Three months...

On Monday Isabella turned three months old. She's had quite a month. She has finally passed the 11 pound mark, according to her Grandpa Jerry, who likes to weigh her occasionally just to make sure she's still growing. We're not sure how long she is because we didn't have a doctors appointment. But she seems be getting bigger every day. She's starting to get little fat rolls which is one of my favorite things on babies, although they do make it much herder to keep her clean. She is still wearing size one diapers, but she's moved on to 3 month (Carter's) clothes. She can still fit in Newborn (Carter's) clothes, but they're getting a little tight. She still loves to be rocked to sleep and rarely goes to sleep on her own. But we're dealing with it. We got her a light/music toy for her crib and she loves to stare at it, but once it turns off she gets mad and cries. She has started to really love her swing. She loves sleeping in it during the day and will usually sleep longer in the swing than out of it. She is starting to really crack up when you do something she finds funny. You can usually keep her laughing for a few minutes, but if you do it one too many times she gets really upset. And most of the time she laughs it's when there is only one person in the room. If she has an audience she won't perform. We had her pictures taken on Monday at JC Penny's and we will post them as soon as they e-mail them to us. Getting pictures taken was quite an experience. We had an appointment at 1pm (a time when she's usually awake and happy), but they called us to reschedule because their camera was broken. We had to go back at a time when she's usually taking a nap. Not a good sign. She wouldn't smile and cried every time we changed her clothes. It was a lot of fun. Finally we figured out the she was really hot and sweaty and she would smile if blew in her face. So we ended up with some pretty cute pictures (if I do say so myself). She also loves watching people play the Wii and mimics the motions that they make. This is very entertaining. We went to Uncle Grant's soccer game this week and that also seemed to excite her. Every time the players came to our side of the field she would wiggle and move her arms all around. In general she's getting to be more interactive and it's becoming more and more fun to play with her. Her cries are getting easier and easier to read and (a huge plus) she starting to cry less and less.

We are still here in Redding and enjoying the heat (when it's not too hot). This week it has been over 100 degrees everyday. It's not very fun and we're looking forward to the cooler weather expected this weekend. This month my family had a huge event. My little brother, Grant, recieved his mission call. He'll serve a two year mission for our church in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West Mission. He doesn't leave until December 3rd (which seems like such a long way away). Lucky for us it's the Wednesday after Thanksgiving so we'll be able to come down here and see him before he goes. We're very excited for him.