Cupcake Trial Run!

I've decided to try to save money this year for Izzy's birthday party by making the cupcakes. (Not so sure that I really saved money...) Today, I tried making them just in case they didn't turn out so good. They look pretty cute!

I had to hire a taste tester, too!

It's a Girl!

Well, December 28th is our due date for sweet Chloe Elise! Izzy went with us to the ultrasound. At first, she said that the baby was Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks. She didn't really understand it until I told her that this was someone she could put her makeup on! Grampy, NawNa, Jennifer, Loren and Jared were able to come in town when we found out. It was so nice already having most of the decorations for our gender revealing party. Since we found out what we're having, life has been crazy! We have been getting Izzy's new room ready and planning her party! Jeremy had to knock out a wall for a new closet door. (Thanks to Jones Company, we are having to fix things that they messed up! Don't get me started!) We are trying to have her room done by August 30th. I took some before pictures. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks I can post some pictures of the beautiful room finished! *Izzy found my dance costumes! Watch out Cindy Lauper! As far as Izzy's birthday goes, I finally figured out what we are doing! It's just going to be with family this year, but I still felt like I needed to have a party. Jeremy wanted me to do a Chipmunk birthday because Izzy loves Alvin, Simon and Theodore! As hard as it was to give in, I finally did. (They're not pink!) So I googled "Chipmunk Birthdays" and I got nothing! I could not find anything! I had no idea what to do or how to decorate, so I gave up. After brainstorming, I thought of a book that Izzy loves. We have to read it everyday.....Pinkalicious. Or as Izzy calls it, Pink-ee-wish-us. It is the cutest story about a girl who eats too much cupcakes and turns pink. So I googled this idea, thinking I would get nothing, and I found almost 100 pages of Pinkalicious party ideas! They even have this book on Broadway in New York! (You know I would be flying her out there to watch this if I could! I love Broadway shows!) So Bebe and I are working hard to get this party together and her room ready by next weekend! Wish us luck!

The Last Few Months!

I don't have to tell you that I am not good at this whole "blogging" thing! So, I have just posted a few pictures of what our little Izzy has been up to over the past few months! Her personality has just blossomed! We find ourselves just shaking our heads in laughter a lot! Check out the adorable video at the bottom of this post.

We had so much fun on our beach trip with the cousins! Izzy loved playing with J.D. and Kenna!

(Check out those curls!)

I cooked lunch for the men in the family for Father's Day. Izzy helped Poppy unwrap his presents, while mom and I enjoyed cuddling with baby Jax! After unwrapping presents, Izzy wrapped her baby up like Jax. We had to keep "swaddling" Izzy's baby for her.

I haven't posted any pictures of our new nephew, so here are some of my favorites of Jax!

This is a video of Izzy's conversation on the phone. Every now and then we notice that she has added a few more comments to her conversation. For a while, I had to hear "Hello. Hi daddy! Bye!". At the end of the video, you will see her standing in front of the fire place because she likes to watch herself talk on the phone.

Translation: "Hello. Hi Daddy! How are you doing daddy? Are you playing ball? Goodbye!"

First Easter Egg Hunt!

We took Izzy to her first Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday! She loved it! The Easter Bunny and Winnie the Pooh were there! Izzy kept running up to them and showing them her new basket and giving them high fives! They had a build-a-bear station there, as well. So Izzy picked out the softest bear and named it...."Bear", of course! We picked out an adorable outfit for Bear, but Izzy wanted to put it on her instead of the stuffed animal! After a wonderful breakfast, all the children lined up to go hunt for eggs! Once Izzy got the hang of picking up the eggs and putting them in her basket, they were all gone. We got a video of Jeremy showing her where they were, and kids picking them up in front of her. (It was very hard not to be a brat and get mad at them!) I also took a picture of her basket at the end and another child's basket. Poor Izzy, maybe she will get more next year!

Disney World!

Last month, Jeremy had to work in Orlando. So, we decided to take Izzy to Disney World. This age is a great time to take kids to Disney. There was just enough stuff that we could do with her there that we were not stressed everyday about seeing everything. She had so much fun riding all the rides. Since Jeremy was working during the day, Mom and Dad came with us to help. We stayed at the Boardwalk which was a very convenient location. When we arrived early in the morning on Wednesday and the temperature was in the 40s. We were freezing! I have posted a slideshow of most of the pictures. Izzy's first and probably favorite rides were the Carousel and Dumbo. Although, she did enjoy getting dizzy on the teacups! We also took her to Disney's Playhouse and Minnies house. She loved seeing her favorite characters come to life! Once Jeremy got off work, Izzy was exhausted, so we rode some adult rides. If you haven't been to Disney lately, you need to go! It was so much fun! Dad and Mom were joking about needing a vacation from their vacation though!