She Did It!

Isabella pulled herself up to her feet in her crib!! And was very proud of herself, I might add. Such a smart baby!! The day before she turns 8 months, and she can pull herself up. I don't know that I am ready for her to being growing up already!!

Week Update

Wow, I hadn't realized that I hadn't written anything in a week. Oops. LOL

Last Saturday, we took Isabella to her first concert. A bunch of country singers, down at the fairgrounds a few miles from our house. She did really well. Played on a blanket, felt grass on her feet for the first time, danced with Mommy. She even fell asleep for a little while!

She's also pulling up in her crib these days. Jeff lowered her mattress so she can't pull up too far. She wasn't overly happy about that little manuever. She pulled up to her knees on one of her toys the other day, and fell backwards. She wasn't hurt, but she was MAD. Baby has Daddy's temper. Haha.

She likes to crawl around the whole house now, so I guess we're finally going to have to install that second baby gate. Add it to the list of weekend chores.

We're been dealing with car issues for over a week now. The stress of that is most likely why I have not been writing. Just too annoyed and stressed.

And the fun really begins

We installed our first baby gate yesterday. Isabella is definitely mobile nowadays. She goes forward, backward, sideways, whether it be scooting, crawling, or the army crawl (which is the cutest darn thing!). She is fascinated by the baby gate. It's funny. I guess we're going to have to baby-proof the rest of the house now, too.

She's so cute when she gets to where she wants to go. She will look up at me as if to say "See, Mommy, I did it! Are you watching?!" It's quite adorable.

Pulling up is next!!

She is getting too big too fast for Mommy. Haha

Ladies' Night Out & Crappy/Fantastic Day

I went to Olive Garden with Mandy, Aunt D, and some of the ladies from church tonight. It was so much fun. They are mostly all old enough to be my mother, but what a riot they are! I debated on going; I have hardly gone out since having Isabella. But I figured Jeff gets his occassional poker night, so I was going to take this opportunity. I didn't even call/text home to see how it was going. I am very proud of myself. Olive Garden is one of my favorite restaurants. Stuffed chicken marsala. MMMMMMMM.

The day started out pretty crappy. Isabella spit up formula out of her nose...twice. It took her doctor three hours to call me back, and then he was kind of a jerk. I was thinking before of changing pediatricians; now I know we definitely are going to do so. I don't need to be told I am doing a bad job raising my baby.

Isabella made the day all better because she CRAWLED to me!!!! A few feet...forward. Up until this point, she has been crawling or scooting backwards. It made my day!!

Yummy Sushi!!

Last night was a lot of fun. I haven't had sushi since before I was pregnant with Bella, and we haven't ever gone to a place here in Tucson. Last night we went to Oishi with Jeff & Julie, J.D., Tara & Eric, and Steve. From the outside you might think this place was somewhat of a dive, but let me tell you, the sushi is amazing!! Spicy dragon roll, spicy tuna roll with crunch, and the philadelphia roll. Soooooo yummy. Friends doing sake bombs, spilling beer on the table, JD taking funny pictures, our friend Jeff already intoxicating and making funny comments. Julie talking too loudly because two sake bombs in she was DONE. Hilarious night out. Made a lot of the stress of the past few weeks seep away.

Jeff and I watched a movie when we got home. Just relaxed and got ready for bed. It was the perfect end to a perfect evening.

I want to go for more sushi!!

Sept 11th

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing this day 8 years ago. I was lying in bed, bundled under the covers, watching the news. I saw the 2nd plane fly into the tower, and I couldn't believe it! I thought it was fake.

The day only got worse. I found out later that one of my friend's dad was working at the Pentagon and they didn't know where he was. His office was on the destroyed side of the building. A few horrifying, long, scary hours later we all found out that he had not been in his office at that time, in fact he wasn't even on that side of the building. Luckily, he had had a meeting on the other side of the building. He was definitely shook up, but fine physically.

Eight years has gone by really fast, and yet it seems to be yesterday every time the anniversary hits. Perhaps because with the war still waging on, it seems neverending.

My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone who lost someone on this day, or anyone who knows someone who did. And to John Ritter's family, because he died on Sept 11th a year or two after the horrible tragedy in NY. My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone who need them today.

September 10th

Today is 4 years since my godmother's mom died. I miss Grandma Yonnie immensely. She was a wonderful grandmother to my two "cousins," and I am sure she would have been just as wonderful with Isabella. My godmother is missing her a lot today, and we are going to go out to lunch and grocery shopping to help take her mind off it for just a little bit. We're going to try out 'Java Edge.' We haven't been there before, but they are supposed to have great sandwhiches.

Later, I'm going with my friend Mandy to her OB appointment. I recommended my OB to her, and she wanted me to go with her today since it is her first appointment. None of my friends have ever asked me to go and hear their baby's heartbeat before. I'm excited. Baby Venable will be here in March. I'm sitting in for Ray today since he won't be back from deployment until November.

We've invited Mandy over for dinner, as well. Chicken piccata and garlic mashed potatoes. It's going to be really yummy.