Life with Isabelle

I love my little girl, she is the sun and the moon to me, but she is also a whole lot of crazy. I have never met a little person with such a strong will, who has such a sweet disposition. She is thoroughly destroying something one minute and giving the sweetest, squeeziest hugs the next. She loves to be held, hugged, kissed and snuggled. When she wants to be snuggled she will wrap her dimpled arms around your neck and pull you close while saying "ahhh." It melts my heart.

And yet she is a little tornado. She never stops moving. Never. Fortunately, she often chooses to be moving right next to me, she is my constant shadow and little helper. If I am tidying the house, she will hold her dolly in one hand and carry a laundry hamper in the other. It is crazy cute. Her favorite thing to do right now is climb up the ottoman, her little piano, her rocking horse, you name it, and stand on top with no hands. She is also perfecting her technique in climbing up into window sills. We had to lower her crib again, she is fearless.

Isabelle has always been a dream baby. She has always had a very calm temperament which is so surprising considering all of the personality she has, but lately she has been expressing her displeasure and need for independence a lot more strongly. She will stop at nothing to get what she wants and all the redirecting in the world will not make a difference. This girl is persistent, and perfect, and exhausting. Life is never boring with her around and we wouldn't have it any other way.

I couldn't resist taking that last photo. She had a complete meltdown when she was removed from her stroller. And all of these pictures are blurry because she never stops moving.

These last two photos are some of my favorite, my girl is wild and so so sweet.