The Girls

I had a wonderful birthday this year and it was made extra special with Zoey's presence. Isabel sang me happy birthday which was super cute. It's actually one of her favorite songs and she sings it all the time. I wasn't expecting any gifts but Ben did manage to surprise the heck out of me with a gorgeous gift. Patience does pay off although I have none!

Isabel has been going to ballet at school and on Saturdays since September and she loves it. Baby ballet is the only class offered until they turn 3. After 3 a bunch of more classes become available but until then we're going to stick with ballet. She's more of a hip hop girl as we have found out.

Halloween 2009

I am so behind on updating the blog these past few weeks! I have been trying to get everything ready for my return to work (been one week so far) and must making sure the girls are having lots of fun with the holidays. Izzy went as Neo from the Matrix this year. I sewed her costume by hand with pleather that I bought from the fabric store. It was a much easier costume to make than Wolverine.

We were afraid to take her trick or treating because we thought she would be scared but we were so wrong! Ben took her around our neighborhood and she had such a good time that till this day, she still talks about Halloween. I think next year we're going to have to do it up real good and go all out with the decorations. Izzy would only trick or treat at the houses that were totally done up. She wasn't scared at all!

Neo. It's all about the hair. It's probably the last year she'll let me dress her up. I'm thinking by next year when she's 3, she's going to know what she wants to be for Halloween. I asked her this year and she kind of said Yo Gabba Gabba so I know it's coming...

We went to a Halloween party and one of the parents asked me how old my "son" was. Haha! So the costume worked! I'm sure next year she'll be a princess or something... ugh. I can only hope not.

I went back to work on Monday and so far the best piece of news since going back is that I no longer work for my old boss. I think all good things come around - eventually. Even if this is short lived, I'm glad that I can be happy for just a bit. I expected the absolute worst so anything else is better than that. Time can only tell...

Zoey's 4 month Update

Zoey had her 4 month check up today. She's just like her older sister!

Zoey's weight: 15 lbs 2 oz
Izzy's weight: 15 lbs 3 oz

Zoey's height: 25 1/8"
Izzy's height: 25"

Zoey's head circum: 16 1/4"
Izzy's head circum: 16 1/4"

All the Single Ladies

My dear little daughter discovered the magic of Beyonce a few nights ago. I was showing Cindy the performance on Youtube from Beyonce and Izzy was mesmerized. She instantly started dancing and even tried to sing along with Beyonce. I think we played that song like 10 times that night before bed time. Izzy is enrolled in dance at her school but when she's 2.5, I'm enrolling her at a formal dance school!

Zoey at 2.5 months

Zoey is growing up so quickly! At her two month check up she was already at 12 lbs. It seems like a lot but she's right on track with where Izzy was at her age.

Zoey is getting better and better at night. There has been a couple of nights where she has slept through from 7pm to 6am the next day. Those are the best nights! Now she just wakes up once a night and sleeping for 5 hours plus stretches. She still needs to be swaddled though and I don't know what I'm going to do when she grows out of her swaddle. It's really helping her sleep at night and I don't want to sleep train her if the swaddle is helping.

I'm madly in love with Zoey! She can coo and laugh with me now. She's so interactive and just a sweet, sweet girl. If she is our last child, I would just be sad because I want to remember all her little noises and expressions. There are days when I'm just communicating with her and it melts my heart, almost to a point where I want to have more babies just to get more of these moments! We'll see! If we even think that, it won't happen for at least 3-4 more years.

Gilroy Gardens

Last Saturday Izzy and I had a mommy and daughter day and went to Gilroy Gardens. I had been wanting to take her for some time so I dropped Zoey with my parents on the way down and spent the morning with Izzy at the theme park. It's a super cute little amusement park and all the rides are age appropriate for toddlers. Since I'm only home for one more month, I really want to take as much time as I can bringing Izzy to new places and exposing her to different things. I'm constantly looking for places to take her. What I love about being a mom is just watching her reactions to new things and finding out what she likes/dislikes.

Izzy takes some time to warm up to new things and for awhile she was super pissed off looking. I don't think she was mad but she acted grumpy. She actually went on a ride with another little girl and had a good time so I think it was because she was alone that made it not so fun. She definitely needs a friend/buddy to hang out with.

I'm planning on going again in a few weeks with another family so Izzy can have a friend to go on the rides with. We had a playdate this past Wednesday and she had so much fun with the kids at our house. She is much more social with kids her own age.

Top off the day with soft serve ice cream. She wanted ice cream so badly and she literally ate the whole thing. It was lunch time so that was probably why she killed the whole thing. We ended the day at the playground and then spent some time with the grandparents in Morgan Hill.

Chuck E Cheese

Our second time at Chuck E Cheese. Easy and cheap place to take the kids to. We normally meet up with some other little kids and just have a blast. It's safe and just fun for them.

Izzy gets better and better at putting the coins into the machines. This time she actually played a few games and won some tickets.

Rare smiling pictures...