P.S. "The Eye" update

Isabelle's eye surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, August 6. Although it is a minor surgery, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers that day. Love to all!

Little Miss McGruber/McGuyver

While visiting Tia Tara in San Francisco this coming weekend, I have a feeling we will be coming home to Isabelle's crib converted into a toddler bed. We knew it was going to happen eventually but didn't think it would be this soon.

Isabelle has been caught a couple times the past few weeks trying to climb out of her crib. We tell her that its not okay and she will get hurt if she does it but yet, she still keeps trying too get out on her own if we are not in her room to get her the first time she calls one of us. As we had mentioned in a 2007 blog entry, we "built" her nursery out of the loft so we could have her upstairs closer to us. Two contractor friends of ours built up the half wall to a full wall and put in a door but knowing how hot it would get in that room with it being upstairs with only a small window to the outside way up high on one of the walls, we decided to add an indoor window on the stairwell wall to get a little more air circulation up there.

Mia and Izzy with "Summer Santa" at Relay for Life

Well this past Sunday Isabelle had awoken from her nap and started asking for me..."Mommy" she would call, as clear as day as if there was no door blocking her voice. I started walking upstairs and as I came around the middle landing I see her peeking out the window saying, "Hi Mommy. I get up now?" I ran in there and there she was, still in her crib but on her tip, tip, tippy toes, leaning over towards the window with her hands on the sill as if she was going to pull herself up there. Michael told me that she has been doing that in the morning too the past few mornings when he comes in to get her; either she is peeking, almost pulling herself out the window or she is standing in her crib with one leg outside of the crib. If she got her other leg over too, she could either shimmy herself down the side of the crib or climb out on top of a little two drawer side table next to her crib with a pretty good chance of falling right off and really hurting herself.

Isabelle's Preschool pic that we didnt know she was having done. Thank goodness Ms. Holly did her hair :)

Then today, I get the following email from Mom/Grandmama:

Subject: Isabelle

Well, about 20 minutes ago, I heard a little voice say "I get up?" and here she was standing in front of the desk where I was working. She now climbs out of the port-a-crib.

It was so cute!!
Grandmama

I came to get her from Grandmama's, since Wednesdays are her days with Isabelle, and she told Isabelle to show me what she did today. Without skipping a beat, Isabelle ran into my parents bedroom, over to her pack and play, tried to get up in it but couldn't so Mom helped her get in then Isabelle showed me exactly what she did today....

I guess our hopes to have her in a crib until FOREVER is not going to happen. We have to get out the babygate again to block the top of the stairs and I am sure there will be many sleepless nights for us when she finds out how easy it is to get to our room once she is in a "big girl bed"...so long sweet freedom! :)

The Eye...not good news

Today I took Isabelle to her eye doctor appointment with the same opthamologist she saw when I thought (not Michael) she had a lazy eye but this time it was for the constant tearing happening from her right eye only. We got to Dr. Munoz's office and I sat down with Isabelle in my lap in the big chair. I went on describing to the doctor what we have noticed the past few months and she immediately told me that she thinks it's a clogged tear duct. She then did a test on Isabelle that went like this...out went the lights, Toy Story came on the TV in her office for her to stare at, a few drops of yellow dye were dropped into both eyes (I had to hold her hands down so she wouldn't rub them-the dye would come out and it stains clothes), she shined a blue light into her eyes and found that the dye in the left eye was gone but the dye in the right eye was floating in a pool of tears at the bottom of her eye....its clogged she says.

Still a Gogurt Eater....just not as messy :)
I asked her what do we do now; thinking that we will be putting hot compresses on her twice a day, give her an anti-inflammatory nasal spray or maybe some new drops. Nope...she needs to "probe" the tear duct which is a 10-15 minute, outpatient surgery procedure. They will put Isabelle out under a local or general anesthetic, insert a thin metal probe through her eye into her tear drainage passage, poke the membrane at the bottom of the duct and then flush it out to make sure the opening they just made is big enough to drain her tears. After the surgery Dr. Munoz said she may tear a little blood or get a bloody nose but that is it. Not too bad, we just don't like the "putting her out" part of the procedure. She then shared with me that there is a 5% chance that this procedure will not work. If it doesn't, Isabelle would have to come back in and have another surgery where they will insert a little plastic tube into the drainage system that would insure the duct stays open. Let's hope that she is one of the 95%.

What a rash!

Two days after being home from Kauai, I was giving Isabelle a bath and noticed that her back felt a little bumpy but didn't think it was anything more than the scratches she had gotten from sand getting under her rash guard swim suit top. I dried her off and took a closer look. This is what I saw...

There were small pink bumps ALL over her back, her sides and a few blotches on her tummy. Michael came up to have a look and we both thought that maybe she had an allergic reaction to something she ate. She hadn't had blueberries for quite sometime and we had those with ice cream for dessert and thought maybe they were the culprit. Michael raced out and got her Children's Benedryl just in case. Since I was going to be calling her doctor anyway this week to get an appointment to have her left eye that continuously waters checked out, I went ahead and called first thing this morning to make an appointment for both "problems" and as luck had it, we got a 3:30 appointment today.

She is still a lightweight peanut at 27.7 lbs. but Dr. Diab says her weight is fine and she is growing well (Phew!). He even asked me, "Wasn't she a smaller baby that I worried about?"; glad to know we have nothing to worry about in that department anymore. Although we were in there only a few months back for her 2 year check up, he did a mini-check up on her today leaving Isabelle and I walking out of his office with a Dora sticker, a prescription for 2.5% Cortisone ointment for a heat rash and Amoxicillan that she has to take twice a day for 10 days for a double ear infection! I was taken back by that one since she hasn't said boo about her ears bothering her (we chalk that up to her being in and out of air conditioning and the pool and ocean water while in Kauai). We are also now waiting for the pediatric opthomologist to call to make an appointment to see her for her watery eye. Dr. Diab doesn't think its allergies especially since I told him that we started giving her Children's Claritin a few weeks back thinking that may be the problem. He has a feeling it might be a clogged tear duct but Dr. Munoz, who she has seen before when she was a baby-baby, will check her out to give us a better diagnosis. Until then...yummy pink stuff and "medicine lotion", here we come!

SAYONARA DIAPERS!!

Although we haven't blogged about it all that much, even though we should have, over the last month and a week (starting the Monday after Easter to be exact) we have been potty training Isabelle and are so proud to say that she has it down...both #1 and #2!

Accessorizing!

We introduced Isabelle to the potty when she was around 18 months old so she is familiar with it and has gone a few times here and there when WE wanted to work with her on it but, we never forced the issue. After her 2n birthday we started working on it some more but she was still in a diaper at least 50% of the time. Before Easter weekend, I spoke with one of Isabelle's teachers about wanting to start potty training her that following Monday and wondering what they do in school (since she is there 3 full days a week) to assist with the process. Ms. Amanda told me that its easy; bring her to school in underwear with lots of extra socks, underwear and pants and they will start her "cold turkey"...no Pull Ups and no diapers (besides at nap time). She also mentioned that there were 2 other kids who just started so the three of them will have a potty team. So with the whole family on board, since we all have turns watching her during the week, we agreed upon no more diapers besides for nap time or long trips.

At Mia's 2nd Birthday Party with Paul

We started with her hardcore on Easter weekend-no diapers besides for nap and bedtime. She had a few accidents on Saturday but all in all did really good. As mentioned in our Easter post, she actually told me during the church service she had to go potty so we figured she was on her way.

Michael took her to school in a diaper the first day of school potty training so when I picked her up there was no report on how her first day of potty training went. He didn't want to chance an accident in the car ride over, which is understandable, but the teacher who Isabelle came into school to that morning did not relay the message to Ms. Holly that today was "P-Day". To ease Micheal's concern, beside having a "piddle pad" in her car seat, he took her to school in a diaper with a pair of panties over them so the teacher would just have to take off the diaper and she would be ready to start her day of potty training.

The first "real day" was insane! I picked her up in clothes that her school let her borrow since she had gone through everything we had brought in-4 outfits! Needless to say we had laundry to do that night. Then the next 2 days were great...only two accidents-one per day! We were shocked on how quickly she took to using the potty and knowing when to go. At home that first weekend we asked her frequently and we have to admit she had some accidents at home (#1 & #2) since we weren't on top of it like they are at school.

Kyle Chapman's 1st Birthday Party-ARGH!

The second week of school she had no accidents on the first day but the second day she had two of them-both #1 and #2. Now #2's were our problem. Isabelle is sent home with reports from her teachers letting us know how/what she did and learned as well as what/how much she ate, if she slept and how long and how many times she went to the bathroom and if it were "p.p" or a "bm". We noticed that for about 3 days (home with Grandmama that Wednesday then back at school for the last 2 days of the week) that she hadn't pooped which wasn't a good sign (WARNING: the following may not be for everyone but it is what it is-POOP). I was starting to worry until over that weekend, she was out on the patio playing and she suddenly stopped and got quiet. I knew exactly what was going on so I quickly picked her up and said, "hold on! lets go poo poo in the potty." I ran her into the bathroom, sat her down on her Elmo seat and nothing! I think I either scared it back in or she had stage fright. We went back out and she continued playing for about 15 minutes and then that same look came across her face...that stare of concentration :) I waited a few seconds, slowly walked over to her and picked her up, told her to keep pushing out the poo-poo and as I sat her down onto her potty seat, she did it...right into the potty and had to push more out! We clapped and praised her as she was waving and saying "bye bye" to her poo-poo as she flushed it down :)

Her third week was a little on the shaky side...she had 3 accidents at school that week and a few at home. We had Mia's 2nd birthday party that weekend and even there she had 3 accidents; within a 5 hour time period! I am betting it on too much fun that she didn't want to stop and tell me she had to go potty because the rest of the weekend was accident free!

Week four was GREAT! No accidents at school (her teachers are shocked on how quickly she picked it up) and only one at Grandmama's-she didn't make it to the potty fast enough. Over that weekend we went and celebrated Kyle's 1st birthday and even there, an unfamiliar place to her, she told me she had to do and she went #1 and #2. But that was also the day I noticed that her right eye was not looking so good. It kept watering and getting bugary (is that even a word?) and the next morning it seemed to have the same thing going on in her other eye.

On Tuesday of the following week, when I was in Orlando on business, she was sent home from school with what they thought was "pink eye"-YUCK! I will have to say, this kid is a trooper. For the 3 days we had to keep her home, and with yucky eyes and a runny nose (we think its allergies but kept giving her the drops that the doctor prescribed her), she kept right on track with telling everyone when she had to go potty. One night she woke up at some point with poop in her Pull Up, took it off, reached through the slats in her crib and put the poopie Pull Up on her bedside table, put her jammie shorts back on (both legs in one hole) then went back to sleep! When he went to get her up for school, her bed was wet and Michael wondered what the heck happened. She pointed to her bedside table and said "poo poo diaper" and he immediately put the pieces together realizing what she had done. Too funny!

Cheesy butt in Vegas!

This past weekend we headed out to Las Vegas and as we mentioned above, we put her in pull ups or a diaper for nap/bed time or long trips and Vegas is about a 4 1/2 drive. Mom/Grandmama, Michael, Isabelle (in her pull up) and I piled into the car for our road trip and with only 2 pit stops, she made it all the way through without going potty in her pull up! We stopped at Jack in the Box in Baker and she went there and also again as we approached the strip. She had no accidents at Leo and Kathy's nor for the ride home except for one time and that was all my fault. We stopped at the outlets in Primm to see about getting Mom a new pair of sandals for Mother's Day. We were in our 3rd shop and Isabelle told me she had to go potty. I told her OK...hang on; as I had flashbacks of that same morning at breakfast and the fact that she said she had to go 4 times and didn't go once when I took her...you all know that game! Well, as Mom was trying on the last pair of sandals sure enough I see Isabelle crouching in her stroller seat in a puddle of pee. OK, lesson learned :)

Potty training was not/is not as bad as we had thought (and dreaded) it would be. Isabelle is still in a pull up or diaper at nap/bed time but more and more frequently she is waking up dry. I am thinking that we may have purchased our last package of diapers a few weeks back :) I also think we may have to dig out some of her 18 month clothes because without a diaper, she has nothing to hold her size 24 month and 2T bottoms up! The End :)

Tattoos...yes, plural

As most of you know, Michael had Isabelle's name tattooed on his arm for Father's Day last year. Since then, he had been wanting to add to it but wasn't sure just what. He thought about a few different ideas and came up with horoscope signs...Taurus for him and Aries for Isabelle. He went to our friend Steph's tattoo artist, told him what he wanted and this is what he sketched directly onto Michael's arm and with an immediate "yes" from Michael, he tattooed it on.

In addition to finishing his Isabelle tattoo, the guys at the theatre...oh wait, Johnny and Michael and I think Mikee, have this thing that they do; I am sure you can only imagine, right? OK, they draw a mustache onto their index finger and put it right under there nose and start speaking with an English accent. "Booly" is normally the first word that comes out of their mouths. So, completely sober mind you, this picture below is an actual tattoo of that mustache. Yes, Michael tattooed a mustache onto his index finger....and better yet, so did Johnny.

The really funny thing about all of this is that our daughter thinks the mustache is hilarious! If she could get one on her finger, she would. Instead we make due with a washable marker...and its pink :)
Papa giving Izzy a mustache with his "booly" finger..

The things we say...

A dear friend of the family, "Grandma" Pat joined my Mom, Isabelle and I for lunch last month and as we were filling her in on all of the Isabelle updates, Isabelle would be chiming in with her 2 cents. Some making perfect sense and said with clarity and others that Pat would have to turn to Mom and I to translate what Isabelle was saying to her. Pat then asked me if I had been writing everything down? I told her, well you know we have the blog for her and Pat said does it include everything she says? I sat and thought about it and realized, I don't think I have really kept track of all of the things she says; funny, serious, words and phrases that she says and you have to translate, the times when she goes to repeat what you said but its only the last 2 or last word or even the ones that she can say clearly.

Although I can't remember them all, I immediately started to put together a list of Isabelle's past (the ones I can remember), more recent ramblings and the ones you can understand...bear with me. Some are pretty funny :)

Words that need translating:
Looplops=Flip flops
Burpday Party=Birthday Party
DooDoodle=Magnadoodle
Nem-en-nem= M&M (usually said as she is pee-peeing on the potty)
Bee-bop-bop= Lollipop
Rammama=Grandmama
Merry Miss-Mas= Merry Christmas
Ove-er one= Other one
Fhia=Sophia
Dillo=Armadillo from her Not the Hippopatamus book
Simming Suit=swimming suit
Tum On= Come on
Scharmie=Smartie (she got one of them everytime she peepee'd or poo-poo'ed in the potty)

Phrases:
Go away, B (however when she first started she would say to Bear, "leave alone")
Mines!
Go Wings!
I say, "F is for.." and her response, "FART"
More please
Looking in the mirror she will say, "Cute"
Isabelle's turn
Shoes on/Crocs on
I can do it! (yes...it has started)
Pretending to be calling someone on any phone, "hello, yes, uh huh, okay, good bye"
Ask her who's baby is Amy/Travis, Mike/Caryn, Courtney/Mike and April/JP's and she will match the child to the parents.
Trys to sing the ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Bah Bah Black Sheep, Row Row Row Your Boat and her favorite (as we practice before our trip to Disneyland) Yo Ho, Yo Ho!
Come on!
Lets Outside (forgets "go")
I hold you...instead of hold me
Sit down/LayDown
Cover up, Mommy
I want to do it!
Dinosaur Song (here he comes, from afar...)
PIZZA PARTY!
I go to work now. Bye.
I do______, Mommy or You do _______, Mommy.
You stay here, Mommy (Grandmama, Poppy, Papa, etc.). I'll be back.
Watch this, Mommy (or anyone else).
Mommy and Daddy are coming (she learned that at preschool)
And my favorite...I love YOUUUU!

And her listening skills aren't to shabby either...one afternoon a little while back, a song sung by Joe and Blue of Blues Clues came on and Isabelle stopped to watch it. It was the "Scrub, Scrub" song...all about Blue taking a bath and what she is supposed to wash while in the bath. They start singing the song and naming body parts that Blue should wash then Joe will stop and say, "Ears? Where are your ears?". As interactive as Blue's Clues is (which is one of the reasons I have always loved this show-even when Steve was on, way back when), Blue, Joe and Slippery (the soap bar) stop and stare at you giving you plenty of time to "show them" where your ears are, then they smile and acknowledge it whether you showed them or not. So Isabelle starts showing them where her body parts are as they are asking the question when all of a sudden they ask, "Where are your toes?" Without missing a beat, Isabelle goes into the guest room/her play room, grabs the toaster and a piece of play toast out of her kitchen, walks back to the TV and holds them up saying, "Here, due doe" (aka: here you go). Toes; toast...they sound the same to a 2 year old!

Adios Puerto Vallarta, Aloha Kauai!

Even though Isabelle knows how to say "hola" and "adios", it was decided that with the "swine flu" taking over we had best reroute the Ilich and Owston families somewhere other than Mexico for our family vacation at the end of May.

Looking through our timeshare catalog, Mom brought up Kauai and as you can imagine...we jumped all over it! We now have 2 one bedroom studios booked at the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club! YAY! Mahalo Mom and Dad, we can't wait! Now we just have to teach Isabelle how to say "Aloha" and "Mahalo" :)

Oh No, Nightmares

Not sure when they start or if she is having them but for the last few nights in a row, Isabelle has been waking up in the middle of the night crying. It's like she is a newborn again...rushing to her rescue at any noise she makes. We tried consoling her in her room (boy do I miss the rocker) but when that didn't it, and against our rules, we pulled her into bed with us. That got old really quick; she thought it was time to play. Michael and I would both have our back to her with her right between us and she would always manage to find our eyes or nose and poke at them. She has even yelled "wake up!" So back to bed we would take her with a sippy cup of milk, turn on her music and kiss her good night once again. We did find out about 4 nightmares later that if we just leave her be, she will go back to sleep on her own.

Isabelle playing with her Darth Tator

On another note, did you know that Starbucks really knows how to get its brand out there...right into every one's faces, even kids. Isabelle and I were walking around at our city's "Earth Day" event at Central Park and as we walked past the Starbucks booth Isabelle points to the logo on their table cloth and says, "Papa's coffee." How is that for brand recognition!

Our Lil Soccer Player

Michael read a post on a board at Isabelle's preschool that soccer lessons will be starting; 10am-11am every Wednesday for 6 weeks. So he decided that he and Isabelle would go to soccer lessons before going to Grandmama's house on Wednesdays (since Wednesdays are "her days" to watch her).

Today was her first day/lesson and from what Michael said, she did great. She was the youngest and smallest one of the bunch but she held her own.

She listened to Coach Jay and did everything he told her to do...great way for her to learn to follow directions. She did warm ups, lined up with the other kids and waited for her turn to kick her ball, tried dribbling the ball and even practiced kicking it into the net for a goal.

Michael said she lasted about 30 minutes out of the hour practice and was ready to go home after that. They stayed and watched everyone else for a little while longer then left but when I got home, she told me all about it.

Come June when soccer is over and the sun is back out (even though you would think it was summer right now with the 90 degree weather we have coming this weekend), we are going to start swim lessons again; we being Michael and Isabelle along with Travis and Mackenzie on Monday and Wednesday mornings...Amy and I are sooo jealous but the Dad's and their girls are going to have a great time :)

Birthday Celebration #3-THE END

8:30am came around very quickly as we were woken up by a pone cal from the bounce house company….all we thought was “they were here to set up Isabelle’s Birthday Cake Jumper already?” OK, let the day begin.

So proud after finally getting in the jumper!

After the jumper was set up on the big grass area we have across the way from us, Michael had to get in to “test it out” and guess what, Isabelle wanted nothing to do with it! “Great”, thought, “Money down the drain. Oh well.” At least she kept the jumper in the back of her mind becuase she would mention it together with anything that had to do with her “Burpday Party" that was repeated all morning as we were getting things out and ready for that afternoon. She was getting more and more excited each time she would mention the party knowing that her friends, whose names were also recited after she said “Burpday Party”, were coming over to play and celebrate with her.

Kyle and Lindalee
Olivia and Lexi

The "Birthday Cake Jumper"

We decided to have the party start at 3:00, right after nap times. Isabelle woke up from her nap around 2:30 with a HUGE smile on her face saying “My Burpday Party?” I replied “yes, its time for your birthday party and your friends are coming over too.” She was so excited that I actually believe she understood what was going on. With Dad/Poppy away on business and Michael at the theatre for the show he was in (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest-he had the lead role), Mom and I were the hosts and the keepers/watchers of Isabelle.

Mackie and her "Crazy Eyes"

Riley pushing her baby...we know what to get her for her birthday! Friends started to arrive at around 3:15. The freshly painted garage all set up as base camp with tables, chairs, food, coolers of juice, water, soda and beer, snacks and a drying line with clothes pins hanging on one of the walls for anyone who was painting on the easel we had set up. We used Rose and Dominic’s parking spot to set up a little table and chairs for fruit loop necklace making, beach chairs on the grass near the jumper for parents to watch the rugrats from, bubbles and a basket full of balls to play with along with any 4 wheeled or three wheeled toy we had! Didn’t want any of the kids to get bored :)

April with Jazzy painting and Sophia drawing on the chalkboard
The "fruit loop necklace table" (Mia, Sophia and Paul) Everyone was socializing and some meeting new faces like Steve, Rebekah and their daughter Lindalee, Pastor Joe and Barbie and Mark, Kristen and Riley (one of the girls who was at Lisa’s with Isabelle). Mark is actually the one we have to thank for getting Isabelle into the jumper! She was milling around outside the jumper and Riley was inside jumping. I left for a moment to welcome arriving guest (sound like an airline stewardess) and came back to little miss giggle butt jumping around inside with Riley! It wasn’t a waste of money after all…everyone, and I mean kids and adults alike, were in it!

Pastor Joe playing with Izzy and Riley

The Henn Family in the Henn House (Cav, Courtney and Mike)
Auntie Steph, Jazzy and Izzy
as Siad and Casey's with their kid/dog, Caesar, and after about an hour it was decided that this year for 4th of July, we are having a "block BBQ"...jumper and all!

Lindsey and Sue

Sophia and Nate
Ceaser,the party dog

We ordered pizza, since the chef/grill master was at the theatre until 5, and at around 5:30, we opened the “cupcake bar”. I set up the trays of cupcakes with tubs of frosting, sprinkles and other decorative candies for everyone to create their own cupcake. However, after sharing the “Froggy Cake” story from the day before, there were no candles and no singing “Happy Birthday” to Isabelle which was fine because those kids fed their faces and went right back to playing.

The Magin's (Caryn, Mia and Mike)

Izzy and Jazzy

We went inside a little later to open gifts with anyone who wanted to watch, which was everyone except the Dad’s :) As we thanked everyone for the gifts and for coming over, Caryn turned to Isabelle and asked her if we could whisper “Happy Birthday” to her and with Isabelle’s “no” to her, we just decided we would do it anyways. As we started whispering "Happy Birthday" to her, Isabelle crawled into my lap and held my arm until it was finished and as everyone started clapping, amazingly, so did she.

A Star Wars Light saber from Uncle Johnny

What a fabulous way to end Isabelle's 2nd Birthday Weekend!

2nd Birthday Celebration Day #2

Today is Isabelle’s actual birthday and to celebrate, we had Grandmama, Poppy an Nana over for lunch. Poppy was off onto another business trip the following morning and Nana wouldn’t quite want to be at her birthday celebration we had planned the following day with all of her friends…all under the age of 7 :)

Poppy/Dad picked up lunch from one of our favorite restaurants and Grandmama picked up Nana and also what will be known as the birthday weekend buzz kill…the Froggy Cake!

After everyone got to our house an a little catching up, we had lunch which led to singing “Happy Birthday” to Isabelle. I went into the kitchen, got the Froggy Cake ready, lit a “2” candle ad began to sing “Happy Birthday” to her and between the singing, staring, lit candle and the bug eyed Froggy Cake, our little birthday girl lost it. She started crying and clung to my arm for dear life. The pictures below tell the whole story.

She wanted absolutely nothing to do with the cake…completely traumatized! As we got rid of her birthday cake and brought out tiramisu and chocolate cake that we got for the adults, I packed up “Froggy” for Nana to take home to share with her friends when they came over to play bridge at her house that Tuesday.

Opening one of the many gifts from Grandmama and Poppy
We enjoyed the rest of the celebration opening gifts and then Isabelle was off for a well deserved nap which was also time for Mom and Dad to prepare for her Birthday Celebration #3. Party bags to fill, 4 dozen cupcakes to bake (which reminds me that I need to invest in another muffin pan J) and Michael out to finish painting the garage.

Opening her Dora Magnadoodle from Nana
Playing with Legos that Tia Tara and Scott got her.

2nd Birthday Celebration Day #1

Thursday night while little Miss was sound asleep, the cupcake angels (aka: Mom and Dad) flew into our kitchen and baked and frosted 24 cupcakes (with reduced sugar frosting-hehe) for our soon to be 2 year old to bring to school and share with all of her friends.

Izzy and all of her afternoon time friends.

When she was in the car on the way over she wanted to eat her cupcakes but Papa, of course, told her she had to wait till later. They came to my office to pick me up so I could drop her off at school with them. From the moment we walked in the front door, she was telling everyone she came in contact with, that she had "cupcakes for school"..."for your class", is what I would remind her (we only slaved over 2 dozen the night before, not 10 dozen).

MMMM...cupcakes and so dainty eating it with a spoon!

We got to her class and as we walked in she pretty much yelled..."CUPCAKES". Ms. Holly greeted her with a "Happy Birthday" as all of the kids surrounded her. Again, she wanted to dig into those cupcakes right then and there but this time Ms. Holly said they would have them a little later. With a kiss and a hug goodbye (and handing over the camera to Ms. Holly to get a few pics for us), we left our little, almost 2 year old to celebrate the first of her 2nd birthday celebrations with her friends at school.