Nevermind...

So those amazing pictures I was going to post today aren't going to happen. I forgot to take pictures of the amazing thing. Anyways...

Tomorrow morning we are going to the homecoming parade at UND. So excited. Woo hoo. Then we are going to my mom's to drop off Isabella for the night. Woo hoo. When we get back to Forks we are going to the Arts & Craft fair, or whatever it's called.

After all that we are planning to clean out our garage. Basically when we moved in all the crap that didn't have a place in our house got put into the garage. We don't really use it for anything besides storing that crap and the lawnmower, but everytime I go in there I get annoyed with it. Since Isabella will be staying with my mom it gives us the perfect chance to clean it out before it gets too cold outside. Hopefully that will go quick enough so that we can start on the basement. At least we can work on the basement all year long even if the weather is bad.

The Vikings don't play until 3 on Sunday. It annoys me when they play so late in the day instead of at noon. I think they are playing the Falcons.

Well since I forgot to take pics of what I said I was going to I will leave you with a cute pic of Isabella from yesterday. Enjoy!

Isabella modeling her Guns n' Roses onesie she got from Amy when she was first born. It finally fits!  

Stay tuned...

Tomorrow I will be posting the most amazing pictures you will ever see in your lifetime. Be here tomorrow at...well...um...just be here sometime tomorrow and look for these incredible pictures. Trust me, you'll know what I'm talking about soon enough....oooooo the anticipation....

Oops, but it's not my fault...

I went and checked my statcounter a little bit ago. Crazy thing...I was looking at the visitor's paths and came across one that had a web address listed. Like I usually do I copied the address and entered it to see where it would take me. Well I'm pretty sure it took me to someone else's statcounter. Although this one is called a web hosting counter. And it didn't just take me to the homepage for the site. I was actually looking at this person's statistics and visitors for their blog. At the top of the page was a blog address so I went to the blog, and let's just say it's a crazy little site. Here's the blog address: http://cidadedopecado.blogspot.com/ I was thinking about putting up the address that took me to the persons web hosting counter stats because I wasn't sure at first if that's what I was really looking at or not. Then I realized that might not be the smartest thing, since others would also be able to go to their account and do who knows what. Anyways, just thought I'd tell you all my dumb little story. :) And to whoever's statistics I was looking at, sorry. Didn't do it on purpose buddy.

Later peeps!

Sissy boy...

Doug is watching the movie Hitch. What a sissy boy...hahahahaha....

A trip to the park...

Yesterday we took Isabella to the park to get some big sticks for the graveyard Doug wants to set up for Halloween in our backyard. He thinks we should have 2 big crosses and a little one. I think we should put our names on them too. Sorry, Isabella has a couple of morbid parents at times.

When we got to the park there were tons of college kids running around playing frisbee golf. I played that once, years ago with Katie, and I hated every minute of it. I like to play regular golf, but I don't enjoy throwing frisbees at things I guess. We were lucky enough to find a spot away from them all so Isabella wouldn't get smacked in the head by an out-of-control frisbee.

Tonight we are going to the Mardi Gras Rally for Relief at the Alerus. They are having a spaghetti dinner, different activities, and music throughout the night. It's a free-will donation, and obviously all the money is going to the hurricane survivors. It's a good excuse for me to not make supper since I don't feel like cooking today. :) Hopefully it will be fun and Isabella will enjoy herself.

This Saturday there's an Arts & Crafts show in East Grand at the VFW and Civic Center. We are planning to go to that since we are obsessed with art crap.

I'm still trying to decide if I should buy or make a halloween costume for Isabella this year. I mean she's still too young to go trick-or-treating anyways, so I'm not sure if there's really a point to it. I'm not in the mood to spend $20 on a costume she's just going to wear so I can take some pictures. Maybe we should go to Target and have her try different costumes on in the aisles and I could take some pics there without having to buy anything. I wonder if Target would care? Hmmmm....

I don't think anything else is really going on around here. I am loving fall. I'm also happy that we don't have very many trees in our yard, so we might not have to rake at all this year. That's one thing I do not enjoy about fall. Our house we used to live in had two huge trees, plus the backyard itself was huge, so it sucked trying to rake that up. The second summer we lived there, the summer I was pregnant, we didn't rake at all. We just left it all. Silly, lazy people.

Anyways, I'm off to go clean something. Isabella is taking an early nap, so now I have to figure out something to do with myself. I scheduled her naps so that she slept when one of my shows was on, but since she's sleeping early today it really messes things up. Doesn't she understand this? Oh well, later alligators!

Don't they look excited? 

Doug and Isabella finding sticks for daddy's graveyard. 

They found another stick! Woo hoo! They are winners!!! 

What's wrong with your pants bell-bell? 

She's pointing to something, but I don't think she's looking at it...silly girl... 

Walking in the leaves. 

"Should I touch the tree?" 

She decided that it would be okay to touch the tree. "Nice tree." 

"These leaves sure are yummy daddy." 

Doug looks like he's going to backhand chunk-chunk. He was actually just taking a leaf away from her... 

Bell-bell is always wandering around places far away from her parents... 

Isabella and daddy checking out the tall grass. I think she has a thing for tall grass. 

Isabella checking out the tree she's sitting on... 

Not sure if she likes sitting on the branch... 

I was trying to get a good shot of Isabella with her headband on, but she wasn't making it easy for me. This is an outfit she got awhile ago from her grandma Linda. It's super cute... 

There goes the monster... 

Whatcha looking at bell-bell? 

I like this one because her face and the way she's standing looks silly... 

Another silly face... 

Happy baby... 

Silly poncho girl... 

I don't have a clue why it looks like this.... 

Too much crying for mommy...

This morning we had Isabella's 1 year doctor appointment. It was definitely the worst one we've ever had. She had to get 2 shots, and they were given to her upper arms. Then they had to do a lead check. They had to stick a needle in her vein to get blood. Trust me, she did not like that at all.

During her visit with the doctor she asked about Isabella's talking and speech. Now, this is something I have been worrying about for probably a month now. I've read tons of stuff saying that by her age she should be saying a couple words. She should also be giving labels to things. Which means that she should say "baba" for bottle, or something along those lines. She doesn't do that. Doug thinks she does in a way, but I disagree. I'm not saying he's wrong I just don't notice it or something I guess. Anyways, she basically just says things like "alkdjnieowndk" for everything she points to. So the doctor decided to check her ears for fluids, and guess what....yup, she has lots of fluid in her ears. Her left one is really bad I guess. This means that in a month we have to go back to the doctors and they will check her ears again to see if the fluid is gone or has lessened. If not then we may have to have tubes put into her ears.

When I got home from the appointment I went online to see what putting tubes in my baby's ears would mean for her. I didn't realize that she would have to be put under anesthesia and they actually cut the inside of her ears. Doesn't that sound like fun? There is minimal risk involved, and and side-effects are rare too. One side effect that can happen is that there could be thickening of the scar tissue which could lead to hearing loss. Wow, great. I'm really, really hoping that she won't need tubes. If she does I am 99% sure that we will obviously let the doctor put tubes in her ears, but there's part of me that is scared. I don't want them cutting my babies ears open, and what about the anesthesia? She's never had that before so how do they know if it will kill her or not? I think I am blowing this way out of proportion, but that's too bad for you I guess. :) If there's still fluid in her ears I think the only option they have is to put tubes in. I don't think there's anything else they can do about it.

Hopefully by next month her ears will be dry and she'll be talking up a storm. Keep your fingers crossed, because if she needs surgery I will be one distraught woman.

Well, onto happier things...hmmmm...oh yeah, Happy Fall!!!! I'm so excited about fall. It's my favorite season. I love how it's cold, but not freezing. I love it! I just love everything about it from the weather, to the clothes, even to what's on tv. Can you say Vikings suck right now?

Tomorrow I am making chicken noodle soup. No, not the Campbell's kind. Homemade silly. We also bought cider so I'm going to make some cinnamon cider. Last night for supper I made sausage and kale soup. Surprisingly, it was really good. Even Isabella ate the sausage, which she isn't into meat really, so that was a good surprise.

I can't wait for Sunday...chili and football and cider and cleaning....yes Doug, cleaning :)

Well I'm off to go do something. Probably watch the news on Hurricane Rita. Man am I glad I live up in the tundra...later alligators!

The title of my blog says it all...

Well I posted all the pictures I'm going to post from her birthday week and some from today. Over a period of 3 birthday parties I took over 300 pictures. Wow, that sure seems like a lot. Trust me, it soooo is. That's the nice thing about digital cameras though. Out of the 300 probably only half turned out. I'm not very good at taking pics, so I really appreciate being able to take hundreds and not worry about wasting film. Anyways...look at all the pictures and if I don't post any for awhile don't worry. I'm sick of messing with posting pictures right now so it might be awhile before there are any new one's on here. If you have a problem with that then you have bigger obsession problems with my daughter than I do. I would advise seeking some counseling. Actually, I can think of one person in particular who needs counseling, but that's a totally different subject.

Isabella sleeping during her nap this afternoon. I took this pic right before I woke her up. I had to wake her up because she went down too early and so she didn't eat lunch until after 2. Silly, anorexic baby... 

Isabella after I woke her up from her nap. Doesn't she look pleased with me?