Early Thanksgiving Celebration...

Aunt Sharla, Uncle Scott and Aunt AndreaGrandma BergerUncle Scott reading to Izzy...which she loved!!! Trying out her first pickle...
And trying her first apple...which she LOVED (see carcass below)
Yesterday we drove up to Ft. Wayne to celebrate an early Thanksgiving with Mike's mom and step dad's family. The food was delicious and simply being with family was so much fun. We played cards until late hours and stayed up chatting even longer! Izzy experienced some new foods: mashed potatoes (which she did not care for-must be the texture), pickles (another one she didn't like), mandarin oranges (she devoured and we have seen remnants ALL DAY) and apples. Izzy loved the apple and would scream if you took it away from her. She also said a new word today: APPLE. I cried.

Go Colts!!!

GO COLTS!!!

The many faces of Isabelle...

Remember how Izzy won't push her stroller with the baby doll in it? It is still getting thrown to the side...Katie Monster keeps baby doll company :(

While Mike and I were away doing Funster activities, my good friend, Lori, came over and watched Izzy ALL DAY. What a sport. Lori has been looking forward to this day for a few weeks...and for good reason. She and Iz had a very fun-filled day, themselves! They went out for breakfast with Molly, played all day, and took a trip to the mall. Phew! Molly was able to capture some pictures of both Izzy Lou and Lori Lou :) They were just too cute NOT to post. A VERY BIG thank you to our favorite new babysitter, Lori. Izzy had a great day...she told me to tell you thank you and she loves you. Muah!

Funsters at IU

Watching the Marching 100 come through with the cheerleaders
A little Flippy Cup never hurt anyoneCornhole
The Funsters
The girls
Warming Up in the car

Ending the day at Nick's English Hut with Sink the Bismark

Yesterday the Funsters reunited for a day of tailgating at Indiana University. We arrived bright and early at 9am to gain a spectacular tailgate spot right next to Assembly Hall (we were able to go inside to use the warm bathrooms!). The day was a chilly 45 degrees, but that didn't stop us from playing Flippy Cup, Cornhole and grilling our lunch. We never did make it inside of the game...we were having far too much fun outside to go see IU get beat (badly) Wisconsin. Don't worry, we did follow the game on everyones' Blackberries :) After a full day of tailgating, we ventured over to Nick's, as what's a trip to Bloomington without playing Sink the Biz? It was a fun-filled Funster day...looking forward to the next one!!!

Visiting new baby Moose...

Izzy trying to get her hands on JudeSharing her legoTouching the babySnug as a bug in a rug (aka: swaddled) Couldn't leave the boys out...Eric and his buddy, Oscar

Last Sunday we packed it up and went to Broadripple to visit the Mooses. Little Jude is 4 weeks old and I just had to get my hands on him! Isabelle wasn't initially interested in Jude, as there were tons of new toys in a new house. When Iz finally discovered mommy holding another baby, she came crawling over and tried to get her hands on Jude. She was very curious and wanted to share her toys and touch Jude...she is quite the inquisitive explorer.

Meg and her boys are doing very well adjusting to a new life in their home. I just couldn't get over how just 13 months ago I was swaddling & nursing. Felt like a lifetime ago!

Fall is here...

Last weekend was in the mid-70's...in November! Mike took advantage of the last warm weekend by raking leaves and giving the yard one final mow. After Izzy woke up from a THREE hour nap, we joined daddy in the leaves. Girl wasn't too sure what to think of all the crunching...but she loved the warm weather!!! All week it has been in the 70's, which is soon ending. This weekend's high is 43 degrees. No more bare feet for Izzy Lou....

Happy Halloween...

This year Izzy dressed as a cheerleader for Halloween. We did not trick-or-treat, as she is too young to 1. Eat candy and 2. Get to the door on her own to ask for said candy. Instead, we spent an hour over at Katie & Rick's house while they passed out candy. Katie gave Izzy a Kit Kat and in the first pic you can see that she attempted to eat it, wrapper and all. They even had a real tractor driving through their neighborhood giving tractor rides...now THAT's the way to roll on Halloween!!!