Kid n Kitties

Izzle & Mitchell

Mitch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:31:59 +0000

Wendy's recent self portrait with Izzy reminded me that we needed one too.

A Baby Busy Bobbing in the Bouncy-Chair

Mitch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:53:35 +0000

Here one can see a cheerful and bouncing Izzy among her accoutrement, including her playgym, tummy pad, bassinet, toy box, car seat, playpen/daybed, burp-pads and cloth errata, singing butterfly, and vacuum cleaner (a necessary plaything for any 4 month old).

Four month check up

Wendy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:38:54 +0000

Isadora is 25.5 inches long and weighs 15 pounds 10 ounces. She’s in the 90th percentile for both!
Poor thing cried so hard when she got her vaccinations today and her face turned beet red. She was cranky and restless most of the day.

What fun!

Wendy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:31:38 +0000

Izzy has a few plastic monstrosities and other essential items that are wonderful distractions. If it weren’t for these things, I wouldn’t be able to shower, cook dinner or eat. Everyday she works the circuit. Playmat, activity rocker, swing, exersaucer. Repeat. Unfortunately, she is out growing some of these items. I was beginning to panic at the idea of losing such awesome baby keepers, but I found the next great distractatron. Behold, the indoor swing set.

I am so buying this for her first birthday.

Warning. Super cute baby photos ahead. Proceed with caution.

Wendy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:18:13 +0000

Izzy Fizzy briefly enjoying a bit of tummy time.

I love how cute she is in this bunny towel. This towel is so awesomely absorbent. She gets nearly completely dried off just by wrapping her in it. I need to get a couple more of these.

Fresh from the bath and smells delicious enough to eat. We sneak in a few minutes of tummy time whenever we can.

Tummy Time

Wendy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:36:54 +0000

Isadora is getting really good at Tummy Time. Even Murky is impressed, and Murky is hardly ever impressed. Video footage courtesy of Daddy.

A jibber jabbering jabber jaw. Just like her dad.

Wendy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:21:13 +0000

Learning is tiring.

Wendy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:09:37 +0000

Sleeping Izzy

This week, Isadora learned how to grab things. She loves hanging on to stuff up to a point. She hasn’t quite figured out how to let something go when she no longer wants to hold it, so she gets really mad when she realizes that something is still in her hand.

She’s getting really good at scooting around while lying on her back on the play mat. Yesterday, I found her lying on her side, crammed up against her mirror. She was licking it, her new favorite pastime.

She’s also very close to rolling over. I expect that I will report that milestone some time in the next week or two.

She fell asleep last night around 9:30 and slept solidly until 7:45 this morning. I went to bed at 10:30 and slept just as fabulously.

So sweet it’ll make you cry

Wendy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:13:18 +0000

Izzy was particularly fussy this evening. I couldn’t quite figure it out. She didn’t seem hungry. I thought she might have been tired, but wouldn’t take a nap. I thought she was hot, so I stripped her down to her diaper. She whined the entire time I was trying to cook dinner. I put her in the bouncy chair. Whine. I put her in the swing. Whine. I put her on the play mat. Whine. Finally, when dinner was ready, I cut up my food so I could easily eat with one hand and hold Izzy with my other arm so I could feed her while I fed myself. She just wasn’t hungry, but the whining finally stopped! All she wanted was to be cuddled. She looked up at me and smiled and giggled and smiled some more. Then, when she couldn’t possibly be any cuter, she reached up with her arm and stroked my cheek. I thought my heart was going to explode. It was so awesome. When Mitch finished eating, he took her from me so I could finish my meal–it’s really hard to each couscous while holding a squirmy baby. As soon as Mitch cradled Izzy in her arms, she reached up and stroked his beard, then grabbed his nose. It was a beautiful sight.

Motor skills improving.

Wendy — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:06:12 +0000

Today, Izzy grabbed her 25 cent Ikea Fish rattle with her left hand–completely unassisted! She was shaking it and putting it close to her mouth so she can lick it. It’s been several minutes and she’s still hanging on to it.