Isabelle is Four Months

Gummy Grin!

Look at those big blue eyes!

It looked like she was trying to crawl

when I was taking this picture

Blowing Raspberries!

The potted plant stage has passed, and we are now into the rolling all over stage... Love her!

Some other updates:
- Cooing and blowing raspberries (so much that spit gets everywhere!)
- At her four month check-up she was 26 inches (90th percentile) and 13 pounds (50th percentile)
- Got over her first poopy sickness... Gabby had the same thing but I think we're at the end of the tunnel now
- She's getting stronger and stronger and her face is changing all the time. I don't really worry about her head anymore, she never really had a floppy head anyway...
- She LOVES to be sung to and gushes whenever I sing to her- clearly she doesn't know mom is tone deaf. Ha!
- Lights-up when Gabby is around!
- Is giggling now which is so awesome
- She has a nice disposition... very sweet, calm, and easy-going. But man, when she's hungry- she'll let you know!

Gabby's EC-3 Field Day

Long Jump

Hurdles

All the kids got their own blue hat

Kellan and Gabriella

Bean Bag Race

My little sporty girl had a blast at Field Day. It was unusally chilly that day but she still had fun. I made her homemade gluten free popsicles so that she would have the same thing as everyone else... she said they were really yummy!

Isabelle Rolls Over on Tummy

My friend, Alex, came over to drop off Emily and was asking if Isabelle had rolled over on her belly yet... Right after she left, I went to the kitchen and came back to find Isabelle laying on her tummy. Fist time!

Isabelle Slept Through the Night!

She went to bed at 7:30 pm and woke up at 5:30 am. WOHOO!

Isabelle's First Laugh

The best sound in the world is hearing your baby giggle... Isabelle did this today and it was so awesome. Travis, Gabriella, and Chen were all there to listen. I was kissing her tummy and face and she let one out.. so awesome.We quickly got the camera and video, but alas, did not quite capture the moment. Oh well.

Gabby's School Performance

Proud Mama!

This is the ISB School Song

I LOVE this! It brought a tear

to my eye when the kids sang it...

See words below...

EC-3 Kids Recited Poetry

Gabby was so happy to see us!

Gabby's line: "Loud, Polkadots!"

Gabby Throwing Fireworks

Our little performer got her first chance to showcase her loud voice! She did an awesome job and I could tell she was having a blast!

ISB School Song
Little children from Beijing,
we can learn and play and sing.
We are happy in Shunyi.
We are as clever as can be.

Our spirit strengthens as we go
It will remain when we are gone
Spreading our wings so we can fly
What we do now will shape our lives

From many countries we all come
But here we all unite as one
As Dragons in the sky we soar
Wearing blue and white for evermore.

Royal Wedding!

My good friend, Stephen Brown, captured this moment in time... Having a glass of champagne, eating Mexican food, holding my daughter with tears in my eyes, and watching the royal wedding of Will and Kate... It was night time in Beijing when this happened live, which was pretty convenient. I love this royal stuff so I was totally into it. I remember being a little girl and watching Princess Diana get married, so it was really special to me that I could watch it with my little girls... I hope Gabby remembers it as well. I know I will...