A Day at the Zoo

Isabella and I took a trip to the Houston Zoo. It was a chilly day, but we bundled up and had a great time watching the animals enjoy the cool weather. I taught Isabella what I could remember from my time at Zoo Camp. She loved the aquarium and laughed out loud when we passed the ducks at the pond. I learned that in the last ten months the Houston Zoo has gone high tech! There is an APP for your I Phone for the Houston Zoo. It gives you the goods on keeper chats, animal exhibits and tells you the name of each animal. AMAZING! I'm a huge fan and urge you to visit our city zoo anytime you get the chance.

Jonathan taking a long winter's nap.

Isabella has teeth now... just like the piranha! :)

Hanging out in her polar bear fleece at the Houston Zoo.

The elephants are my favorite!

This giraffe (whose name escapes me) was born about the same time as Isabella.

Snapshots from 2009

January 2009

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November 2009

December 2009

Happy New Year! WELCOME 2010!

Christmas LOVE

Isabella LOVES her some Uncle Ken!
She stares at him, laughs at him, and when she kisses him she goes straight for the NOSE!

Christmas with Momma's Momma and Bob's family

Santa left a BUNCH of presents under the tree at Tammy's house. Our family has a tradition where the youngest child gets to pick three gifts to start the festivities (young and not so young get to pick presents in order by age after that). This year, Natalie wasn't the youngest... Isabella started us off by picking the gifts first!


Rich shared some of his presents with Isabella. He tried to teach her about the Green Bay Packers, but Isabella just kept trying to teach him about the Aggies.

Santa brought Isabella a wooden spoon and fork in her stocking. Isabella wouldn't put it down ALL DAY! Here's one of my favorite pictures of the day... two happy babes!

Diane, Isabella and Jim took a drink break before opening gifts. Isabella wasn't so sure about Jim's baseball cap...

Christmas with the Boggus Bunch

Isabella knew what to do at Pop's house... she was a gift unwrapping pro by then... she loved her great gifts and her dad LOVED helping her unwrap.


We were trying to teach her how to keep up with gift cards... it kind of looks like she's getting it.


There was LOTS of family at Pops...
Pops, Beckie, GG Ma, Pa, Tom, Char, Sarah (and Kaya coming soon), Ken, Rachel, Will, Hope, Alexis, Amanda, Chris, Becky and TREVOR! Trevor is one of Isabella's step-cousins. Trevor is six and ready to teach Isabella all sorts of things. This year he got a tool belt, hard hat and safety goggles. He was teaching Robert how all his new stuff works! He is a sweet lil guy and will be a wonderful big kid example for Isabella!

Christmas with the Ford Family

Honey helped Isabella open her presents.
We celebrated Christmas Eve and Isabella had a blast!

Isabella's Papa gave her a hat just like his.

She loved the wrapping paper as much as the wonderful presents she received.

This is the picture of one happy kid. She loved her first Christmas!!!

Rain drops on Roses and Wiskers on Kittens....these are a few of my favorite things.

Isabella got an AMAZING train from her Gigi. It lights up, sings, chooo choos, and it even has blocks that stack and move!


Honey and Papa gave Isabella a Leap Frog play table. It can teach her colors, letters, shapes and numbers. You can also flip a page in the book and it plays different tunes. Isabella LOVES, LOVES the music side or page. She likes pulling up and banging on all the parts to make great music.


Yes, she loves this box. She discovered it while I was putting out Christmas decorations and we've taken it with us everywhere this month. She likes to bang on the box. She likes to pull toys out, dump toys out, and sometimes put them back in the box. What fun.


This kid is fascinated with books. As a mom and a teacher I would like to believe that it is a great love for reading that we have instilled in her... however, I think it's just because she totally enjoys turning pages these days. Santa brought her a new cloth book to add to her diaper bag collection.


Diane, Jim and Natalie gifted Isabella with a tutu. Robert helped her open the box and he looked at me like, "What is this?" I wasn't so sure if Isabella would wear it, but we put it on her and she thought it was GOOD STUFF. She had a great time pulling on the ribbon, patting the tule (SP?), and running her fingers through the flower. He cousin to be, Kaya Lynn, got an infant sized tutu. When we go visit the Cowards at Spring Break we will get pictures of the girls in their ADORABLE tutus. STAY TUNED!