Can we go back to Florida? Its warm there!

Well, we survived our trip to Florida. It was definitely an interesting experience with Tammy, Ken, and Isabella along with Tammy's sister, Tammy's parents, and Ken's parents. We had a great time though. We enjoyed walking on the beach and swimming at the resort (the ocean was too cold). We had fun at Daytona USA where Tammy beat out everyone in the simulators. We enjoyed ourselves at Disney's Epcot center one day and Disney's Magic Kingdom another day. It was fun to take Ken's parents there for the first time. It was actually their first time to Florida too. So it was fun to see their excitement over everything.

Here are a few pictures from the trip. I'll upload more once I can get them on the computer.

She just couldn't handle it anymore. She fell asleep on Grandpa Dixon after a long rough day in the car.



This is at the hotel at our midway stopping point of Florence. She wouldn't let her Daddy have a banana without giving her some.



This was taken in the car and she was being just too cute.


And this is Isabella after a swim in the pool. She really enjoyed the pool.

What happened to January?

So I was looking at my siblings blogs and realized that I haven't posted in a while. January has been busy. Early in the month we celebrated Tammy's dad's retirement. He worked for the US Patent and Trademark Office for 35 1/2 years. There were a lot of nice things said about Dad at his retirement luncheon. The rest of the month since then has just been trying to get cleaned up and slightly organized from Christmas. The organization part hasn't really happened yet, but we're working on it.
This week we're preparing to head out to Florida. The three of us are traveling to Florida with Tammy's parents and Tammy's sister as well as Ken's parents. It will make for an interesting trip. But Isabella will get to go swimming for the first time! That will be fun. I'll try to make sure I get some pictures of that.
Isabella tried a little piece of Auntie Anne's pretzels last week. She wasn't sure about it at first, but she liked it after a while. But we did find out that she is just like her father and like licorice. Ken got a yard of licorice for Christmas and was swinging one of the ropes over Isabella. She got ahold of it and put it in her mouth and chowed down. She had red drool all over her face.

And the big news of the month....Tammy has lost all of her pregnancy weight and then some. She now wears a smaller size than when she and Ken got married. Hooray!!!

Here's a couple cute pics of her, especially of her with the licorice.

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.