The Place!
Eating with the Big Kids
Kisses for Nonna
Big smiles
Somebody wants to drive...
Trying pizza for the first time- Pepe's!
Love you Nonna & Papa: Miss you!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Early Birthday Present!
Exploring the early birthday gift, as a ladder for goodies!
Loving Mommy's drawers! Seriously she will be climbing these in a few weeks.
Time to open!
A "First Trike!!"
Wow... bubble wrap
Look at my new wheels!
I love to push things!!
Maybe I will take a little ride.
Checking out the wheels!!
Day 2 with my new bike! Yep, still love it.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Nonna & Papa Visit:The Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park, NYC
View of the city
On Nonna & Papa's first weekend here we did some New England sight-seeing, a bit, and we also headed to NYC for Uncle Wade's birthday/ housewarming party. It was a rainy-ish day, but lovely all the same. Isla tried to get into everything at his new apartment and we ran around keeping her hands (and his belongings) safe. Memories: the yummy NYC bagels (with lox!!), our walk to The Cloisters, Wade's large apartment, first visit to the Inwood hood.
Nonna & Papa Visit: walked her first steps!
-April 20, 2010-
They have arrived!!
Working on the walking!!
SO proud!!
Meeting up with Daddy downtown
Nonna and Papa arrived for a visit on Isla's 10 month birthday. We were all very excited anticipating their visit. Isla was definitely missing having family around, after her fun visit with Grams and Grampa. When got out of the car after picking them up from the airport, Isla decided to show off and walk her first three steps with just Nonna & Papa to see. It was such an exciting day. Unfortunately Taylor and I did miss witnessing these first steps (of course?!!) but we knew it was coming some time soon, as we could practically see her mind willing her legs and balance to obey. Have we mentioned that this baby girl, or should I say TODDLER!!??, has a mind of her own. Super determined, not easily frustrated and with NO fear- this is our Isla Bean. Willful little girl. She was really experimenting with walking outside, and seems to appreciate this terrain much more than the flat, seemingly more easy to maneuver, hardwood of our apartment. So I guess it was no surprise that her first steps were in our front lawn. The real heart of our home, it would seem, is this shared front lawn (particularly this time of year). Isla also loves to take giant developmental leaps forward when guests/family, etc. are here to observe. This influence of others in Isla's life is something Taylor and I have always felt to be very important on a child, and now with Isla we can really see it to be true. The first days with Nonna & Papa were all about getting reacquainted, that took about a minute, and exploring Isla's moving potential. She did not take a grouping of independent steps again for a few days. But while she stayed with Nonna & Papa during the days we worked, she definitely was committed to working on this milestone all day long. As well as chatting up a storm in her baby talk kind of way, boldly expressing herself with her favorite words, humming her pigeon noise, rolling her "r"'s Spanish-style, and the like.
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