Just Stuff

This is basically a catch-up post. Just a few things I wanted to blog about, but not in much detail, because I'm just too tired!

First of all, the baby...
I've been dilated to a three for a week now. I went to the doctor today and hadn't changed since last week. He says I should be good to go any day now, so we'll see if I make it to my induction day of the eighth. We are getting super excited and also very nervous! I can't wait to meet our little sweetheart! I still have no deep intuition of what it is, although I'm going with boy. James is saying girl. I think more family members are leaning toward boy than girl, but all of the kids say girl. It'll be a big surprise either way! We will hopefully update our blog quickly after the baby arrives!

Looking ready to pop! (Isabelle's eating popcorn, not foaming at the mouth.)


Next, fun-filled holiday events...
We took a ride on the Polar Express again this year. My parents came along, and we had a great time! Isabelle really liked it. However, Santa was very unimpressive. Even Isabelle noticed. She told me he was a pretend Santa. I didn't even know she would understand about that yet, so we've tried to explain to her since then about Santa's helpers. It was a fun night hanging out with the elves on the way to the North Pole.

All of us riding the Polar Express

Reading the story

Isabelle just having a great time

Before our ride

Checking out the trains

Dancing with one of the elves

Singing the 12 Days of Christmas

A very sweaty Santa

Us with the "elves"


We spent a delicious Thanksgiving with James' family this year. It was yummy and fun! I did my annual Black Friday shopping with my mom and sister, and aunts and cousins. We don't go to places like Wal-Mart or Target, thank goodness. We spend the day shopping for home decor down in Salt Lake. We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory- delicious, and shopped for a good twelve hours or so! I was pretty tired by the end of the day, but nothing can keep me from a good shopping trip! James and Isabelle got to spend the whole day together. They had lots of fun! They went to their favorite place for lunch, McDonald's, saw "Planet 51," and played games at the Junction. They even cleaned the house while I was gone!

Thanksgiving Day- Isabelle in front of her bedroom Christmas tree

Me and my girl


We usually go to Temple Square the Saturday after Thanksgiving with my family, but decided not to this year. Last year, we couldn't find anywhere to park, and we decided that it might be a long walk for me and my brother. We ended up going to dinner with my brother and his family at Applebee's and then going to Christmas Village. It was still fun, and we'll definitely still go to Salt Lake this month. It's my favorite! James and I got engaged at Temple Square at Christmastime, so it's always fun to go re-live it!
Christmas Village

Isabelle with her cousin, Emma


I've been pretty on top of getting things ready for the holidays before the baby comes. My house is decorated, my shopping is almost done, I've wrapped quite a few presents. In fact, it's a total relief to be so far ahead this year. I should do this every year so I can just relax and enjoy the Christmas season.

Isabelle helping to decorate the tree


And last but not least, Isabelle...
Isabelle is so hilarious! She says the funniest things sometimes. I try to write down the things she says, and I'm telling you, she is full of it lately! I just wanted to list a few of her funnies.
*She asked me to turn on the "air station" in the bathroom when she was in the tub. A very clever word for the fan!
*We were saying family prayer, and I was helping her say it. She repeated the first couple of things I said, then she stopped and said, "this is not happening."
*She's learned a few things from the movie "Bolt." She comes up to me with the alarm clock and pretends to take a picture of us, then says, "mission accomplished; that's a keeper!" She also said to me, "there's your antidote."
*She tells me all of the time, "Mom, you're my best friend." It melts my heart.
*She put on a bra on top of her clothes, then looked down at herself and told James, "there's something wrong with my nipples." Oh boy!
*When she was playing in the bathtub one day she told me, "I'm two years old. I'm not a child anymore!" She got this line from Ariel. She said it very dramatically.
*She tells James and me to calm down or settle down a lot. She told me I was making her nervous.
*She and James were play wrestling on the floor one night when she yelled, "give him the chair!" Then she actually went and got one of her plastic chairs to try and hit him with. Thanks Shrek! Sometimes she tells him, "let's do this the hard way."
*She came into bed with me one night and was half asleep when she touched my cheeks and said, "you're so cute Mommy, you're so bootiful."
*She called James an idiot the other day. She also calls people morons when we're driving. We need to keep our mouths shut!
*We spend a lot of time each day playing that Isabelle is the mommy and James or I are Isabelle. A lot of her dolls and stuffed animals are now named Isabelle, and she carries around an itty-bitty imaginary Isabelle in her hands.
*Apparently she watches too much TV because she's been saying, "I'm Alex from Wizards of Waverly Place and you're watching the Disney Channel." Also, she keeps saying, "live better, Wal-Mart."
*One of her favorite words lately is amazing. She says it all of the time. "Wow Mom, this is amazing!"
She is a funny little girl with a big personality! The thing she says each day keep my life interesting. I love to just listen to her talk. She loves to tell us stories, usually about dinosaurs. I love to listen to her when she's playing by herself. It's funny to hear her do all of the parts of the different toys. She is very imaginative. She definitely keeps us laughing!

I just love this picture. She's reading a toy catalog. This is one for her wedding video!


Sorry this was such a jumbled and long post! I just needed to catch up! We'll let you all know when Baby Tracy arrives!