The Fair - 2011

For some reason I was very excited to take Isla to the fair this year. I had a feeling that she would love the rides and I was right! My Mom and I took her last night and sweated it out (it was about 95 degrees) while she had a blast.

Just barely tall enough to go on rides:

She loved the car ride (for some reason she wanted to sit in the back seat instead of the front seat?):

And the Ferris Wheel with Mom:

But I think her favorite ride was the Dragon roller coaster. She road this one until there were no more tickets left and then she promptly threw a fit (complete with kicking and screaming) - it was awesome:

We did make it over to the animals, but she wasn't that interested. We checked out some cute little piggies:

I think she was more into her shaved ice than the animals - can't blame her, it was a little toasty outside:

Much to Ryan's disappointment (okay excitement) he got to miss the fair this year as toting around a large baby did not seem like fun in the heat. Maybe next year both he and Drew will come with us!

HAN - Part II

After taking a year off last year, HAN Part II was back on again this year! Ryan and I headed up to McCall this past weekend to hang out with some near and dear friends without any kids! The Hamilton's very graciously hosted about 30+ friends at their beach in McCall and this year did not disappoint. We laughed, we drank, we cried from laughing so hard, we drank some more. Unfortunately I didn't catch up on all my sleep as there was too much fun to be had.

I was very bad at taking pictures this year. The only ones I ended up with were on our evening boat ride and for some reason I have about three of just Adam (aka River, Alan) in the water? No idea what happened there - maybe I was mesmerized by his awesome hair style:

Kirstin looking cute in her hat (one would hardly guess that she is expecting a baby girl in early January!):

Ryan tried surfing again:

Thank you Hamilton's - you certainly know how to throw a fabulous party!

What has Miss Isla been up to?

This one has grown into a little girl in the past two months. We are finally potty trained (double yeah! - only one in diapers!) and her vocabulary has increased tenfold. We now have nice little conversations and she is able to express her feelings quite well if you ask me. Just the other day we were talking about motorcycles (see previous post about motorcycles) and she told me that doesn't ride them. When I asked her why, she simply replied "because I'm afraid I will fall off". I almost fell out of my chair when she said this because she said it so matter of fact, like duh Mom. I think she may be growing up a bit too quickly. Some of the other things she says that crack me up:

• When she has an itch she likes to tell me her "tickle hurts".
• Whenever she is looking for me she says "Mommy, where you are?".
• She calls her teachers at school "Miss" so and so and sometimes I get "Miss" Mommy when we are at home (the mommy guilt tends to creep in when she does this though).
• Whenever she wants someone to pick her up she says "I wanna hold you".
• She likes to call Drew's Happy Baby Puffs "Pups".

I'm sure there are many more Isla-isms that I am forgetting, but I'm sure I will post about them later. I am so proud of the little girl that she is becoming and I am so proud to be her Mom.

Do you think they are related?

These two with their blankies and binkies (collectively we call them "b's") crack me up:

Although I don't think I'll be laughing when it comes time for Isla to give up her binkie in a couple months.

Motorcycles

Lately Isla has been a bit obsessed with motorcycles. She points them out wherever we go and many a night has been spent sitting outside the house listening and waiting for motorcycles to go by. Not sure where this came from, but it's sort of cute. This past weekend Grandma and Papa Randy came into town and Papa Randy brought his motorcycle. Ryan and I were so excited to show her, but of course she became shy once Randy took it off his trailer and didn't want anything to do with it. She wouldn't even sit on it, but we did manage to get her to touch it.

I guess I should be happy about the fact that she is shy around them. Not sure I really want my daughter getting on a motorcycle anytime soon . . . if ever!