Salty and Sweet

We were craving some McDonald's one night and made a run through the drive thru. I was trying to hid the bag of friend and my cone from her in the back seat but Isabel caught me.

Interestingly enough, her appetite isn't very picky. She knows what fries and ice cream are so it's not gross for her to combine the two. I guess that's a good thing.

She's been talking up a storm the last few weeks and can imitate us really well. We really have to be careful in what we say around her. She knows a lot of words. Her favorite word right now is "owl". During Xmas, I had an owl sitting in the tree so everytime she sees trees, she points and says "owl". It's super cute. So far she's able to understand both English and Mandarin and doesn't seem to be confused at all.

Baby Loves Disco

On Saturday, our parents group had a meet up event at Baby Loves Disco at the Avalon Nightclub. It's actually a night club that hosts baby dancing events during the day and at night turns into a real club. They have a DJ that spins disco music and bubble machines for the kids on the dance floor. Isabel was a little stunned in the beginning because there were so many little kids. She just wanted to sit there and observe them. She finally warmed up to the dance floor when she saw all the bubbles.

Here is my little cutie looking her finest! It was a Valentine's Day theme party and I thought it was too cold to wear a dress. Plus, she just looks too cute in her popped collar polo anyway. The venue had all sorts of snacks and toys for the kids. Tons of balloons and giveaways. I thought it was very well put together. Admissions was a little steep at $12 per person but there was a huge turn out so it must not bothered that many people. I think she'll like it more as she gets older. Too bad they didn't play the Wiggles or else she'd really go nuts.

Elmo was at the party and I didn't notice this until after we took pictures that this is the freakiest looking Elmo I'd ever seen. UGH yea.... Someone really ought to work on the costume a bit more...

Random picture of her bad hair day. I think she even has cookie crumbs all over her mouth.

It's a GIRL!

Today was the day we were waiting for! It's my favorite appointment of all the ob appointments during the pregnancy. My ultrasound tech Cindy is seriously one of the NICEST people I've ever met and she makes you feel like you've been friends forever. Anyhow, at 4pm today, she told Ben and I that we were having a girl! "No little boy parts here," she said. So now, Izzy will have a little sister who can either drive her nuts or become her best friend. Now Ben and Ozzie are outnumbered so maybe we're going to have to get another boy schnauzer just to even the playing field. I'm so excited to know that I will not have to buy a single thing or even have baby shower. If we were having a boy, I would have considered having another baby shower but now we don't need to. I'm also excited that the girls can share a room and even a bunk bed when they get older. How fun! I remember how fun it was for Cindy and I when we first got our bunk bed. It was like a our own fort. Now it will all come down to names and that's the hardest part of all. I'm half way through the pregnancy and I can't wait!

Happy Chinese New Year!

We had our annual New Year festivities at my parents house in Morgan Hill with all of our extended family on Sunday. It was very special this year since Izzy could wear her first New Year's outfit and also join in on the red envelope 'ceremony'. Grandma got her so many New Year's outfits that she literally has one to wear until she turns six or seven years old. Some of them belonged to me and Cindy when we were young. This one that she has on is brand new!

Here is Izzy and Auntie Cindy. They were acting like crazy monkeys all day long. When the two of them get together it's like being in a nut house.

One of her favorite activities at grandpa and grandma's house is taking everything out of the kitchen cabinets and then putting them all back. The kitchen is one of the most entertaining places for her.

Izzy is getting super good at stairs and steps. She can climb stairs pretty well both holding on and not holding to the railing. It's crazy how good she is at doing dangerous activities!

A Day With Auntie in the City

Auntie Cindy has been living in the city for over 6 months now and we haven't had the chance to go up and visit her. Everyone had been pretty sick the last few weeks and we decided that we were too cooped up and needed to get out of the house.

Isabel had a great time on the pier watching all the sea gulls. She would run around and point at the birds and say, "bird". The day was muggy and foggy at first with slight sprinkles but got warmer in the afternoon.

It seemed like everytime she was in the stroller, she was always munching on something. It's sometimes hard to get good photos because she's got crumbs all over her face.

More cookies!

Bounce-A-Rama!

My meet up group held another event today, this time at Bounce-A-Rama in Milpitas. We had never been there before and it was such a blast. Although Izzy was a little young, I went down the slides with her and she LOVED it. It was super exhausting for me to carry her up all the slides but it's really, really fun going down. I wish they had it for adults! You could only go up if you had a little one with you so I guess all in all, both Izzy and I had lots of fun.

I'm 16 weeks in now and I am beginning to feel "slightly" better. I went from throwing up three times a day to a few days every couple of days. I am actually eating more protein now even though it's in the form of fast food burgers. In three weeks we find out what we're having and we're so excited!

Happy New Year!

A few months ago when we first bought our Step 2 play gym, we had to take down the 2nd story and the slide because Izzy couldn't figure out how to get down and we were afraid she was going to hurt herself trying. In the last two weeks since her cousins were here, we've put the pieces back. Apparently, she is a VERY quick learner! She's a dare devil, always tempting fate by some how climbing on the edges or doing something that would shock us. Izzy finds it really funny.

Her favorite move. Stradding the side of the gym. The good thing is she knows how to get herself out of that position!

On December 30th, I went in for my first ultrasound appointment and finally saw the baby. It's so wierd but since I didn't have the 8 week ultrasound, it was so surprising to see everything on this little body already formed. Everything checked out great and in a few more weeks, 5-6 or so, we're going to be able to find out the sex. I can't wait!!!!