Goodbye 2007

Well, the year 2007 is coming to an end and as we look back, we can definitely say that it has been a great year. We were able to welcome a wonderful new addition to our family. And despite the constant tiredness and occasional frustration, we are still excited to have welcomed Isabella into our lives. And as Christmas has just passed, we are so grateful for the generosity of our friends and family.

Here are a few pictures and a quick video to share at the end of this year. We look forward to sharing more with you over the coming months and years.

Isabella with her Grandpa Gallahan


Aunt Teresa and our little Santa Baby


Isabella in the new outfit that her cousin, Katlyn, gave her for Christmas


And Isabella getting excited over some green beans. Yummy!


Happy New Year to all of you!!

Some new milestones --- Yeah!

So we have two pieces of big news -- Isabella rolled all the way over and she is eating baby food now. We started her out on applesauce (she's been on rice cereal for a while) and she loved those. We then moved to pears which she also loved. Carrots were introduced yesterday and she even loves those. We'll try some other veggies and fruits over the next couple of weeks. She gets very excited and sometimes a little impatient, but she definitely enjoys her food. We'll see how it continues.

Here's Isabella enjoying her carrots.




And here is a funny picture. Her life is so hard!

Christmas Time is here again!

Christmastime is here again, and of course, we're busy as can be. This unfortunately has been a rough week. Monday was a good day spent baking with Tammy's sisters at their mom's house (she has the most room). They baked 9 different things and didn't finish up until 9pm. The finishing touches will be completed on Saturday and gift plates made up. Tuesday started off great with Ken off of work. A day of errands and Christmas tree shopping. Ken had never bought a real tree before so that was fun to see his excitement. Then Tammy got sick. She came down with a really bad cold and was running a high fever. Unfortunately that meant little sleep for her. Aunt Linda came and stole Isabella in the afternoon, despite the first snowstorm of the year, and whisked her away to Grandma's house so that Tammy could take a nap. Ken was a sweetheart and took Isabella to his mom's house on his way to work this morning so that Tammy could sleep in. It was much appreciated.

Ken is extremely excited in that he went to the Redskins game tonight. His tickets were free!!! He said his seats were near the field in a corner of the stadium, but definitely good seats. At halftime the temperature was 26 degrees. YIKES! He left at halftime, along with quite a few other people.

The Church Christmas Party was last Saturday. We were in charge of decorations. Things went well and were kept simple. Linda and Pam did family portraits for people at church. So of course, before the party started, they had to play with the borrowed camera and did a photo shoot of Isabella. So here are some of the pictures from that.