Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Dancing Queen

Isabelle insisting that Mason dance with her. On her birthday. Anytime she puts on these dresses she insists that we turn on the soundtrack to Mama Mia so she can dance.

Isabelle is 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe that Isabelle is 3. It seems like just yesterday that she was born. I still remember.:) All my friends here is Logan all remember when she was born and cannot believe how fast the time goes. We measure are time in Logan by how old Izzy is. Three and a half years, WOW.

Three words that describe Isabelle: Drama, Princess, talkative...okay four hilarious. Drama: She cries at the drop of the hat, and she has the highest most ear wrenching screams on the planet. Any of my family can vouch. Princess: She is the sweetest thing in the world most of the time. She is best "big giant" hugger ever. She loves Mason and calls him Buddies or her brother. We lost Mason at the store a couple months ago and the whole time she just said "Where is my brother?" It was sweet. Also she loves to dress up. Talkative: Isabelle can talk and talk and talk and talk. Most of the time I have no idea what she is talking about, though I can usually understand most of it. She loves to talk on the phone and will whoever all about her surroundings as if they can see what she is talking about. She loves to read. She will sit on the couch next to me, while I am reading, with a book and read out loud. The stories she comes up with our quite entertaining. If you act like you are listening she will stop and get shy so most of the time I just pretend I am not and listen. Hilarious: Izzy has the funniest facial expressions. She almost tops Mason's. She raises her eyebrows and tries to be silly. My favorite is the puppy dog look she gives when she really wants something. She seriously rules this house with her brother second chair.
(Princess Isabelle and her Prince)

For her birthday Grandma and Grandpa Hirschi, Aunt Julie, Aunt Janae, and Soodie came on Friday to spend the night with her. They gave her a Snow White princess dress, a princess backpack pillow and a very cute skirt. We gave her a Cinderella dress and all the accessories to go with it.

We love our Izzy and though she was a surprise we couldn't be more blessed to have a part of our family.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree






I am so excited for Christmas. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Ever since Robert and I have been married (7 years) we have only had a real christmas tree once. I prefer real, but they can be so expensive. We bought a fake one four years ago and have used it every since. But...................this year I talked Rob into letting me have a real tree. The kids were so excited. We got to go with Grandma and Grandpa Knight and buy their tree with them and the kids went crazy. So when we got home from Thanksgiving we went to Home Depot and bought their first real chirstmas tree. Mason and Izzy went crazy. We got home and put it in the stand and then I had to go to young womens and the kids had to wait till I got home to put the ornaments on. Rob said Mason was taking ornaments out of the box the whole time I was gone. (Don't you love Mason's smile face?:))



It is really funny to watch the kids put on the ornaments. If the kids were the only ones to put the ornaments on they would all be about three feet up and all right next to each other. Some of them are right next to each other, but it gives the tree character. It is so nice to have the smell of pine which is essentially the smell of Christmas in our home this year. Rob has told me over and over that we will always have a real tree and it has really brought the spirit of Christmas to him. I love to sit by the tree at night with the lights on and read and smell the tree. The kids have done a very good job at not touching the tree and breaking ornaments. This year so far we have had no ornament fatalities so far as opposed to last years about 20 fatalities. Hope everyones Holiday Season is warm and full of lots of love.