This is my friend Vicky with her daughter Sofi. She is so cute. Always looking at Isabelle and saying baby.
All wrapped up. This is the only way I can even slightly attempt to swaddler her. I have to wait until she is asleep and then wrap a receiving blanket around her to keep her arms in. Works for awhile but once she is starting to wake up, she is out it in a flash.
My beautiful girls!!!
Well earlier in the day she was talking to herself so cutely in the mirror however no camera in hand. Tried it again later on and we just got her sad voice but still so sweet. Kinda sounds like a cat.
Sunday night was dinner over at Ueli's brother's house, Martin. His oldest daughter just turned 13y so they had a birthday dinner for her. Just a couple of pictures from the evening.
All packed up and ready to go. Its cold outside.
Isabelle with her big sister and here cousin.
With grandma or grossmutter in german.
And with Ueli's brother Martin who is also Isabelle's godfather.
All partied out!! Time to sleep.
Ok this has nothing to do with the party. This was just a photo from today while I was cooking lunch. She sat quite happily for 45 mins while I made lunch and while we ate.
But I dont know about mom. Yes it was imunization day this week. Oh I hate that. Fortunately for me Ueli came with us. I started crying before they even started so he sent me into the hall. I just knew what kind of crying we were going to hear and it broke my heart to even think about it. In the end, I cried in the hall, Isabelle cried in the office and Ueli held us both. Fortunately it was over fast but she wimpered on for a bit afterwards. Calmed her down by letting her nurse there in the office before going. She actually then fell asleep.
The aftermath was good. She handled it very well. No fever and no grumpyness. She was right back to her normal self.
On another note, look at her push herself up off the mattress of her bassinet. She was having a bit of tummy time and pushed herself right up. She was on the way back down by the time Davis and I managed to scramble for the camera but you still get the point.
And then here is just a picture of me and Isabelle. She spends alot of time sleeping like this. We both really love it when she falls asleep on our chest this way. She is just so cuddly and sweet!!!
On an afternoon walk yesterday with our neighbor, we came across a big pile of leaves. Well the kids just could not resist and after adding to the pile, they took turns jumping in. How fun.
I just love this picture. I had just layed Isabelle down for bed and this is the typical look on her face everytime I put her down, even during the day for a nap. She might lay there like that with her eyes open for 5 minutes or so but every time, ends up falling asleep. I have to say, it is wonderful. On average she will be awake for an hour to an hour and a half between naps during the day and at night she will wake usually twice for a drink between 11a and 8a. Of course that can change from night to night. I have definitely realised that garlic needs to be avoided at all costs. Even the smallest amount tends to give her a very restless night. I have also been trying once again to swaddle her at night so she will sleep longer stretches. We managed a 6 hour and a 5 hour stretch this week but last night she was just the totally escape artist again! That girl can get out of anything. Definitely strong and determined sometimes. Oh well, we will carry on. Oh and just so you know, once she is asleep, I turn her onto her side or back. She is also never left alone while sleeping on her stomach. At night I will just sit in bed watching TV while she goes to sleep and during the day, she is in her bassinet by me.
I have started propping her up more in her bed so she can look around. She watches her mobile quite seriously now and will turn towards her little doll when she is playing her music. Gosh even to just look at her in these photos, she looks so much older
already. Wow!!! 2 months has gone by so fast. I look forward to every
milestone but really wish it would all slow down a bit.
Isabelle has found her hands. In the past you could occasionally she her suck on her hand but I think it was my chance. Now she quite deliberately brings her hand to her mouth. And you tell it is a new discovery she is quite proud of as for the last 2 days she practices this new trick quite a lot while talking at the same time.
Davis and Isabelle have quite a little bond. Davis is totaly taken with
Isabelle and just loves her to peices and I know that Isabelle can sense
this. She will sit quite peacefully in Davis' arms in the chair or in the
bed. Davis can even manage to calm her in the car when Isabelle has had
enough. It is really quite neat to see an almost 11yr old handle the
situations of a newborn. Unlike most kids, she does not get flustered at all
when she is holding Isabelle and she starts getting fussy. She will just try
a differant position, talk to her or sing a song. The most common reason for
Davis to ask me to come and get Isabelle is that her arm is tired or she
just wants to go and do kid stuff.
Well this was the first attempt at uploading a video to this site, so I chose a short one. Seems to have worked however. yay! I was trying to catch a smile and only managed the tail end of one and the of course the phone rang. But now that I know I can upload straight from my picasa albums I will try to add more.
