Summer at the Park

Summer in Houston is is full swing and Isabel has been braving the humidity to head to the park to conquer the playground and feed her feathered friends! She has since discovered how thrilling it is to have the wind blowing through your pigtails while flying down slides. She has also been introduced to the magical world of breadcrumbs and ducks. We have just celebrated her 18month birthday and while she is enjoying a world full of new words, we are enjoying decreased daycare tuition! Isabel says many words now including: Mama, Dada, dog, ball, duck, sock, eye, what's that?, no, one, two, three, baby, uhoh. She also signs for "more" and "all done". She shakes her head "no", but we dont think she understand what that means as we will ask her if she wants something, she will shake her head, and then reach for it. She uses a fork and spoon fairly well, but has started to get a little finicky. She is still a good eater and we have even seen her pick green beans out of pasta to eat the beans!

And of course after all this playing in the sun, a shower is just the thing to get you clean! And who can resist making faces through glass at Mommy?

Feeding the ducks at Tom Bass Park.

Happy Father's Day!

Every morning, Daddy and Isabel share a banana. It has gotten to the point where she has begun to expect it and will sit on the bench next to him. Its a sweet morning tradition!  Happy Father's day everybody!

Latest Pictures

Grandparents galore this month! Take a look at what Isabel has been up to!

Big girl!

This is the first blog from the cell phone! If it works out ok we will hopefully see more updates...

Isabel is getting so big and has started walking. We wanted her to be able to have a table she could stand next to and play on, so we went to Ikea and found a set with matching chairs. Next thing we knew, she was actually sitting in one of the chairs like she has been doing it her whole life! We have to keep an eye on her as she has also discovered that she can move the chair and stand on it to reach things!

Happy Birthday!

Has it really been a year? While there were some nights that felt like they would never end, time seems to have flown by!

Shortly after Christmas we hit another milestone. Isabel is starting to use eating utensils!!! She hasn't quite gotten the hang of them yet and more food ends up on the tray and down her chin, but we are sure she will improve!

In January we took our first airplane ride to Kentucky where we celebrated Christmas with the Junker side of the family

Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Junker's house playing with her cousins. Mom gets a hug! Does daddy know you have his Ipod?
Memaw sent a fun birthday present!

It wasn't long before she got the form down... look at that arm

posture! Happy baby!

Isabel in her birthday dress just before her birthday party.

For some reason, the balloon was much more fun than opening her presents...
Monkey cake that daddy picked out!

Blowing out the candle with Memaw on the phone

The aftermath...