Pixie Dust: I Heart Faces B&W Scenic Contest

This is my favorite picture of my Pressley Bug, it was taken in the fields of my in-law's farm in West Virginia!

Thanksgiving Fun: Isabella and Tessa

Uh Oh!

Today, Isabella said, "Uh Oh" for the first time!!

First Birthday Pictures

Birthday Party Fun!!!

Wanted to share a few photos from Isabella's first birthday party!

We had a great time meeting our families in Cumberland, MD for a birthday party get-together! Isabella LOVED her chocolate bee cake and made a HUGE mess eating it! She was covered head to toe in chocolate!

Happy 1st "Bee"day!!!

I am really having a difficult time comprehending that Miss Isabella is 1 already. This truly has been the fastest year of my life!!

Isabella has been such a fun and easy baby! She's super serious...Malia is about the only one right now who can really get her to belly laugh, but she's always happy-you can tell her moods usually by her feet. She's such a mommy's girl (I am loving that!). She says 3 words already, loves her sisters and Lily to pieces. She loves to "flirt" and wave and say hi. She LOVES to swim, but HATES the bath. When she wants something, she typically screams and reaches out her arm and does grabby fists. She loves to give open mouthed baby kisses, wrinkles her nose when she laughs, is a climber and is determined to find a way out if she is blocked in by something. She's not a snuggly baby like her sisters were, so it's extra special when she does lay her head on your shoulder or fall asleep in your arms. She loves to eat-anything-and can out eat any of us right now. She just learned to hold her bottle, has a quick temper and loves to dance to music.

Happy Birthday, Little One! We love you so much!

A Sentimental Kind of Week

This week has been a little rough, sentimentally speaking. Early Monday morning (3 am) was the last time I nursed Isabella. She is now officially weened. Also this week, she began to pull herself up on things and let go, allowing herself to stand alone. For her birthday, which is in less than 2 days, we got her a big girl, forward facing car seat. She's also been saying a few words as well. It's hard to believe how quickly this year has passed. I mean it has zoomed by. I feel that with every little girl I've had, time goes faster and faster...this year has just been ridiculous though.

I made a 1st birthday outfit for Isabella to wear to her birthday dinner with friends and family on Sunday. I will definitely post pictures soon. I wanted to do something special for her since I won't be able to throw a big old birthday party for her like I did for her sisters. I am bummed about that. I know that she will never remember the party, but it's just one of those special things I enjoyed doing for the girls. I figured in place of a party, I would put the time into making her little outfit. It's cute and I'm excited about it...next year we'll do a party...2nd birthday parties around here always get a "favorite character" cake made by mommy. For Malia it was Dora and for Pressley it was Tinkerbell. Hopefully Isabella's obsession at 2 won't be too hard to make.

Anyway...so crazy that she's going to be 1 so soon. It's gone way to fast, and I'm sure will continue to do so. How I wish I had a pause (and sometimes rewind) button!