Decorating for Christmas this year was a completely different experience. Izabella is in the "I do it" stage a wants to do everything mommy and daddy are doing. So this year she wanted to help with everything. At first I thought that this might cause some problems, but really she was a lot of help and quite a delight.
It was so much fun to make all the ornaments and to decorate the tree as a family. Izabella did it all. She is so curious and always wants to be involved. So we took a Saturday night, popped some popcorn and Bella and I started string popcorn and cranberries for the garland. Then we made gingerbread men and snowflakes. And she even helped me string the dried oranges and apples.
Then on Sunday afternoon Mike and Izabella set up the tree and fluffed it. It was great watching her help her daddy!
Then when night came we were all ready to decorate our tree. We warmed up some cocoa and put on some Christmas music, then the festivities began. Izabella did really well making sure the bottom of our tree was decorated with all the right ornaments.
We only had to help her space them out a few times.
Then when the bottom was all done Daddy helped her decorate the top of the tree too.
Here is our tree after all the homemade ornaments were put on them I love my old fashion Christmas tree!!
And her is our lead decorator posing with her beautiful Christmas Tree!!
Izabella loves her Christmas tree and for the most part has left it alone. I have noticed that a few of the candy canes have disappeared and Bella has to show everyone that comes over her special ornament, plus the doggies, and Daddies Star Trek ones. She has also been my little gift girl this year. Since I have a hard time getting under the tree I have been wrapping the gifts and she's been putting them under for me. She is mommy's big little helper. We hope you all are having a great holiday season so far, we sure are.
Wishing you all the best,
Mike, Stefanie, and Izabella
So we have just over a month left in waiting for our new little family member to join our family, and we just can't seem to find enough patience. I know that mostly I'm getting excited to be able to sleep again, or to be able to tie my own shoes, but Izabella and Mikey are getting anxious also. Izabella has decided in the last couple of weeks that she too has a baby in her tummy. We have tried to explain things to her, however whenever anyone asks her about the baby she pulls up her shirt and pats her tummy saying, "My Baby!" It really is too cute!
Last week I stayed home for a couple days and Izabella and I decided that it was time to start getting things ready for her new little sister. I was so proud of her as I watched her clean out one of her drawers in her dresser out and helped me but the baby clothes in it. I had so much fun telling her how she had warn all these little outfits herself only two years ago. We then pushed over all her clothes to one side of the closet and hung up the rest of the baby clothes. Izabella's favorite part was moving all her shoes to one side of the changing table bottom shelf to but the baby shoes on the other side. She loves shoes, and naturally she tries to but on the baby shoes from time to time.
Last week I stayed home for a couple days and Izabella and I decided that it was time to start getting things ready for her new little sister. I was so proud of her as I watched her clean out one of her drawers in her dresser out and helped me but the baby clothes in it. I had so much fun telling her how she had warn all these little outfits herself only two years ago. We then pushed over all her clothes to one side of the closet and hung up the rest of the baby clothes. Izabella's favorite part was moving all her shoes to one side of the changing table bottom shelf to but the baby shoes on the other side. She loves shoes, and naturally she tries to but on the baby shoes from time to time.Bella has also picked out two blankets, out of the hundred she has, that she will no longer use. Mike tried to give her one of them the other night and she pushed it away saying, "NO! BABIES!" I am so glad that we have talked about the new baby so much with her. I really feel that she understands what is going on. We'll just have to see!!
Mikes counting down the days, but he is under the impression that this little one is going to come early just like Izabella did. In fact, he believes that she will be exactly 20 days early, which means that she will be born Christmas Day! I really hope that doesn't happen. A couple days before or a couple days after is fine with me. I on the other hand keep having a reacquiring nightmare of my water breaking in the middle of sacrament. I mean what would I do! This meaning my guess would be the 27th of December. And since I was dead on with Izabella's date of birth my doctor has assured me that he will be available on that day. So do any of you have any guesses as to when Baby Plane will be here? Our actual due date is January 13th, however we are hoping for another tax deduction with this little one. Plus I would like to start my maternity leave before the new year.
As for a name Mike and I are still undecided, but don't worry we do have a couple in mind. We have decided that we want to see the baby before we get to set on a name.
I'm 35 weeks along!!PS: Both Bella and I were having really bad hair days. I had been sleeping all afternoon. I will get some better pictures posted soon!!
Love you all,
Mike, Stefanie, Izabella and Baby
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