Jed's new smile

So most of you would probably never notice this unless you were really staring at Jed but he used to have a small space between his front teeth and a chip in his front tooth due to an old soccer injury. Well while on Christmas vacation Jed took a trip to his dad's practice to have some work done (Jed's dad is a well known prosthodontist). After only 1 1/2 days work Jed has some very perfect teeth :).

Before Dental Work

After dental work!

Christmas Traditions

This year Jed, Isabel and I spent Christmas in Alabama with Jed's family . We have had a great time participating in all the Kinderknecht traditions such as building a gingerbread house, making sugar cookies, opening Christmas Eve pj's and of course spending Christmas morning together after Santa has visited. This is Isabel's first Christmas in with Jed's family and as you can see below she has had a great time rolling out cookies, eating dough and destroying the gingerbread house only 2 days after she made it. MMMM Good!

Destroying the Gingerbread one little cookie at a time!

Opening Christmas eve jammies

Tree before Santa

Tree after Santa

Playing with Christmas toys

Making sugar cookies

and taste testing the dough below....

Trip to see Santa!

I decided to take Isabel to see Santa this year to see what she thought of the jolly guy! Well Isabel loved Santa when we were standing in line and he was dancing around wearing his little hat however, when it came time for Isabel to step up to the plate it was a whole different ball game. Isabel ran up as soon as it was her turn and stopped short about 3 feet from me and decided that she didn't think this was a good idea. I calmly put her on Santa's lap to see what she would do. In true toddler fashion she put her hands over her eyes and began to cry. It was sad and hysterical all at the same time. We have some great photos to come.......

Singing!

I know most of you are wondering when I will ever post pictures or videos however, I am technically deficient, and have not had time to figure it out. I just got a new camera so I will try and figure it out next week when we are on vacation. Just a quick update.... Isabel is doing fabulous and is eating more than I have ever seen her eat. I think she finally knows what it is to be hungry and does not intend to go back to there.
One thing that we have noticed Isabel doing lately is singing. She has learned Happy Day and sings the pieces she knows while she is playing. She also made up her own song that she happily hums . It sounds a little like this "Judah, Judah Juuudah" but it is actually to the tune of a well known Christmas song which is the funniest part. I will post a video soon.

It's OVER!

Yes that is right illness '08 is over. Isabel got the green light from the doctor, gained 1 oz and is now eating and off pain killers. Hallelujah JESUS! She is starting to play and chat even more. It is so exciting to have my healthy sweet girl back. I had started to forget how funny she is :)

Day 10

Isabel is on day 10 of a ruthless virus.  We thought she was turning the corner as you can see from the last post but Sunday night was the breaking point.  She woke up at 12:45 AM screaming in pain and basically proceeded to cry for the next 6 hours w/ only 1 hour of sleep (Thank You Jed!).  So if you are doing the math that is all I got as well from that point on.  Jed sweetly took her at 4:30AM,  even though he had to go to work that morning,  and did a great job getting her to rest. After speedily getting Isabel off to the pediatricians as soon as the office opened we found that Isabel does have a nasty virus ( I hate viruses!) and numerous mouth ulcers that were out of control. So in an effort to manager her pain and control her weight loss she received her first pain killers.  Hallelujah Relief!  She finally got some sleep and began to eat a little more.  Isabel then proceeded to sleep much better last night and is now peacefully in bed.   Our little girl is returning :)  Pray for a good check up tomorrow since she is now being followed closely by the pediatrician.  Oh our little peanut!  

The saga continues

This is an update to my previous post. This week has been long and exhausting, Isabel has had her first trip to the Children's UTC, hives, food strike and some strange sort of mouth infection. We are currently on day 8 and she is starting to eat better. We were rejoicing last night when she at 1/3 of a popsicle and 4 mini marshmallows (try not to be appalled) . This is the most she has eaten in 3 days. The next big milestone will be a full 24 hours w/o hives. For those of you reading, keep praying and claiming she is healed! We are expecting to have our healthy little girl back very soon.

I have no words!

Well Thanksgiving was awesome! We got to see tons of family and friends, some of whom we have not seen in over a year. We packed our car to the brim and then headed home for our 3 hour drive. After over 1 1/2 hours in traffic we thought we were finally on our way. Not Quite. We were about 60 miles from Columbus and looked back to see Isabel vomit all over herself and the car seat. All I can say is Yuck! Jed and I laughed at this point because what else could happen on our Gilligan like trip. Jed and I finally found a truck stop 5-6 minutes later to begin clean up. Jed got out of the car to assess the damage and quickly said "Oh Snap!" and was on his way to buy the needed clean up items. As I was getting out of the car I hear Isabel repeat his sentiments (Thanks Jed!). Finally after having to change Isabel into a spare outfit on the floor of a truckstop bathroom (again gross) Jed had managed to clean out the car seat and we got on our way again. We got home and trashed the seat (No, we are not wasteful. It expired this month also). An hour after we were home vomit fest 2008 began and poor Isabel was up for 10 hours throwing up. I think I almost cried everytime she got sick. After 10 hours and only 3 hours of intermittent sleep for Isabel and I it finally stopped. Hopefully she is now on the mend. All I can say is there is nothing worse than watching your toddler be that sick.