Pumpkin Carving

Last night at small group, we just had a fun night and carved pumpkins. It was so much fun! We had a contest at the at end and voted on the best pumpkin. Guess who won??? That would be my husband. His talents amaze me.:) Here are a couple of pictures. I'll have to post the winning pumpkin picture later.

Isabel found this cute little bucket, that was a nice hat for her. She had so much fun with her hat and our friend, Marty.

Baby Pié Update!!!

Baby Pié, Kate Evelyn, beat the scheduled induction and was born at 5:15 a.m. today! She was 7 lb., 7 oz. Both mom and baby are doing great! Congratulations Jesse and Cydney!!!

I'll be organizing meals for them. If you would like to provide one, just let me know.

Recipe for Softness

1 palm full of lotion
1 spoon full of sugar

rub hands together for a couple of min., rinse with water, pat dry, and feel like you've been to the spa in 5 min. or less.

Jacob Pié

What a cool dude! Isabel's best bud! I had to post a picture of his awesome hairdo that Mr. Lee gave him!:) Soon to be a big brother too!!! We think he'll be great!

The Blanket Ghost

All night Isabel was wanting to walk around the house with a blanket over her head. She thought it was hilarious. At one point, she even pointed and said, "light," cause she could see the light over our stairs through the blanket. Too cute. We decided to expand on her own fun and add her hat. Sorry for all the laughter in the video...we (I should say I) was cracking up. Also, sorry for the bad video...you'll hear in the video how my husband accuses me of letting Isabel fall on her face while I laugh my head off. Poor baby!

Bows

Isabel is very fond of her bows. She epecially likes to drag out the "o" when saying it. Here's a fun night of playing with bows.

Bows in Mommy's Hair

Bows in Isabel's HairBow in Daddy's hair...WHAT???

"The Big Switch"

You know, "The Big Switch." No, not your TV changing to DTV in February 2009, but Isabel switching her car seat to facing forward. She finally meets the Kentucky State requirements for facing forward...20 lbs. and 1 year old.

Here's Lee telling Isabel all the wonderful things about facing forward:)

Such a proud little girl

Do you understand...???

Okay, I've attempted to get video of this, but my one year old just won't do things on command for me sometimes...so I'm just going to write about it.

One afternoon Isabel was being disobedient, imagine that. In my frustration I asked her, "Isabel, do you understand mommy?" To my surprise, my little girl shook her head up and down in a "yes" motion? Again, how she learned this we have no idea. So anyway, now every time you ask her anything that begins with "Do you understand" she shakes her head up and down to say "yes." Example: "Do you understand Chinese Isabel?" Her response, "yes." "Do you understand Greek Isabel?" Her response, "yes."

Similarly, while her Lolo and Lola were visiting they taught her "beautiful eyes" (blinking her eyes). They would ask her, "Do you have beautiful eyes Isabel?" She would blink her eyes ever so sweetly. Lee started to noticed however that you could ask her anything with the word, "Do you have" and she would start to blink her eyes. "Do you have a toy Isabel?" Blink, blink, blink. "Do you have a book Isabel?" Blink, blink, blink.

I really think Isabel understands more than I do sometimes.

Handsome Handy-Man

Well, it only took us 2.5 years to do it, but we finally (well almost finally...we're still working on it) stained/waterproofed our deck. When I was in WY Lee's parents helped him power-wash it. It looked like new. Now with a fresh coat of stain it looks great. It's a little more red than we thought, but oh well...you're supposed to redo it in 2 years anyway...maybe 4 years for us. My handsome handy-man husband did a great job!

In other news...our roof is finally getting fixed tomorrow...hurray!!!

Maybe you should read the blogs I read

Lee and I had a very nice date this past Saturday. Towards the end of our date we decided we'd stop by Starbucks for a treat. Lee was telling me about this new hot chocolate, salted carmel hot chocolate...he read on some blog it sounded gross, but was really good. When he told me about it I was skeptical myself...so I decided to be adventurous and order it. I tried my first sip and Mmmmm...it was yummy. Lee's response, "maybe you should ready the blogs I read."

Crazy Hair and Laundry Fun

Isabel is very interested in her hair accessories recently. She'll say "bow, bow" and point to her head. The other day she wanted to have several hair accessories in her hair, so we just let her. She looks cute in a weird sort of way.

And yes...laundry and fun to me should never be in the same sentence, but we did have some fun. I had the laundry bucket out in the living room while I was folding some and suddenly I noticed Isabel had climbed in the basket and was going "vrrmm, vrrmm" like a car noise. How she knows this...I don't know.

The Paci Lover