Recent Visit to KC

Isabella and I just got back to Dallas from a 4-day stay in Kansas City. David was in Chicago for a bachelor party, so rather than staying at home by ourselves, we decided to visit KC. Isabella went to her first Major League Baseball game. She watched the Royals beat the White Sox. While she was there, she witnessed an inside-the-park homerun. It was very exciting. Isabella discovered the fun of splashing and kicking water during her bath. It was the cutest thing in the world. The video of that is probably one of my favorites so far. We both had a great time in KC and can't wait to go back in December.

Over the past week or so, Isabella has started eating vegetables. We started with sweet peas. It took her a couple of days to tolerate them, but by the end of the 3rd day, she was actually opening her mouth and wanting more. I took a video when she first started...she wasn't too happy. She just completed her sweet potato trial (so far those are her favorite) and today we will be trying green beans. In addition, she started playing in her excersaucer/activity center. Her feet barely touch the bottom, but they make enough contact that she can rotate the seat to play with all of the toys. She absolutely loves it.

Recently Isabella has discovered the wonders of sleeping on her stomach. She's not a big fan... In fact, she hates it. Isabella went from sleeping 12-13 hours a night to waking up screaming 3-4 times a night because she woke up on her stomach. She is fully capable of rolling to her back again, but for some reason she doesn't do it. After dealing with this for almost 2 weeks, the pediatrician has given us permission to let her cry for however long it takes. So now she cries during the day (we are to put her on her stomach as often as we can) and at night. It's fabulous. I have video evidence if you don't believe that my little angel can be such a pain in the tush.

Here are some pictures/video from the weekend and a few random pictures/videos from the past two weeks:

Isabella enjoying yet another meal:

I'm not quite sure what is so entertaining about watching Isabella eat her cereal, but whatever it is keeps me so amused (and a few of you as well, so you say). Whether or not she actually likes the cereal is still up in the air, but there's something about it that makes her coo and smile. When she's not overly tired, it's one of my favorite parts of the day. In this particular video, David actually did the feeding and I recorded (this will become apparent when you see the amount of hair on the arm that's feeding her). Here's yet another meal-time video:

A House Divided...

Isabella has now officially been introduced to college football. In order for her to be a neutral observer, it was imperative she wear apparel from both KU and UT. Her first outfit consisted of a UT onesie and a KU bow in her hair w/KU socks. The socks, however, didn't fit well (a wee bit large) so they didn't stay on but a matter of seconds. She wore outfit number two (her KU National Championship t-shirt from her Great-Uncle Mark and a UT hat) after drenching the first outfit in spit-up. Because the UT game started so late, she only got to watch KU shut out LA Tech. Maybe next week she'll see both. This poor child is going to be so confused...

Too cute not to share...

After finishing her cereal, Isabella was talking my ear off. I decided to grab the camera and record our "conversation." It was too adorable...