Ketchup.

I have to do this all from the library...

because my computer is dying dying dying

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Day 73:


Day 74:
This is the day Jordan was held in contempt of court...


Day 75:


Day 76:
Picnic at the park.



Day 77:

Day 57

If you don't get why this is so funny, it's probably for the better. It's a little offensive and disgusting. But funny to me, none the less.

Also, I cheated. I didn't take this picture. Jordan did.

Holy Update.

I am a little behind. I'm going to try and catch up.
Day 39: Decorating Valentine's and her bed and herself.


Day 40: Funny Face, but the only picture I took this day.


Day 41: Visiting Daddy at work.


Day 42: Izze was doing "crafts" with these animal rights pamphlets. She was so mad when we wanted to put them away. She said, "don't take my crafts, away!"


43: Valentine's Day Party


44: Jeremy get's a promotion. :D That's his name on the door.


45: Valentine's Day cupcakes, Izze and I decorated them for our friends and families and delivered them door to door at night.


46: Two of the cutest kids I know.


47: A Part of Your World. Izze's new Ariel doll, we can't go many places without this doll.


48: Stack of clean blankets. Izze was so sick for nearly a month, that's why I'm so far behind on this post. I've had to wash these blankets and keep a rotation of them for her to snuggle up with... and then throw up on.


49: This is the day my brother, Jordan resisted a grand jury and walked away. This was a good day. We were all so prepared for him to be in prison. He walked away. We stopped and got some chocolate and he got vegan hot chocolate before we went there.


50: Izze's pancakes. We're regulars at Vertical Diner... they love Izze and this time they drew a bear in her pancakes.


51: Izze thinks it is so funny to climb in my dad's puppy's crate and pretend to be a puppy.


52: We took a quick overnight trip to Wendover to celebrate Jordan's freedom.


53: Picking up Izze from her grandma and grandpa's house. Balancing on Sydney's new stool.


54: Izze lined up her Yo Gabba Gabba figurines, she got Foofa for pooping on the potty and she got Brobee and Plex for Valentine's day.


55: Izze's first day of preschool. Totally a darling Punk of her first day.


56: Izze's pig puppet from her first day at preschool. So cute. She keeps telling me about the three pigs, but the wolf isn't really a bad guy to her, he just wants to tickle the pigs.


Whew. I'm caught up! HOORAY!

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.

Day 28

Toodee jumping on a trampoline. Izze and Jeremy have been taking turns throwing up all morning (early like 3:00). I've washed both comforters, sheets and extra blankets we've used throughout the gross process. I think they're done. At least I hope. But it has kept Izze confined to her bed most of the morning. So we drew a second scene (actually a bunch more, but this is our favorite) for her Gabba guys. I think I'll do a scene for each of them, just to take care of the next 3 days of photos.

Day: 27

Izze and I created a sunny day scene for Muno today.

Let there be light.

This is the light above our bed in our room. It's from IKEA and I love it. I think eventually I'll get a new light for us and this can be Izze's. I still love this light and it only took me 30 minutes to figure out how to put it together and 30 minutes to actually do it! :D
Day 26:

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,

Being Vegan.

Day 17:

I love this treat: a ZenSoy chocolate pudding cup topped with way too much Soyatoo whipped cream. Izze loves it too.

Day 18:

I have always been against the whole vitamin thing. Thinking what we eat should be healthy and be what essentially gives us our vitamins, but I learned something.
Toddlers are finicky eaters. Sometimes they just don't eat at all. About 2.5 months after Izze's doctor said she recommended vitamins to all her patients (especially on days they are fighting the eating thing), I set on a quest to find some vegan kids multivitamins. I actually found these at Whole Foods and the lady who was working the vitamin area let Izze try a sample. She liked them! Luckily there was a coupon there for them and the cashier mentioned every Tuesday vitamins are 15% off! Good news. Now when Izze refuses to eat anything all day, I can have a little piece of mind that she's getting some kind of nutrition.

Wooden Crayons.

Jordan Brought these back from Peru when he visited in August 2007. I think they're adorable and so cute in Izze's room in a little white pot. But too cute to actually use. So in that pot they'll stay.