had visitors from home and it was so awesome!! My Aunt Sue and Uncle Larry stopped by on there way up to see my Uncle Jimmy in Maine! It sure was a nice change of pace to have people from back home here to see where we live!

I know Susie was very excited to meet Izzy and she was anxious to meet them too!!

We had really good chats and caught up and spent a few hours talking and Izzy was even given some new board books to read! Those of which she has already gone to chewing on!

Thanks Susie and Larry for thinking of us on your trip and stopping by to see us. It was, for sure, the high light of our week and it is just what we needed!! We miss everyone back in Iowa and it felt good to see family!!

The weather is rainy here again this weekend, but it's cool out which is nice!! Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Green Beans!

It's our first time eating green beans!!! Izzy has done pretty well!! Day 2 went much more smoothly than day 1! She's a trooper!! Tomorrow she gets it again and then we'll try a new veggie!! I hope she likes whatever I decide to pick out too! It's so fun watching the faces she makes...it's also fun giving her a bath each night because she gets so messy! :o)

NYC Or Bust

Yesterday we finally took our first venture down to NYC! Ryan went to take a test to see if you could get on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire! So Mom, Iz and I spent the day riding with him to see some of his customers and then ended the day in NYC. If your asking why does it say NYC Or Bust....it's because the trip was a bust! It was fun, but it was pouring rain ALL day and even harder when we got into the City.

You couldn't even see the sky line! I was sad. We left with no pictures! haha, Isabelle, however, had fun! She was strapped to Ryan and was SO chatty! We stood in line with him until he went into the ABC building to take his test, then walked to the Barnes and Nobel on Broadway and 66th. His test was only 30 questions and he had only 30 minutes to complete it! Needless to say, he didn't pass. So it was another bust, but that's ok because it was still fun to try!!
We finally made it home by about ten last night and Isabelle decided she was going to get up every 2 hours during the night!! NOT COOL! I'm ONE tired chick today!!! That's ok though, she's still cute as ever and we're having a PJ day!! :o) Till next time!!

Here is Izzy and Mommy waiting at the gas station while daddy filled up the car on the way home!!

Sleep Training

Yesterday we started sleep training Izzy to sleep with out her swaddle. So far, we just doing it at nap time and then I hope to slowly work up to night time too. She's very dependent on it and won't sleep if her arms are out. Her startle reflex is still very strong and the tiniest movement makes her arms move and-boom-she's back awake.

I know we're NOT supposed to put them on their bellies to sleep but I finally did because the back was failing. Once I got her into position she slept for over an hour straight and today again so far we're doing good!!! I read a lot of different advice people put online and decided that's what I wanted to do and either way, she can roll over to her belly so if she ended up there I can't help that! Today when I put her in her crib, her face was totally sideways and her arm was only resting on her bunny blanket, and then I found her like this:


We also bought her a little pool today too!!! Thanks grammy!!

ALSO: today she is 5 months old!!!

play time and shopping

Today was a big first for Isabelle! We went to the grocery store and she sat in the cart all alone outside of her car seat! To me, I suppose, that was a big deal because it means she is growing so fast!!! She'll be 5 months old on Monday!!!

She has also been having lots of play time with daddy and loving it!!!

Tonight we had another movie night with our neighbor and had lots of chocolate treats and some drinks, and although Iz only took 1 hour long nap today she was in a really happy mood all day long and that made me happy!!!


Storms are on the forecast for tomorrow so hopefully we'll get to see some good storms!!!! Hope you all have an awesome end to a good weekend!!!