Isabella is 3 months old!!!!

I prefer 13 weeks, but my little Isabella is exactly 3 months old today. I cannot believe it. She continues to coo and talk up a storm. She smiles in response to your smiles and is beginning to have a little giggle. I am enjoying watching her grow and change.





Morgan continues to be an awesome big sister. I could not have asked for a better set of girls :)

Char

A chatter Box in Morgan's absence

This weekend, Morgan is away on a Girl Scouts trip. She is camping with her Girl Scouts troop. This is the first time Morgan is away from us for an entire weekend, not just at a friends house for a sleep over. I miss her terribly, but I am sure she is having a blast.

In Morgan's absence, Isabella has all of the sudden become a chatter box. Here is a video clip of her chattering away.

Enjoy.
Char


Isabella the Chatter Box- 12 weeks

Isabella talking, laughing, and smiling caught on tape!!!!!

So cute! Enjoy!


Isabella ~12 weeks old

We made it!!

Well, we made it through our first week back at work (for me) and daycare (for Isabella). Isabella is going to a daycare which is located directly inside the school I teach. It is a private daycare that rents space from the school. It is quite convenient. I go down at lunch time, and any other time during the day, to see my little one. However, every time i go down to see her, she is sleeping. She is such a sleepy baby. She seems to enjoy her daycare. She is taken very good care of by Noona, Sissy, and Kaitlyn. I will post pictures next week of her at her daycare. Somehow, in all of the commotion of returning to work, and putting my little one in daycare, I forgot to take a picture of her during her first day. I will bring my camera to work on Monday and get a good picture of her.

Noona discovered that we have a Primadonna.....She has been drinking 2 oz of her 4 oz bottle, burping, and then not wanting more. Noona figured out that the princess would like her formula re-warmed during her burping. Too funny!

I took Isabella to the Dr. today because she is still slightly congested from 2 1/2 weeks ago. i wanted to make sure that her lungs were clear. All was good. Spoke with Dr. about her increase in spitting up (which has gotten pretty bad. The daycare almost needs to wear a raincoat when they feed her :( ) Anyhow, he upped her dose of Zantac to 1.8 ml 2 times per day and we will see if that helps. He also said her cold can cause her to spit up more, too. One day at a time with my reflux baby. Thankfully it is not as bad as some kiddo with reflux.

Well, until next time.
Char

Isabella found her tongue!!

I was trying to video tape Isabella laughing, smiling, and talking and caught on video her discovery of her tongue. This is too cute! Click on the image below and it will take you to the video. Enjoy!
Char


Isabella 10 weeks old...

A Little Behind

Sorry I have been MIA for some time now....been adjusting to life with a new baby. Everyone has been doing well. Let's see.....here is a quick catch up:

Isabella is now 10 weeks old. I cannot believe it! She weighs 11 pounds 6.5 ounces! She is doing well. When she was 4 weeks old, she was formally diagnosed with Reflux. She had an ultrasound and Upper-GI done to confirm the diagnosis. She is on Zantac for the reflux and we thicken her formula with rice cereal to help her to keep it down. She spits up ALOT! I never knew a baby could spit up so much! We have also put her on Nutramigen, a special formula for babies with tummy and allergy issues. She sleeps in her bouncy seat (thanks mom-mom) to keep her from refluxing in her sleep :( She sleeps real well. At risk of jinxing a good thing, I will not elaborate further :) The dr. said that many babies outgrow their reflux by 6 month.....keep your fingers crossed.

Isabella has always been an amazing baby. Here are her milestones thus far:
Head control - birth
smile- 8 weeks
cooing- 8-9 weeks
batting at her toys above-8 weeks

Forgot to mention...Isabella met her great grandfather a few weeks ago. He is 100 years old!! How awesome is that??????

Morgan is such an awesome big sister. She really grew up this summer, with having to take care of mommy and then her little sister. She is a natural with Isabella. I am embarrassed to say that I am surprised at how well she is with her. She holds her, plays with her, helps get her dressed, feeds her, and has even begun changing diapers. Morgan adores her Izzy.

Morgan started 5th grade last month. I cannot believe that this is her last year of elementary school. Next year she is a middle schooler...OMG! She continued with swimming and karate this school year. We are very proud of her!!'

I am doing well. Learning how to juggle everything. I go back to work on Monday and Isabella starts daycare, too. We had a few trial runs of daycare this week. Her daycare is in the school building where I teach...ideal situation. Keep your fingers crossed that I can successfully juggle it all and get us to school, work, and daycare in the morning on Monday. I am a bit rusty with all of this juggling but it is slowly coming back.

Until next time...
Char