Izzie's First Thanksgiving

Here's Izzie hanging out and sitting up just fine on her own.


And here she is hanging out on her uber sweet blanket with Wormie. I actually don't know what Izzie has named the worm. She can't talk yet. So, I call it Wormie.


For Thanksgiving this year we went to my mom's house. It was fun, and we always enjoy making it back to visit family. I took the Wednesday before off from work so we could drive over and not be in a hurry. It worked out well. My grandpa & grandma came over for the day, and so did some of my mom friends. Here's Grandma with Izzie. Notice Izzie's cute dress. That's also a first.


And here's Alan with Izzie. I lobbied against the head band, but since I'm the dad I lost. It might still be cute, but I can't tell because I don't know where the baby cute line is.


Here's one of my favorite pictures thus far. Uncle D was holding Izzie and playing with her for a while. Then he noticed that she hadn't moved for a while (he could obviously feel her breathing. She had fallen asleep in his lap. I would say that is cute.


Here's Nell and I at dinner (Izzie was sleeping).


And here's Mom, Nell D and I.


Alan's kids all had Thanksgiving with their mom, so the couldn't be there on Thursday, but Friday morning they all came over for breakfast and to visit. By far my favorite part. I really enjoy all of them, and it was great to get to see them. They all live in Seattle, so it's a little difficult for us all to get together. I was really glad that we got so see them.

Almost all of them have kids; 4 total with one on the way. We've only seen two of them, so it was particularly fun to get to see the new ones and see how big the other two have gotten. Maybe even more fun was showing off my baby girl. I could try to explain the pride I have for Izzie, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it justice. I would guess that I'm not the only one that has that problem though.

Here's Shane & Shannon holding Izzie.



And of course we had to do a picture of all the kids together. It took a few shots, but I finally got a good picture. Everyone had their camera out. It looked like the paparazzi was after these kids.


After spending a few days at my mom's house we headed back to Idaho to hang out with Lynnell's family before we headed back home. Since Irelynn is a few months older than Izzie we always experiment with her toys. Here's Izzie playing in Irelynn's Johnny Jump Up. She loved it, so we put Izzie's up as soon as we got home. Here she is in Irelynn's at Grandpa & Grandma Longley's house.


And here's Izzie playing in Irelynn's Rainforest Jumper thing. Irelynn was curios to know why there was someone playing in her toy, so she crawled over there to check it out. They hung out and laughed for a few minutes. It was fun to watch them interact.


And then we figured that since Izzie can sit up on her own that we would stick her in Irelynn's high chair to see how that went. It went well. Izzie seemed to like it a lot.


And of course we stopped by my Dad and Tonia's to say hi and hang out with my little sisters for a while. Alex was totally in to it. She hung out with Izzie almost the whole time. Here is Tonia and Alex playing peek-a-boo with Izzie. Izzie dug it.


And then Alex wanted to hold Izzie, so we set them up on the couch. Izzie only lasted a few minutes, but Alex had fun.


And then we came home on Monday. I think Izzie was glad to be home. I know I was. Traveling to see family always sounds like a good idea, but for some reason it usually turns out to be more stressful that I think it should be. Don't get me wrong. It's fun and I love seeing them all. I just wish it could be less stressful and more relaxing.



By the way, it's Nell's birthday today. Happy birthday Mom.