Whoosh…
“Whoosh” is how I feel the year is passing by. It’s looking like another busy year with lots to do and many changes happening. Izzy just has her two year check up. She’s 33 inches tall (80 percentile) and 25 pounds (40 percentile). Overall, she’s growing up a tall, lean, healthy girl!
Her personality comes out more everyday. We’ve now realized that Izzy’s kind of an introvert around big groups of kids and kids she doesn’t know. At “school” she feels most comfortable hanging out by herself and observing the other kids. If there are only one or two other kids, she’ll start to play with them after a time of observation. At home, it’s a completely different story. She has to be wherever mama or dada are and one of us has to be watching her play or playing with her. That makes it a little difficult to get anything done around the house during the week, but I enjoy hanging out with her.
I am now almost 6 months into my pregnancy and really starting to POP. Our little girl is moving and kicking all night long and jumping on my bladder. That makes it hard to get a full night’s rest. I’m also still trying to get over a cough and congestion that has lingered on for weeks. I’ll be glad when my immune system picks up again and I can feel completely healthy again.
We’re working on transforming our upstairs guest room into Izzy’s big girl room. Paint is on the wall, towels and rugs are in the bathroom, now we’re just waiting on furniture to come in and hopefully it will come together quickly. We also plan on finishing off our basement soon so that construction will be complete before our baby girl comes.
This month we’re also finalizing a contract and construction order for our new office space we are purchasing. Seven people in a 225 square foot home office was getting a little crowded. Our new space is close to 1400 square feet and a huge improvement from our home office. Unfortunately with the move of our office it means Izzy and I won’t be seeing Luke as often during the day, but overall it will be a good move.
Michelle finally sent me copies of her pictures she took while we were in California in September. Here are some of my favorites.
Happy 2nd Birthday Izzy!
This year we celebrated Izzy’s birthday in Canada with Luke’s family. Even though there was a TON of snow, we all gathered at Luke’s parents bed and breakfast for a meal, ice cream cake and lots of presents! I think Izzy had a blast opening her many presents and playing with GiGi and grandma and grandpa Knowles. Here’s the birthday girl!
I’m a GIRL!
That’s right! We’re having another girl!! I am so excited to have two little girls in my life. Funny how things work out. When Luke and I first started thinking about kids, we originally wanted two boys. Now God has given us two girls and I love it! We are now having to find another girl name which is a challenge just as it was with Isabelle. Hopefully we’ll find the right name soon so that we can stop calling her #2!
Here’s a video of our ultrasound today. She’s a squirmy one, just like Izzy was…
Belly Week 19
Happy New Year!
2010…I can’t believe it’s a new year already. Izzy will turn two at the end of the month. This year we’ll be adding another little one to our family. Time is going to fly by! I’m about 18 weeks into my pregnancy now, but I haven’t been as focused on my growing belly as I was when I was pregnant with Izzy. I actually have to count the weeks to know what week I’m currently at in my pregnancy.
Being pregnant with baby #2 is definitely different with one running around. I’ve noticed that I haven’t packed on the pounds as much in this pregnancy than with Izzy. Probably because I’m chasing her around all day. All of my good intentions of re-wearing my pregnancy clothes went out the window because they simply are too big and were for the summer season. Maybe I’ll be able to re-wear them later on this year when the weather is warmer and when I’m a little bigger in the belly.
There seems to be a baby boom amongst all our friends right now. I believe we know of at least 5 couples that are due within a week or two of me. Most of them are on baby #1, but it’s great to share in this phase of life with friends and will be interesting to see how their lives change as our life has changed with Izzy around.
We can’t wait to find out the sex of baby #2. Anyone want to venture a guess??
Merry Christmas!
This year we spent Christmas with the Low family in Colorado Springs. It was great to have everyone together for Christmas and to watch Izzy open her many presents. I think her favorite presents were a huge stuffed dog from Aunt Michelle and Uncle Jim and a stroller for her baby doll from Luke and I. Here are a couple pictures family pictures from Christmas day.
Our Christmas Letter
Many families I know send out a Christmas/end of the year recap letter. Since I have a blog I don’t plan on sending one out. Let’s say I’m saving the trees and saving YOU from paper cuts. Plus if you follow my blog you basically know what’s been going on this year.
However here are a few things that I find important enough to recap:
The beginning of the year brought new people to our company. Now that we have a small office on the side of our house we have a part-time intern, one full-time employee and two contractors who work hours as they wish. Luke continues to dream up new websites which keep our company growing. Sometime next year we hope to move the company to it’s own office space outside of our house, as well as bring on one more full-time employee and a couple more interns. We are thankful that we are able to keep people employed and continue to grow in this economy.
Izzy will turn two at the end of January. I can’t believe how fast she is growing up! She knows over 50 words now and has become a little bossy, telling people to sit down in particular places or telling me to go get her something that she wants. Even though she’s bossy she’s very polite and will say “please” and “thank you”. Her baby dolls are now her favorite toys and she’s learning that the growing bump on mamma is “mamma’s baby”.
Baby #2 will join our family mid next year. I’m thankful that this pregnancy has been relatively uneventful and even more thankful that the morning sickness and exhaustion seems to be dying off. The holiday season is a helpful distraction from my growing belly.
We have now been in our home for just about 6 months and still loving it! It will be a slow process to hang curtains and pictures to really finish off the interior but it will get there eventually. Once we find out the sex of baby #2 we’ll start transitioning Izzy to her “big girl” room after it’s properly painted, furnished and decorated and then we’ll start decorating the nursery appropriately.
Samson is getting older. He’s now about 3 and a half years old. Unfortunately he doesn’t get the attention he use to before we had Izzy, but he’s adjusted well to Izzy, lets her pull his ears, chase his tail and sit on him. He loves having a big backyard to run around in and has made friends with the little dog behind us and the big dogs in front of us.
Next week we are heading down to Colorado Springs to spend Christmas with the entire Low family. We are glad that we are able to spend time with my side of the family this Christmas but are sad that we are missing out on the Knowles festivities in Canada as well. Hopefully we will see the Knowles side of the family in the beginning of the New Year.
Now we’ll leave you with this. Happy Birthday Jesus, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and may you all find true joy this holiday season.
With love,
Luke, Maisie, Isabelle and Samson
Belly Week 16
Wow, I realized that I hadn’t taken any belly pictures yet this pregnancy. I’m WAY behind, so here’s a picture of belly week 16. Excuse the quality of the picture since I had to take this myself using my computer.
Yesterday was my 16 week check up. It went quickly and normal as expected. Baby’s moving around and its heartbeat is quick as can be. We’ll find out the sex of the baby around January 18th when I have my 20 week ultra sound and check up. Stay tuned!
Playroom
We have finally turned our upstairs loft into a playroom! I have wanted to do that since the day we moved in, but it was a little overwhelming at the time. But recently, toys everywhere and in every room of our house was starting to get on my nerves, so it was time for a playroom. I think it turned out great and Izzy wakes up every morning wanting to hang out in the playroom. This room is the only room in our house that is completely done with window treatments and all. Here are some pictures:
Oh Christmas Tree
We put up the Christmas tree last night and today Izzy and I decorated it. Here are some pictures. Izzy was happy to help with the tree.
