17 Months!

It's hard to believe that it's been 17 months since Izabel came into our lives and changed them forever! Now in just one more month both our lives and Izabel's life will be changed again with the arrival of Tanner. Of course these changes have been for the better and we couldn't be happier. Izabel is thriving and she makes us laugh everyday with the new things she comes up with. She gives high fives, shakes hands, and will give you a "knuckle sandwich". It's so funny to watch her and then she starts laughing when we do which just makes us laugh harder. She loves to play peek-a-boo and hide and seek. She'll hide against the wall and cover her eyes thinking we can't see her and we'll walk all around her calling out her name like we don't know where she is. She'll start giggling and finally reveal herself. She talks to Tanner everyday and gives him lots of kisses. The other day she looked at my belly and said "Hi Tay Tay!" She still doesn't know what she's in for with a new baby in the house but right now she loves him and is excited to have him come live with her. She loves to go in his room whenever we open the door. She's still a very picky eater and still very small for her age. She is finally getting into 12 month clothes which is a problem since it is finally getting warm and all of her 12 month clothes are winter. Now she needs new clothes and she has a whole section of clothes she never got to wear! She loves to read and is finally able to sit through a book instead of just flipping the pages without giving us enough time to read them. She has a mouth full of teeth and she reminds me every night to brush them. She sleeps in her bed every night with her boppy pillow and almost always goes right to sleep and sleeps until about 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning! Thank goodness she sleeps well because we are not morning people! She knows a lot of signs now and will use them at the right times. We are still trying to get her to talk more but it will come. All in all she is a very happy, smart and healthy little girl and we are so blessed to be her parents! Happy 17 Months Izzy!