Amazing Us Every Day

With each passing day, Isabel continues to grow into a little person. It is hard to believe that she will be six months old in three days.

She is now sitting on her own (for a few seconds), babbling in her own language and crawling every once in while (sometimes it is backwards).

She is definitely getting more dexterity. She is playing with toys and loves her exersaucer. She is also starting to enjoy being in the water. Whether it is in bath or her little pool, she is starting to splash and explore.

As many of you know, we have been on a number of child care waiting lists for months and Rachel is back to work. We will be starting child care two days a week soon but need to thank our saviors, the grandparents. We are very blessed to have grandparents that are able to help us.

Papa Ermann (a.k.a. Danny the Nanny, Danny Poppins) has been a dedicated babysitter. If we need him, he is there. Occassionaly, Izzy gets an additional babysitter for the day, when Bubby Ermann "takes a sick day" and comes with Papa.

And even though their commute is a little longer, Grammy and Papa John Lynch have also been a huge help. Grammy spent two full weeks with us in July and August. We are lucky that she works in the school system and has her summers off. Of course, she loves the time with Izzy and was thrilled to be watching her. Each visit, Papa John brought Grammy down and picked her up. This also gave him sometime to spend with Isabel.

Earlier this week, Cousin Natalie and Sam visited on their way to Newark, DE. It was a real treat for Izzy to see her second cousin.