Isabella is 2 1/2!!!

It is hard to believe that Isabella is 2.5! We're half way to three... time flies! Isabella continues to amaze us with all she learns on a daily basis. It is so fun to see. She continues to love to be read to & has taken a liking to classic stories like goldilocks & the three bears, three little pigs, the gingerbread man, etc. She likes to pretend to read & she will open the book & say, "once upon a time..."

traveling to AR to visit granny & grandpa- stopped to eat lunch & Isabella loved jumping on the picnic benches.

Our only snow fall this winter (thus far).... Isabella loved it! Mommy was too wussy to go out in it so Daddy took her for a walk & to play. She found her sunglasses just shortly before going outside & had a renewed interest in them... that is why she is wearing them- not b/c it is excessively bright. :)

Isabella is learning so much, it is so hard to keep up with everything she learns on a daily basis. She knows her alphabet, can count to 16 or 17 (depending on the day!), and she knows all her basic shapes & colors. She has a memory that is better than mine... which isn't saying much, but she can remember things very well! It surprises us a lot of the time.

We also enjoy all the funny things that come out of her mouth. It is so hard to remember them all, but we try! One day I was telling her not to do something and she says to me, "Don't be grumpy at me, Mom" Another day Mike was trying to get her settled down in her bed and through tears she told him she was "sad" (she uses this one a lot). When he asked her why she was sad, she said, "because mommy & daddy tell me what to do!" Awww, poor Isabella! She can be very dramatic. Sometimes when we try to get her to settle down from crying unnecessarily she'll tell us, "I just want to cry! I sad!" I'll have to do better at remembering more because she says some pretty funny things almost daily!