{happy birthday isobel}

dear isobel-

happy birthday my sweet girl.  today, you're three.  although if i ask you how old you are, you respond with "i don't know" or "five".  yesterday we celebrated bailey's 13th birthday.  you were actually due on his birthday.  ten years apart exactly.  i'm sure he's very happy that you were not born on his birthday.  as you will be too i'm sure some day.

you are my last baby.  THE baby.  who knows what the future holds but for now, you are perfectly content being the boss of the house.  you are the most stubborn of all the children but when you let your guard down, even for a second, it's amazing.  when you say "love you most", melts me.  completely.

do you want to look at some pictures?  the other kids posts have been really long so beware.  i know you're younger and all but mommy also had her camera from day one for you.  lucky girl.  let's get you some milk and a snack because lord knows you'll say you're hungry and thirsty twenty seven times in the next five minutes if we don't.  :) let's take a look at how perfect you are.

this is one of the last pictures of you in mommy's belly. this was taken two days before you were born. i know, i know. i was cute. ;)

here's one of your very first pictures with daddy. :)

you were a big baby!

you had a lot of visitors in the hospital. there was a line at the sanitizer pump.

you were perfect. and mommy fussed over you and tried to take lots and lots of pictures of you.

some of them are quite funny now! like this one. it didn't come out quite like i hoped. someday we'll laugh about it.

the kids liked taking pics of you too!

i love love love this picture.  :)

this is taken with my old cell phone in the mirror at your doctors.  it's one of my faves.

you used to sit still long enough to cuddle your mommy.

TARGET!

you've always liked your nails painted. even if you didn't know it! ;)

mama stole this picture from my office for her office.  your eyes look pretty.

mommy went through a period when i didn't take many pictures so there's a small gap.

this was our first coffee date.  ian was at school.  

you love the beach.

you don't remember this trip i'm sure but mama planned an awesome trip to the mountains for us.  this is on the top of mt. washington.  you'll probably never see it again unless you go when you're older cause mommy was scared!

you spent some time in the hospital with pneumonia. we stayed a few days and had the the whole floor to ourselves.

you're one!

you love baby cayden. you still talk about the day he pulled your hair at cupcake char lies.

stink eye!

you've always loved the bath...

you had just a little black eye for a while.  it was kind of cute.

stink eye + drool!

you were the cutest little gnome for halloween.

your hair used to be so red.

you love sitting with mama.  i get jealous some times.  

you love your buddy.

you're two!!!

you really are our water baby. you like the water the most out of all of you.

this is one of my most favorite pictures of you ever. :)

we made smokes in the driveway and mama cooked bananas with chocolate in them.  you thought they were awesome!

sometimes we find you sleeping in interesting ways.

you have this look about you sometimes. we call it your stink eye. lol.

you and ian are best friends. {most of the time}

you were a cheerleader for halloween this year. it was one of chloe's old costumes. :)

hahahahahaha!

leaving cookies for santa!!!!

you make great silly faces. just like everyone else. :)

this is your self portrait.

you got your first real haircut. :)

in mama's glasses.  :)

you and chloe look so much alike. :)

i love your cute little feet in sandals.

these are your favorite toys right now. they are princesses and we brought them back from disney for you. :)

happy birthday my sweet baby girl. i love you so much. i hope you had a fantastic day. :)