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.