Aunts & Uncles

Auntie Razz & Uncle Shane

Auntie Razz (a.k.a. Miranda) and Uncle Shane want to be the next one to bring a baby into the family. Auntie Razz just loves babies and was over every day we were there to visit with Isabel. Now Isabel is big enough and strong enough that no one is afraid to hold her. All the guys seemed comfortable holding her this time. Auntie Razz took her turn at feeding Isabel some solids for one of her meals.

Uncle Al

This is Uncle Al. He is mommy's only brother. Mommy is the oldest and has 3 younger siblings, Uncle Al, Auntie Phanie, & Auntie Razz. Uncle Al lives very close to Grams and Gramps, as do Auntie Razz & Uncle Shane.

Auntie Phanie & Uncle J

Auntie Phanie (a.k.a. Stephanie) was hoping Isabel would have been born on her due date because then they would have shared their birthday. We spent last night at Auntie Phanie & Uncle J's new house. It's very nice. And the guest room would make a good nursery in the future, once Auntie Phanie gets over her fear of babies crying. I think Auntie Phanie had a good time playing with Isabel this morning.

Isabel spent part of the morning watching one of their cats dig every one of Isabel's toys out of the bag and strew them all over the living room floor. I wonder if Isabel is already thinkig she can blame things on the cats. Then before we left she actually leaned over and pet the cat, just like we had been showing her with our own cats. Up until this point she never leaned over and did it on her own. I was pretty excited to see her do that.

Uncle J

So, Uncle J (a.k.a. Jason) got 2 pictures on here. I just thought this was so unbelievably cute - him leaning in over her, her holding his hand, both of them smiling. Actually, Uncle J was pretty comfortable with her right from the get-go, which seems to be odd with any guys. He held her at 2 weeks and wasn't afraid to just go pick her up if she was crying. So, Phanie, what are you afraid of? J will be there. Just looks how good he is with Isabel.

You probably have noticed that almost every picture Isabel is smiling. Most of the time if I ask her to smile for me (Smile for Mommy) she will. Everyone was pretty amazed that I could get her to smileon cue like that and that she is such a ham to the camera. But she can't help it, her mommy is a little obsessed with taking pictures, so being in front of the camera with mom on the other end of it is very comfortable to her.