Walking

It has been become cooler here in Virginia and I can unfortunately not carry Isabella in the front carrier anymore for my walks. I would have to bundle her up too much and she would not fit in the carrier anymore. Also, she is getting pretty heavy and my back is starting to feel that. But this way I am able to use our heavy duty Bertini stroller. Fancy Italian stroller which works well out here on our gravel roads. Last week when the low for the day time was 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) and heavy winds, I bundled her up in the stroller and went out for our walk. She enjoyed it a lot looking all around and being warm. she still looks so little in the stroller. On our way back from the walk she feel asleep in the stroller. The weather was really nice so I stayed in the garden with her until she woke up.

Go Bucs!

When we went to Florida a few weeks ago, we took the opportunity to get some new Bucs stuff including a jersey for Isabella. Isabella wears Number 80 - Michael Clayton. It's still a little big, but she will grow into it. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not that great this year, but we still had fun watching the game on Thanksgiving. Isabella did not watch much since we are still keeping her away from the television. She could hear us celebrate (not much) and being disappointed. Oh well, we will have a better season next year. But watch how cute Isabella looks in her shirt!





See Isabella's Chucky Face!

Sitting Up

Since we have returned from our vacation we have been practicing with Isabella sitting up. Since she has been working hard to get moving and learn to crawl, we let her do that and did not focus on sitting up. Therefore she was a little wobbly. We have been practicing it for a few days now and you can notice how steady she can sit up now and can balance herself well.

First Vacation - On the Beach

Sorry for not writing for so long. We went for 2 weeks to Florida for our first vacation with Isabella. We rented a nice beachfront house on Anna Maria Island. My sister Maria came from Germany to join us. We had a great time and the weather was really nice. We made our first attempts for Isabella to go in the water. She did not care too much for that. I think she was scared of the waves and for her taste the water was a little chilly.

Isabella had again the opportunity to see many of her relatives again.

Tante Maria & Isabella on the beach.

Grandma, Grandpa and Isabella - This was the first time for Isabella to meet her Grandpa. When he held her she went immediately for the beard. What a wonderful toy! This is lots more fun than Daddy's goatee.

Cousins Hunter & Ryan in the back, Aunt Ann, Isabella & Mommy in the front. Ann was trying to keep up with Isabella's exercises. She was doing push ups and swimming exercises continuously. I think we did not have any idea how many muscles such a little baby uses and how little we do!

Isabella & Tante Sherri. Sherri came to visit us for a couple days. We had a great time at the beach. Sherri watched Isabella for one night, while Maria, Gary, and I went to Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa for an absolute incredible dinner. We enjoyed ourselves even though this was our first time going out without Isabella. Sherri did not know that she was our first babysitter and we did not leave Isabella with anybody else yet. Everything went well.

Here are some more pictures from our vacation.




We had a great vacation but as usual it ended too quick. I could have stayed for a while. It was so nice.


On the last day of our vacation Isabella cut her first tooth. The way back was not too bad, but we noticed that she was a little bit more sensitive to hunger and sleep. Today we noticed that the second tooth is coming through!