Big girl Izzy

Izzy is learning so much these days I am truly amazed. She just turned 21 months old and she can: sing her ABC's, count to 10 (she sometimes leaves out 9), pee on her potty (at least once a day), recognize shapes and some colors such as pink, purple, blue, yellow, and green, play games like ring-around-the rosy and hide-and-seek, she can almost swim and float on her own after her second year of lessons, and many other things. Every day she surprises me with something that she understands or says. She is going to be such a good big sister; she is already talking to the baby in "mama tummy". I am so lucky to be her mommy!

Great-grandma Miller and Izzy. Grandma Miller loves Izzy's "cute little nose".

Izzy playing with Grandma Jodi and Kelly Ophus's puppy Hank. She loved him but he was terrified of her and tried to hide behind his mom's legs.

November

November was a busy month with Tony deer hunting and Thanksgiving. We finally saw some cooler weather up here and I have to say that it is nice to be done with wiping muddy paws. Louis and Oliver were not happy that they couldn't go with to Fosston but we didn't want to take any chances with the deer hunters; Louis does look like a little red fawn! Izzy loved spending time with Papa Tom and Grandma Jodi. They came and celebrating Thanksgiving with us this year. She ended up cutting a two year old molar that week so she didn't indulge as much as the rest of us but she did eat pumpkin pie!