Happy Halloween

WOW what a busy day we had. We started off the evening with an early dinner at Cheddars with the whole family and the Starr clan! Then we headed home and Isabelle handed out candy to a few trick or treaters before we went to the church to trunk or treat. She had a great time she saw her buddy Rachel and loved loved loved the bouncy! We almost did not get her out. Isabelle has scored on the candy this year and I think she had a great Halloween. After trunk or treat I snapped a few pics of Isabelle playing with Papa & Gamma's dog Buddy. She was letting him out of his kennel and making him get back in it was so funny she said "get in Boo Boo right now 2, 1 good dog" as he went into his kennel!

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Trick Or Treating at Daddy's work (Kroger)

Tonight Kroger had trick or treating in their store. So we dressed Miss Izzie up in her elephant costume and we went Krogering! It was fun she got hot (it was 70 degrees outside) but all in all it was fun and she just walked around that store and stopped for candy like she had been doing this for years! She is so big!

Cincinnati Zoo

I forgot in the last post to mention the Baby Reunion was at the Cincinnati Zoo. What a beautiful zoo. The air was brisk and they were festive for the fall and it was just fun! I think Isabelle loved the bears eating pupkins the most or was it the Mommy tiger washing her cubs or the monkeys with red hineys (EWWW she said as she saw them) It was a fun day!

IRH Baby Reunion 2009

WOW has it been 2 years already? Yes it has and Saturday was the IRH Baby Reunion. We were able to attend in 2007 and Isabelle was only 2 months and now 2009 she is 2 years old! It was great to see Dr. Schieber and see all the happy families that have happened because of the doctors and nurses and all the staff at IRH. I am including pics from 2007 as well Isabelle was smaller and I was larger and this year Isabelle is bigger and I am a bit smaller and I like that...Dr. Schieber looks the same except he shaved his face!

2007

2009

2007

2009

Halloween At The Zoo

We went 2 nights this year! It was fun. Saturday night was much more fun it was not very crowded and we had fun strolling through the zoo and taking pics. Sunday night Scott was off work and so we were going to meet up with some friends and it was so crowded we spent over an hour on Newburg Rd. trying to get into the zoo. We did not hook up with the others and the crowd was awful. It was much more fun on Sat. Although Sunday night I dressed Isabelle in her elephant costume and she got ride in her wagon and it was fun watching her point to the characters and call them by name like she was thinking hey I just this last night!

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Mommy's Babies

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Oct. 15th

Oct. 15th is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day. It is actuall y the whole month of Oct. and the 15th is the day set aside for families to light a candle at pm in remembrance.



This is the tree we planted in remembrance of our 2 angel babies and when we moved I was very sad I was not able to take it with us. I guess I could have tried but I was afraid it would have killed the tree and I could not deal with it if that happened. So I left it behind but I brought my statue of the little boy and little girl on the slide that has always sat beside the tree and I placed it in our yard here at the new house.

So right after we moved in I was sitting on the porch and Isabelle was playing in the yard and I have never discussed the tree or the statue with her at all. She was playing around the statue she stopped and just looked at the statue and she said "mommy's babies" as she pointed to them and I was taken back and I said "yes baby those are mommy's babies just like you are mommy's baby". So with that said they are always with us and always will be. Please remember all the families who have dealt with or are dealing with a loss of a pregnancy or an infant.

Ear trouble again

Yes it will be 1 year Feb. 26th since Izzie got her tubes and last Saturday morning as we were getting ready to drive to PA we noticed Isabelle had blood in her left ear. So I called the doctor and our favorite doctor was there and could see us within the hour. So we rushed to get ready and get everything in the car and headed to the doctor. She could see a lot of puss in the left ear but no more blood. She was not able to see the tube but wants to recheck in a couple of weeks. Isabelle had just started antibiotic on Thurs. for the begining of a sinus infection and had 2 doses of it by Sat. morning. Dr. C said either the tube has bursted out and caused the blood or it has bursted out and the ear got infected or something blocked the tube and the ear got infected. Any of those scenarios are not great. So we will see in a couple of weeks. If it has come out and the ear already got infected then that is not good and possibly could mean another tube would need to be put in and we all know the wonderful tube experience we had last year! So we have been doing the ear drops 2x a day and staying on the antibiotics for the full 10 days! We will see what the check up shows in a couple of weeks.

Pittsburgh Children's Museum= a lot of hands on fun!

The pictures tell it all. This was such a fun place and obviously kid friendly. Izzie was engaged in just about every bit of it. It wore her out not to mention Mommy & Gamma too! She fell asleep as soon as the car started moving! We will definitely be going back when we visit again!

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When did you grow up...and why are you calling me MOM?!?!

Yes she is calling me MOM and I don't want to be mom I want to be MOMMY! She sounds so big when she says "Hey mom". It is my fault I have such a hard time remembering to call my mom Gamma instead of mom and look who picked up on it and now is calling me mom. It is so bittersweet because I know she is getting so big, 2 going on 16 and I want her to grow but not so fast I selfishly still want my baby! I know she will always be my baby but wow where has the past 2 years gone? It is true when you have kids you blink and they are grown! OK I know I am exaggerating a little she is not 18 and leaving home but it sure feels like it!

That sweet little face also has a very SASSY attitude and boy has she stepped right into those terrible 2's. Some days I feel like the terrible 2's are a great form of birth control because I don't know if I could live through another one :). She is headstrong and has a mind of her own and knows what she wants when she wants it!!!!!! I have a feeling I was the same way and I am getting it back ten fold!!!! I am sure my parents would agree with that! Oh if that is the case I am not sure I will live through her teenage years!