Sleeps like a baby?

I don't know where that term stemmed from, but my girl is ALL over the place after I put her down for bed. Here are some random shots of the weird and uncomfortable ways I constantly find her in.

Once upon a time there was a fairy princess...

Jenny once again took the cutest pics of Izzy on Thursday while I was at work. I love having my very own photographer!

She's Crawling on all fours now!

Sunday Izzy truly crawled for the first time. Brad is the ward clerk and took Izzy down to the clerks office while I was in Primary. He threw his keys down on the ground for her to play with and she got up on all fours and crawled over to them. I didn't believe him when he told me, so I did my own experiment with keys and sure enough, she crawled over to them. So far though...all she'll crawl to is keys...what's up with that? Btw, thanks everyone for your awesome advice on getting Izzy better, she's back to her old happy bouncing self now. I'm going to try and get a video up of her crawling (I'll have to figure it out though). ok...haven't figured out the video thing yet so here's a few pics Jenny took of her yesterday. And what wouldn't be a day at Jenny's without sweet Noah wanting a little tug of Izzy's hair?

Anyone have any remedies for a sick baby?

So...took Izzy to the doctor Monday night for what appeared to be a nasty eye infection and fever. She's had a cold since Sunday, and I'm sure they're all related somehow, but the doctor said she had a fever of 102 degrees, an eye infection, ear infection...and she has the runny nose and cough. He prescribed an antibiotic and told us to give her 1 tsp of Tylenol every 4 hours (isn't that a lot for a 9 month old baby???). She continues to have a fever. Today it ranged from 100.6 - 101.2. Any advice on how to bring a fever down for a baby besides Tylenol??? I'm still new at this.

She's Crawling!!

Ok...so it's more of a ssssllllooooowwwww ARMY crawl. But she can actually get from here to there. She's been very content so far to just roll to the objects she wants or to just have things handed to her. She's getting so big - looking at Lauri's new baby, Mya, it's hard for me to remember that Izzy was once that little. She is so funny at this stage. She makes these monster noises (or so we call them) and growls for the fun of it. She loves to clap, have her daddy toss her (very lightly) into the lovesac which leaves her cackling hysterically, and she loves to give slobbery wet kisses which I absolutely love. Lately Brad and I have had fun watching her fall asleep. She is absolutely wired for a bit after I give her the last bottle of the night, I turn the lights out, and she plays this sort of game in her crib with her doll(It's more like attack of the doll) where she's violently waving the doll all over the place and giggling. She also scoots around in her crib to the video monitor and knocks it off the edge of the crib and onto the floor (I know, why we put it there I don't know). After awhile she just zonks out. So...as you can tell, I just can't get enough of her.

For lack of a Christmas letter: Our Year in Review

2008 had it's ups and downs as any year does, and now that it's come to a close, I'm excited to see what 2009 has in store for us (hopefully all good). Brad: In 2008 Brad remodeled a room in our house with the help from family and close friend, to make way for Izzy's arrival. It is by far my favorite room in the house and I love to just sit in there. Brad also went from Managing Napa (slave hour job) to working 6-3 as Lowes Commercial Sales Specialist. The hours allowed him to go back to school where he took a full load of classes at night. Robin: After finishing up Spring semester at the UofU 9 months pregnant, I was ready to have our baby. Soon after returning to work I accepted a job at a corporate firm downtown called Stoel Rives, where I have enjoyed working in labor and employment litigation and now the commercial litigation trial group. Izzy: We were so blessed that everything went well during Isabel's delivery and that she was born healthy and strong. Izzy has been our whole world since she was born. She brings so much happiness and laughter into our home with her humorous personality. Nothing is better than a big wet kiss from our girl, and she constantly amazes us with new things she can do. She recently got in her bottom teeth, is on her hands and knees (but not going anywhere), and can sign "milk" though only when she's drinking her bottle. Some of her favorite things are her paci/binkie, baby doll, elmo, being thrown in the air by her daddy and watching her Baby Signing Time DVD. With all her new presents I'm sure that will all change. We want to thank everyone who has been SUCH a support to us this year. When it was time to go to work at the new job, Brad's mom, his sister Lauri, my sister Jenny, and sis-in-law Candice all offered to take a day or two to watch Izzy during the week. What an amazing and humbling experience that has been for us. We feel SO blessed that Izzy can be with family during the day and play with her cousins. She has developed in so many ways over the months and I know it is with the help of those family members that she has been able to do so. It has also given me peace of mind knowing that she is with wonderful family members that I can completely trust so that I can put focus my full attention and concentration at work. Our new jobs for Brad and I were such blessings. I'm making almost double from what I was making at my prior job and have better benefits and work in a better environment. Brad has the opportunity now to go to school, do side projects and see Izzy (which he NEVER would have been able to at NAPA). We also got a new car in 2008 after Izzy was born to our relief because we really didn't have much confidence in the Honda and did not like the idea of driving Izzy around in it. We have truly had some blessings in disguise this year which has strengthened us as a family. Our family has been very supportive and helpful so much this year which makes 2008 quite memorable. Thanks so much again. We Love You!!!

Christmas

Well, Christmas has come and gone and now I'm trying to find room for the haul Izzy made out with. We spent Christmas in St.George and spent our time 4-wheeling, shooting guns (I even shot a clay pigeon!), and hanging out with the fam. It was really nice to spend 6 days with Izzy as I miss out being with her 10 hours a day during a normal week. Sunday we had Christmas all over again with Brad's parents. Izzy is enjoying presents galore, and even had a blast playing in the boxes and wrapping paper on Christmas day.

Mya Claire Tyson

We have a new niece! This makes 6 little grand-girls in the Noss family. We are so excited that she is finally here and that everything went well for mom and baby. She is absolutely adorable! Izzy is going to have so much fun with her cousins when she's a little bit older.

Merry Christmas!

Demolition Man

UPDATE: More demolition. Maybe by the New Year since Brad is now done with finals. The remodeling is now underway with Brad aka "Demolitian Man" destroying everything in his path...well at least his path in the bathroom. I had NO IDEA to what degree he would be stripping the bathroom. The only thing that remains is my bathtub...which is full of part of the ceiling right now. I have wanted a new bathroom since we moved in. It was just...very bad. So, for our birthday and Christmas we are getting a new bathroom. Well, I'm getting the new bathroom and Brad got a new saw that apparently he "had" to have to remodel the bathroom (I've heard that before). These pics were taken BEFORE Brad tore through the wall and ceiling trying to find out why the ceiling was bulging, and before he ripped off the gross tile in the shower. He's also getting ready to start on the basement, yay! I have to hand it to him...working on the basement and bathroom while going to school and working full time hasn't been easy.

Halloween!

Well, Halloween came and went and I'm barely getting around to posting some pics. These are some pics of Izzy with her cousin Noah. Noah is fascinated with Izzy in general (frequently pulling at her hair and poking at her eyes :-), but who could resist pulling on those fuzzy lamb ears? I'll add pics from Grandma & Grandpa Noss' house a little later. There, Izzy had fun with her other cousins who were all dressed so cute for Halloween.

The Helmet

Well, Izzy is now sporting her plagiocephaly cranial remolding helmet. She doesn't seem to mind it at all and has actually slept really well in it. She is her usual happy self. I think its more uncomfortable for Brad and I to see her in it all day, than it is for her to be in it. It was a plain white medical looking helmet when we first received it...so we jazzed it up a bit. I think she's feeling pretty cool in it now. Brad wanted to paint it orange with a big 20 on it (for you non-nascar people, that's Tony Stewart's number). He of course, lost. Here are the before and after pics of her helmet.

Update!

Ok, so I'm getting harrassed that I haven't updated in a while. The summer went by way too fast. The highlight of the summer was probably the Noss annual campout, which was a lot of fun, and Izzy had a good time as well...or so it seemed. Other than that, Brad and I really didn't have time for too much fun or vacations, because we were both fairly new to our jobs. I'm loving my new firm and am so glad that I decided to look when I did. Brad is also enjoying the hours that he works at Lowes as opposed to the slave hours he was working at the old job. We recently went to St. George to visit my family, which was fun...but not long enough. Izzy went swimming for the first time and really enjoyed it. In other news, Brad is back in school and keeping busy. He also thinks that it's possible to remodel our upstairs bathroom while working full-time, and going to school full time...only time will tell :-). Izzy is growing so big (and round - love it!) and has recently started rolling over. She has plagiocephaly (basically part of her skull is flat), and she'll be getting a cranial remolding helmet here in the next few days. Other than that...life is good!

Daddy's Girl

We went to Sugarhouse park the other day and just hung out and snapped some pictures.  I was able to get a few of Brad playing with Izzy when he wasn't aware of it.  She is fascinated with Brad...or maybe it's just the gray whiskers :-), but anyhow, she just loves looking at him (and so does her mama!).  She already has her daddy wrapped around her little finger.

New Job!!!

I have a new job!  I've been wanting one for a while now, but finally decided to start looking a few weeks ago.  I start work at Stoel Rives, L.L.P on Monday in the Labor/Employment Litigation practice group.  I'm more than ready to be back in corporate law and I'm also excited to be once again, working downtown (that means meeting up for lunches girls...you know who you are).  The sad part, however, is not being with Izzy during the day, but it's very comforting knowing that she has such awesome aunts and a grandma who love her and who I completely trust to take care of her.  Thanks so much Candice, Lauri, Jenny and Carolee for helping Brad and I out. We love you!  

9 Weeks Old!

Well, Izzy is now 9 weeks old.  The pics above were taken when she was about 6 weeks old.  Our little chub-a-lub is now 13 pounds 14 oz and growing so fast! The time has flown by since she was born, and tomorrow I go back to work.  I can take Izzy with me, but we'll see how that goes.  She is a really good baby and pretty much only cries when she wants her bottle, but I worry about being too busy at work to pay enough attention to her.  She has been sleeping through the night since she was 5 weeks old, and lately has been sleeping on average from 10:30 at night to 7:30 in the morning.  She has so much personality and expressions that she makes us laugh all the time.  I think she is definitely going to be a daddy's girl for sure :-)

New Ride!

Brad and I bought a new car on Saturday and I love driving a vehicle that I feel is not going to fall apart on me any second. The transmission was going out on my Honda, the AC was broken(again), which made driving a baby around in the middle of the day absolutely impossible. The wheel bearings were making an awful noise and the car needed new brakes. So...after figuring out an estimate of how much it would cost to fix the thing, we decided a new car may not be a bad option. Brad always said he would never drive a Hyundai, but it had great ratings in Consumer Reports and was also a Consumer Report top pick, so he agreed to go to the dealership. Neither of us has ever had a new car before - only used. I'm loving the Santa Fe and it has so much more storage than the Honda, plus... it will be nice to have an SUV to drive in the snow next winter!

5 Weeks Old

Isabel is now 5 weeks old. It seems like she was born just 2 weeks ago. The time has flown by so fast. I'll be sad when it's time to go back to work, but at least I can take her with me. She keeps me so busy at home that it will be interesting to see how it goes when I go back to work. She has the cutest personality and smiles a lot...but she has also been known to give a few scowls as well, as illustrated in the picture below where I took her picture while giving her a bath. She got her first cold, which has not been fun. Luckily it's not too bad. Not much else has been going on... Just trying to get my new life organized and balance being a new mom :-)

Graduation!

Well, I finally graduated. When I found out that the date for graduation was so near my due date, I wasn't sure if I wanted to walk...but I was feeling good so I decided to go ahead and participate in commencement a week after Isabel was born. In other news...Isabel is now almost 2 1/2 weeks old. It's been an adventure, and I never knew how sleep deprived I'd be. She's so much fun though and already has quite the personality. We had another doctors appointment today and he said that she is now 9 pounds 4 oz., and is 22 inches long.

Cousin Noah and Isabel

Cousin Noah came over the other day and we thought it would be cute to get some pictures of the two together.