Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Izzie Boo

For those looking for something to see/read besides anything baby, this is not the place for you! Today is my little love bug's 5 month birthday. Can you believe it? We can't. Time flies by so fast, and our sweetie is changing constantly. We've taken tons of pics (of course) over the last few weeks and have hit some milestones with little Iz.

Milestone 1
At Izzie's 4-month appointment, her pediatrician told us that we could start introducing REAL foods to her, starting with squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes! Apparently, as of October 2009, the new recommendation is to skip rice cereal and go straight for the good stuff (as rice cereal doesn't have much nutritional value compared to real fruits and veggies). Anyway, we went for it and though Izzie was somewhat resistant to swallowing this new stuff, she's starting to come around and is actually finishing whole bowls of squash! Today we're trying sweet potatoes, and we think they'll go over well. Next week, peaches and applesauce, and then maybe some beans and peas. Wish us luck!

Izzie Boo eating some YUMMY squash! :)

Milestone 2
Izzie rolled over all by herself! She went from tummy to back and was quite surprised when it happened. She went a couple weeks before doing it again, but she's done it twice now, so we think more might be coming!

Is she ready to roll over here? Maybe . . . 

Milestone 3
This was a sad milestone, but one nonetheless. Poor little Iz got sick for the first time. It started with a yucky sounding cough, which the pediatrician said was croup. No fever though, so that was nice but there was some major congestion and stuffy nose with the cough. After 5 or so days with no sign of getting better, and now a fever, we took our sweetie to the doc again and found out she actually had a totally different virus and on the verge of an ear infection. Izzie was so sad, and so was mom and dad! Luckily she has been feeling a lot better lately and is starting to act like her normal happy self.

Little sicky half-heartedly playing with daddy.

Milestone 4
This one is a gross one, but again, a milestone! Today Izzie had her first diaper "blow out." Only one blow out in 5 months? Amazing right? Sadly our good luck has come to an end in this area, but we figured it had to happen eventually. (Oh, and no worries, we'll spare you the photos on this one!)

So folks, those were the main milestones reached over the month of January. We can't wait to see what February brings, though we hope no more sickness comes around! (Todd and I are both sick now too thanks to little Izzers!) Anyway, here are some more fun pics of our little princess.

Classic finger in her mouth.

Riding the horsey with daddy . . .

. . . and loving it!

After eating her squash (naked of course) and then downing her bottle!

Playing with her favorite toys—her pink purse and "crinkly" money. (My kind of girl!)