Okay, we've been back from Emerald Isle for a few weeks and I still haven't gotten pictures up. Sorry!!! Isabella is down for a morning nap, so I thought I would take advantage of that and post some pictures. We had a great time at Emerald Isle, NC, with Ken's family. It was a nice relaxing week. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the week.

Isabella with the purple monkey that her Grandma Jackie gave her.



Isabella and the beach....need we say more.


Our smug little girl


And our sneaky little girl who was quite determined to crawl down to the water.





A very tired little girl curled over her Daddy's head and went to sleep.


At the Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores, Ken decided to try imitate a frog. Isabella just sat on the frog.


Isabella and her Daddy at the beach and flying a kite.


We set up a pool on the deck of the beach house for when we didn't want Isabella down in the sand. She thoroughly enjoyed it.




The next post should be Isabella's first birthday! I know, can you believe it? Hopefully I will get those pictures posted next week. Harass me if I don't.

A busy couple months.

I know, I know....I haven't posted anything in a while. Its been a busy couple of months. And now that Isabella is into everything, it is much harder to use the computer during the day.

Tammy looked into selling Mary Kay and decided that it wasn't for her. However, she then looked into selling Avon and decided that it was a much better opportunity for her. So she has been selling Avon for a few weeks now. If you're interested, her Avon website is www.youravon.com/tgallahan. Tammy was also busy with her sisters finishing preparations for the McArthur Family Reunion in San Diego. We arrived back on Tuesday, the 24th, and are still adjusting to Eastern Time. More details and pictures will be posted below. Ken (and Tammy) have been enjoying Ken's Father's Day present. He got a Wii, but he got it a little early so that he could enjoy it for more than 3 days prior to our trip to San Diego. We've had a lot of fun playing it. Who ever thought you could get sore muscles from playing a video game!!!


Here are some details from our trip to San Diego:

Isabella took her first plane ride. She did very well and was even complimented by other passengers on the plane because she was so good. She is a big flirt, so she enjoyed all the different people.

We arrived in San Diego on Wednesday the 18th. After dinner, the Dixon's, Barton's, and Gallahan's that were there walked down to Mission Bay. It was about 2 blocks from the hotel. (don't mind the dates on the pics, I forgot to reset the date on the camera)




Thursday was spent running errands to get things we needed for the reunion. Thank goodness for Walmart and the commissary at Miramar! This is Isabella and her crazy hair that night:


On Friday, we were able to go to the San Diego Mormon Temple. It is a beautiful building that looks a little like a white sand castle.






After the Temple, we went to the San Diego Zoo. Of course, as with most of our McArthur Family Reunions, we were there while there was a heat wave. So it was quite hot at the Zoo, especially since there wasn't much breeze there. Ken took most of the pics at the zoo, so of course, there are some reptiles in there. I'll post a few, but not all of his reptile pics.



This is Isabella loving the Sky-fari sky tram across the zoo.


She liked seeing the polar bears too. So much that she had to climb on one.


This is a tired little girl after a long day at the zoo.


Freedom!!! Finally not in a car seat or stroller. This is at the park we went to for dinner after the zoo. The grass is oddly similar to astroturf there, so she enjoyed crawling in it.


Sunday at Mission Bay again. It was her first time putting her feet in the sand. And Issy with her feet in Mission Bay.


Issy also loved the swing as you can see here. This was at the playground next to the pavilion where we had Sunday dinner.


Ahh, the Pacific Ocean. The first pic is Ken & Issy with the Pacific behind them. The second pic is of a sea lion resting on the beach as La Jolla Cove. Then there is Issy in the Pacific Ocean.



Where are my legs? What is this stuff on my hands? Maybe it tastes good.



In about a week and a half, Issy will have been in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, flown on a plane, and been to Disney World....all before she's a year old!!

She's growing up too fast!

Our baby girl is just getting too big! She's now 2 feet 4 inches tall and almost 20 pounds. She's a
chunker all right. She crawling all over the place and pulls herself up on everything. She gets in to everything. I finally had to break down a couple weeks ago and screw the baby gate into the banister posts. She's getting very daring letting go of things when she's standing there. One of these days, she'll surprise herself and stay standing. Her favorite game right now is peek-a-boo with Mommy, not so much with Daddy though. She is very definitely going through her stranger anxiety stage, which can be a little trying on Mommy and Daddy, but they're surviving. She's finally starting to get back to her normal sleeping schedule, its been off since she had the flu. Daddy is out of town for business this week, so Mommy is going to see if Isabella can learn to go to sleep in her crib instead of being held until she's asleep. We'll see how that goes. We'll see how Mommy is by the end of the week.

Otherwise Ken and Tammy are busy working on the yard and trying to get the house organized. We're working on some home improvement projects a little at a time so that we don't have to do everything at once when we think about selling this place.

Here are a few pictures just because she's so darn cute.

What is this stuff you sat me in?



Here's our crawling monster:




I'll try to have more pictures for my next post.

Welcome Spring!

We are very excited that we are starting to see some signs of spring. All the Bradford Pear trees, Cherry trees and the Plum trees are blooming and it is beautiful. Now if only the weather would stay warm.

I haven't posted pics in a few weeks so here's some new ones.

What? I swear I'm not doing anything!



Why are you laughing at me stuck under the couch....you're supposed to HELP me!



Look I've got a sprout coming out of the top of my head.



Yummy....books taste good.



Aunt Linda decided to play with my hair again. I think she's giving me horns this time.



Ooh toes, I should chew on them!! And you can see the evidence of Aunt Linda's hair styling.



The day before Easter, we went to an Easter Egg hunt on Quantio Marine Corps base. It was fun. Aunt Linda took the pictures, so we'll post some of those when she sends them to me.

Here's me and my cute Easter outfit!



And look, I pulled myself up to standing. All by myself! And guess what?!? I'm finally crawling forwards instead of only going in reverse.