Baby it's cold outside...so let's stay in!!!

Izzy found cups in the cabinet...which turned into hours of stacking fun (for both Izzy and Mike)!

Impromptu sink bath after a bad blow-out

I couldn't resist...

This weekend was coooold in Indy. So we decided to stay in. Nearly ALL weekend. Friday night Mike's step-mom, Laura, drove down so Mike and I could have a night out with his team from work. It wasn't a very tough babysitting job for Laura, as Izzy fell asleep in the car ride home from school and went right to her crib. She slept through the night until the next morning - in the prior day's school clothes! Laura spent the evening baking holiday cookies and continuously checking in on Iz zonked out in her crib! Too funny.


Saturday morning Laura let us sleep in and then she was on her way back home. Indy got some significant snow that day, as on her way back, she said the highway was closed in one direction as there were 8 accidents in the span of 10 miles. Awful. Yet another reason we opted to stay in...


We DID venture out for a few hours to our friends' house (the Schroerings) for some Trivia Pursuit (and Mike had some business to do - that was the real reason for us getting out). Sunday we literally hunkered down inside all day. We played in cabinets (see pic of Iz and Mike playing with cups), explored the stairs (up and down and up and down), had several dance parties, and read countless books.


This weekend Izzy started using her third sign: all done. She is very excited about her newfound signing skill...as she is constantly asking to "eat", for "more", and telling us she is "all done." Impressive, yes. But tiresome. Girl is always asking to eat. How many oyster crackers can the she eat (or feed to the dogs)? This might explain the impromptu sink bath!!!


And finally, Izzy has finally learned to nod her head YES. For any of you that remember the "No, no, no" video from this summer...she was a big fan of shaking her head no. Whenever anyone said the word, she'd start shaking back and forth. My mom kept on trying to teach Izzy to say yes on her last visit, to no avail. Now she's a big fan of the YES nod. She even bobbs her head yes to the beat of music...it's priceless.