The Eagle Has Landed

That's code... by "eagle", I mean "Isabel's poop", and by "landed", I mean "in the potty". All of a sudden right after our Chicago trip, she's started going. It's not without some fussing, and it's not consistent, but nevertheless it's a step in the right direction! Go Isa, woot woot!

Which reminds me that I neglected to post a while back that she is a champion potty performer in the #1 category. She even makes it overnight with no accidents, a fact that I'm sure made her Grandpa very happy since she slept in his bed last weekend. Anyway, we're very excited about this... with the amount we're saving from not buying diapers, we can afford to send her to college! :)

The Windy City

This past weekend we visited Chicago. Dad, Pam, and Licha were amazed at how much Isabel had changed since our last visit. The trip was very short but Isabel had a great time, even on the airplane ride. We stayed in Dad's new place and Isabel liked sleeping in "her" room. We had some good food at Licha's house, and Licha initiated Isabel into the Pando custom of terrible and embarrassing dancing.


We also visited Navy Pier/Children's Museum and the Lincoln Park Zoo. The Children's Museum was really fun, but the two biggest kids in the group turned out to be Kyle and my Dad! They had a really great hands-on exhibit which involved building a skyscraper. We worked as a team and were given 20 minutes to complete our architectural masterpiece. As we worked, pictures were taken of our group and then we were able to record our thoughts on how the project went. I don't have a way to host those files right now, so you'll have to be satisfied with our final output (last picture).

Another Tiny Creature

So this is a pretty momentous blogpost. For those of you who we haven't talked to in a while: we're expecting our second baby in early March! I recently went in for the second ultrasound of this pregnancy and, well, the picture says it better than I can...

Here's another shot of our little guy. As you can see, he's curled up pretty tightly in there!

Sleepytime Struggles

Our little Isabel has always been a good sleeper. Oh, sure, there have been the occasional sleepless nights when she was sick or in a strange place, but in general we would just put her to bed, say goodnight, and that was that.

That is, until we took her pacifiers away.

We've known we needed to do it for a long time but who willingly volunteers to give up sleep? Not us! But we were planning on moving Isabel into her new big girl room (pictures coming soon) and thought that would be a good time to make the change.

We started Saturday for her nap time. She was really excited to sleep in her new room... so excited that she couldn't fall asleep. This has happened every once in a while so we didn't think too much of it. That night, though, it was like someone had replaced our sweet daughter with a demon hellspawn. She was exhausted but kept insisting she didn't need to sleep. There was tantrum after tantrum and tears galore. After about two hours, she fell asleep out of sheer exhaustion mid-tantrum. Sunday and Monday nights have been repeats of that first ordeal. Oh, and did I mention I decided to do this the weekend before Kyle was going to be out of town? Great move, Jacqui.

So pity me, reader, and let's hope she adjusts soon! I may have to rent a hotel room when Kyle gets back to recover my sanity.

Days of the Week

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Here's a translation of Isabel's song:

Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Each week has seven days
And today is FRIDAY!!!