4 more out the door.

I had to laugh today... this year alone I've already taken 181 photos. It's only February. The other day Jeremy and I stupidly passed up another external hard drive... mistake. I don't think our computer will make it to April. I taste a new iMac in our future? Preferably something with a nice big monitor...

I digress...

Day 35:
Izze and I took our snowflakes down to replace them with hearts (to be pictured later).


Day 36:
My little brother always talks about making an alphabet book with "found" letters. Here is a letter 'd' for day 36. At the Main Library downtown. Izze and I love the library. We go at least once a week, we make it a point to head to the downtown one pretty often too. And in March it looks like we'll be heading there more. I finally got Izze into the parent/toddler art class that always fills up. :D


Day 37:
See those little empty spots where teeth SHOULD be? I normally wouldn't be happy about teething, but I am. I was so worried Izze had something wrong with her... she is pretty far behind with getting her teeth. But guess what I found that day? Two little white bumps pushing through. Izze is finally getting some canines... a year late.


Day 38:
We took Izze to see Coraline today. Oh my gosh!! She loved it. I thought the Real 3D was AWESOME! You also know I'm a sucker for The Nightmare Before Christmas... Coraline was made by the creator of it. It was a lot scarier than I thought, but Izze loved it. She's a tough cookie. She has a soft spot for villians. Her favorite character in this show was the "bad mom" and she loves Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Malificent from Sleeping Beauty. That's my girl. Izze didn't really like the glasses, they were huge and she would have had to hold them in place the whole time. She opted to view the movie slightly blurry instead. Still loving it though.

Like a Tomato... catch up.

Day 29: I caught what Izze had and had no motivation. I took an iPhone picture. What am I happy about on such a crappy day? I love this hoodie, it's always made me feel better. :)


Day 30:
Still super sick, sick enough to take Izze to her pediatrician and see what's wrong with us. I didn't think to bring my camera with us when I headed out. As soon as we get to the doctor's office she bucks right up and later decides she wants to visit Grandma and Grandpa, where she played hide and seek. Another iPhone picture, but at least I remembered. I'm so glad we're feeling better.


Day 31:
At my parent's house again, Izze woke up from a nap in a diaper and was LIVID! She wanted undies and guess who forgot to pack some? Luckily my mom stopped and grabbed a pack on our way to watch my sister's kids. I love that she's into undies now.


Day 32:
I almost missed this day! We had a late night, after a party for my Grandma Hansen who turned 87 today! Happy birthday, Grandma!! I remembered to snap a picture just before midnight. Izze woke up from a little nightmare and I snuggled her back to sleep.


Day 33:
I love that Izze loves dance class. I love that she's in my class, but at the same time it's tricky. Sometimes she's the worst student I've ever had and at other times she's a really good listener and even a leader. I haven't decided if she'll be in my class next year or not. Before class Izze was running around the studio and I was trying to catch her to change her into her leotard. Then she realized how cute she looked and started hamming it up in the mirror. My mom made that cute skirt, she also made a matching one for Sydney and one for Ella and a matching blanket for Reese. So cute, THANKS MOM!!!!


Day 34:
Brobee goes to Spain. Izze and I enjoyed ourselves for about an hour going through magazines putting her Gabba Guys into different scenarios. This was hilarious. Brobee in a bullfight.

Teeth, iphone, skeleton

Day 23:
I didn't get a good shot. This was the only picture I took that day. But you can see Izze's teeth kind of.
I'm happy with the results of the surgery. I hope I don't have to go through it again.


Day 24:
Izze is so much a girl of the technological ages. She knows how to work a dvd player, a remote and most importantly an iPhone. I have her games and apps on their own page and she knows how to unlock the phone, how to scroll to her page and open the app. It's kind of awesome and slightly creepy. Haha... but more awesome. She was playing with my phone last night before she finally fell asleep. I love how unmanageable her hair gets sometimes. I refuse to cut bangs though. NO WAY!


Day 25:
This little guy. :D Casey and I both got one at the fair a few years ago. We wore them like earrings through the fair. I think it was when I was pregnant with Izze. Casey was Jeremy's best friend before I met him. They lost contact for a few years and shortly before I got pregnant with Izze we ran into him and Jessica (they were dating back then) at a screening for The Corpse Bride. We haven't lost contact with him since then and we don't plan on it. It's been awesome having him back in our lives. Also. With Casey I got Jessica. It took us a while to hit it off, but I'm so glad we did. She is one of the best friends I've ever had. She just gets me. :D Here's our little bonesy.

Obama Cake, Potty training and Surgery.

Day 20:
Izze loves Barack Obama and talks about him, like he's a super hero. She sees his face on TV and says "NARACK OBAMA!" She used to call him "Rocky Bama." She loves him. On Inauguration day we made a "Yes We Did" cake and Izze helped me. A vanilla cake colored red and blue frosting. Izze loves helping me in the kitchen, she really loves licking the beaters.


Day 21:
Izze's potty training. She's doing a great job. Filling up the chart.


Day 22:
Izze had surgery on her teeth. Everything went quickly, smoothly and I'm so glad it's over.

Day 19.

Last night we let Izze "go swimming" in our tub. She loved wearing her swimsuit. She looks so cute in it. It's funny when she was first born, I guess when she was about 7 months or so, she had this little tiny bikini. Actually she had a few. It was funny on such a little lady, but I don't think I'd put her in it now. The idea of seeing her in a triangle top bikini doesn't say cute to me. I love clothes for her, it's not a joke, but the older she gets the more I see the pressure put on little girls, it starts at a pretty young age.

It makes me happy that I'm a cool mom, but at the same time, I know at which point that thin thin line between modest and immodest has been crossed. I can tell I'm going to be more strict with her than I thought. It makes me happy still,

Hello Kitty, Hello Shoes

Day 14-
Even though I'm not a big fan of a room centered around characters or a goofy theme... I couldn't resist letting Izze pick the Hello Kitty comforter for her new bed. I already have a ton of Hello Kitty stuff which she has now inherited. This alarm clock is something I bought when I worked at Blockbuster when I first met Jeremy. Now Izze has it and loves it. She also just figured out how to turn the radio on on it. I do secretly love that Izze loves Hello Kitty. I didn't even really try to push it on her.



I almost used this photo for today, because I thought it was funny.

Day 15-

It's funny that the day I started this project I took a picture of Izze's teal converse. I wrote how I excited I was that they still fit her and I thought they'd fit her into the Spring.

Just kidding.

She grew over night. Some of her pants aren't as long as they used to be... but they're still too long! And I realized her feet had grown when I went to put on some slip on vans on her. They were snug. So we headed to the mall to get some "MUCH NEEDED" new ones! haha!! At the Vans store I ended up getting some black slip ons with a UNICORN!!!! and at Journeys Kidz I got some black monochrome high top Converse. When the girl at the check out counter said she loved how cute little Converse are when they're so beat up and that I shouldn't get rid of them. I should display them somewhere. Well guess what. I already do! I've kept all of Izze's pink and black converse since she started walking. (Of course after we let Ella get some wear out of them too! :D) So here they are size 2, 3, 4, 5. This will be the first size Izze won't have black and white high tops, her new ones are all black.

Ice Cream Day.

Izze and I love to have ice cream after lunch every now and then. We know ice cream isn't ice cream if it doesn't have whipped cream piled high with sprinkles too. I'm so happy that we can get whipped cream and ice cream and so many other things that are vegan, so easily.

Photo Dump.

Just because I haven't posted doesn't mean I've forgotten to take my pictures.

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Day Five.

Izze used her Christmas money to "buy" a Yo Gabba Gabba car that can fit all five Yo Gabba Gabba characters... that she didn't have. When she saw the car she knew she wanted it. I told her she could get the guys instead but we'd have to go to Toys 'R' Us later.

Then the cutest thing happened. She couldn't make up her mind. The car was stellar, but she didn't have the guys to go in it... but if she got the guys she wouldn't have the car to put them in. She told me, I want the guys, but they won't have a car, but I love the car so much, but no guys.

I told her she could earn the Guys if she went to bed without fighting with us. She did a great job last night, so I've been telling her all day we could go to get her guys after dance today. She fell asleep instantly when we headed out and she slept through the store and everything. I got them and saw the outfits for her baby named "Dolly." I got that too and dressed her in it.

When we finally got home, as I was tucking her in, she woke up a little so I showed her the new outfit. She was nearly in tears with tired excitement. She wanted to hold her when she fell back asleep. It was pretty darling.

My little girl really grew up to me today. In dance class she was a really good listener and followed along and was even a leader. She made me a proud mama/dance teacher. I'm so lucky.

Day Five:
I love every moment of being your Mama.

Library.

Day Three: Izze and I went to the library downtown today. Usually we go to Sprague in Sugarhouse, but every now and then we'll go there for a special day. Izze loves reading in the attic and the crystal cave. She loves that there are sooo many more books and that it's different than our regular old library. She also loves riding in the elevators, I mean what kid wouldn't?

I love this too. I love that Izze loves books. I love that she and I enjoy this together so often. I love that she enjoys little things like riding in an elevator. I love that my little girl is growing up into an amazing little person whom I love spending every day with.