Just like my momma I have a tendency to be a little bit obsessed about some things. My Momma likes things to be just right and as you can see here I had to make some adjustments to my dog on myExerSaucer for it to be just right.
Sleeping with Grandpa Ray
Roll over practice with Grandma
Playing with Aunt Michelle before bed 
When I was at Grandma's she really enjoyed feeding me. At Grandma's I was really only eating squash and rice cereal. Grandma taught my Momma a trick about keeping my head still when we don't have my high chair and that is holding my head. When Grandma was not holding my head in place I would try to move as much as I could so she couldn't get the squash in my mouth. Momma was glad to see Daddy put my high chair together when we got home. Now it is really hard to run away from the spoon. The next phase in my learning to eat is the big battle with Momma and the Spoon.
oatmeal and banana's for breakfast. I am not a big fan of oatmeal, Momma says it taste better with sugar on it but I am not allowed to have sugar just yet. I kept trying to get out of eating the oatmeal but it was not working. The banana's were much better than the oatmeal but Momma insisted I had to eat oatmeal too. Momma didn't realize that I was practicing ways to steal the Spoon away from her. Finally all of my practice paid off. It just took patience in waiting for the right opportunity when Momma wasn't paying as much attention to me as she should have been. That is when I WON the battle! I grabbed it right from her hand. She tried to pry my hand off of the Spoon but I wouldn't let go. I think she was tired of trying to get it from me and just gave up. Thinking that I would let her keep feeding me but she was wrong. I knew once I got my hands on the Spoon I would not have to eat anymore oatmeal. I didn't have to finish my oatmeal but I did have to go take a bath because I had oatmeal all over the place even in my ears. 
Momma only lets me play with my Baby Doll when she is right there with me. I think she is afraid Bailey (my dog) will try to get her. I am still trying to decide what to call my new doll. I have a some time before I get to play with her without supervision.
Finally I get to see what all the hype is about with the Christmas presents. Momma, Daddy and I unwrapped all of those presents Momma was wrapping. I got a lot of new toys from Daddy and mostly clothes and girlly stuff from Momma. Daddy was having fun when we were unwrapping presents he kept putting bows on my head. It was alot of fun. When I got to Grandma and Grandpa's house there were more presents. I helped Grandma wrap her Christmas presents. My momma must have told her what a good helper I was when she was wrapping. Something extra special happened when I was helping Grandma though..I rolled over! Grandma put presents all around me so I could see the pretty bows and after a lot of trying I rolled over onto my belly. Now I have been rolling all over the place. Since I have started rolling over I realized that I can get to all of my toys with out Momma and Daddy helping me.
Well guess what happened this past Sunday. I finally laughed for Momma and Daddy. It happened when Momma was fixing to change my diaper. Daddy was at work. So Momma said "We are going to call Daddy and tell him to come home." Then it happened I just started laughing. Momma grabbed her phone and called Daddy so he could hear too. They both were laughing with me. It was a lot of fun. I haven't done it since that one time. I am talking a lot especially when Daddy is trying to relax and today while Momma is trying to work. It sure is fun to try out my vocal chords. I know that Santa is watching so I better behave, but Santa should know that I am watching him too.
I had my 1st taste of rice cereal this Sunday for dinner. It tasted yummy. Momma and Daddy had alot of fun feeding me. They got awfully excited about me eating rice cereal. They tell me that I will soon get to taste many different vegetables and fruits but first I have to master the rice cereal. Momma wants to make sure I taste lots of new foods so that way I won't be a picky eater like she is. I know one thing that I like that she does not like and that is my fingers. I like putting them in my mouth and chewing on them. Momma says that it is nasty but she knows it makes me happy. That is all that matters is a happy Isabella equals a happy Momma and Daddy.
Christmas Time is here. I can see it all around my neighborhood. Everyone has bright lights up all over their houses. I am glad that we got our Christmas lights up and on our house. I wouldn't want to be the 1 house on my street without lights. We put up our Christmas Tree last weekend so Momma insisted that we had to get some presents wrapped and under the tree, that included me being a present.
I wore a 'vintage' baptism gown that my Great Grandma Sieta crocheted for my Momma on her baptism.
Well it finally happened, I got to go on an airplane ride for Thanksgiving to New Orleans (NOLA). It wasn't as much fun as I thought considering I slept most of the time. Daddy was sure to get a picture of me before we took off. I did really good on the flights. That is after the 1st one I spit up all over Momma's jacket, so she decided not to fed me anymore at take off.
got to meet the rest of the Garrity Aunts, Uncles, and cousins that I had not met yet. Everyone made sure to come to Aunt Sandra's house to see me, even before they went home from work. I thought that was kind of funny. My cousin Rowan, who was the youngest Garrity cousin until I came along, kept saying "I love him." He will understand later that I am not a him. He wanted to hold me the whole time he came over to see me. Aunt Kay (his Momma) had to explain that everyone had to have a chance to hold me. Boy were there ALOT of hands to hold me. My Momma made sure that I got some floor time too because she knows how I get after a week like that. I think that I have to be held all the time and that makes for a LONG few days after a trip or visitors. That didn't make too many people happy but I know my Momma knows best.
I had my very 1st trip to the French Quarter. We had 'coffee and donuts' at Cafe Du Monde and walked around Jackson Square. Someday I will be able to enjoy this more especially when I get to blow powdered sugar on Daddy and Momma from the donuts.
I have had a busy week meeting lots of new people. On Tuesday night, I got to go out to eat with Momma, Daddy and the scheduler for my Daddy's project. I think we might have stayed out kind of late because when we got home I wanted to take a nap on Daddy's shoulder before going to bed. Daddy has the best shoulder for napping.
The Bumbo is really cool because it helps in strengthening my stomach muscles. Since my parents got me the Bumbo they figured it would be nice to have a family picture. The only problem is that some of us didn't want to look at the camera.
While I was in my Bumbo seat I was having a lot of fun with Momma when she was singing and talking to me. I am sure glad Momma and Daddy decided to get me this Bumbo seat. It is nice to get to be sitting up instead of laying on the floor looking at the ceiling.
Since it is Fall we decided it was time to go to the pumpkin patch. At the pumpkin patch I was having fun right up until Momma decided it would be a good idea for me to have a picture with the big pumpkins. I was not to happy about it and I really didnt't like the people around me saying 'Aww that poor little baby.'
When we finally got home I was in a much better mood. I have really been mastering my smiling this week. I am learning lots of new things like making bubbles, sticking my tongue out, grabbing at my toys, and standing up. I know I might be little but my Daddy says I have much stronger legs than he would have imagined I would have at such a young age. I have also been working on lifting my head up when laying on my belly, but I don't like laying on my belly too much so I tend to get mad at Momma and Daddy when they decide it is time for this activity. 
I got to do my very first arts & crafts project: making hand and foot prints out of plaster. I think I had much more fun than my Momma and Daddy because everytime they would put my hand in the plaster I would squeeze my hand. Then they would have to wash it off and start again. They gave up on the hand print and decided to do my feet instead. My Momma said that this is like some of the projects she does with my cousins Kalee Jo, Olivia and Aida. Maybe they will do some projects with me when I am older.
This weekend was very special because Grandama, Grandpa Ray and Aunt Jenna came to visit me. When I woke up on Saturday morning Momma brought me downstairs and right there on the deck with Daddy was Grandpa Ray! I was excited to see him and he must have been excited too, because he took me from Momma and whisked me down to see Grandma. After showing off my bedroom to everyone it was off to the Farmers Market.
Aunt Jenna really liked the shopping on King Street. I am glad that someone got to enjoy it since I am only allowed to browse according to Daddy. At the bike shop I was tired of all the browsing so I just hung out with Grandma. After the bike shop we decided it was time to go and visit at home.
Yesterday, at Dr. Burbridge's Office I found out that I am 8 lbs and 19 inches long. He told me that I was right on target with everything I am learning. I can lift my head up when I am on my tummy and move it from side to side. I have really good neck control and I am able to lift myself up to a sitting position when someone is holding my hands. I am working on mastering my hand coordination, but this is not as easy as it seems. At my appointment I had to get my 2 month old shots which was not as bad as I thought it would be. I only screamed for a little while. I was sad after my appointment and not because of my shots, it was because that was my last appointment with Dr. Burbridge and I was his very 1st infant patient.
I got to take lots of naps while Grand Dad was holding me. He made sure that I was covered in my blanket at all times. We really enjoyed napping in his recliner. It was alot like when my Daddy rocks me in the glider.
One of the nights on my trip I got a little bit cold in our room. Grandma had some of my Daddy's old baby things in our room and I got to wear one of his hats to sleep. It was a little bit big for me but it sure did keep my head warm. It was a good thing that Grandma was ready for us or I might have ended up with one of Daddy's socks on my head instead.
When Daddy went to play golf with Grand Dad and Uncle Justin I got to go shopping with Momma, Grandma and Aunt Michelle. I had my very 1st shopping experience and it was much more fun than going to the grocery store with Momma. I guess this is what the girls do when the boys go play golf. I think I will learn to like shopping a lot. It makes me a little bit sleepy especially when it was time for Momma to tell Daddy about the 2 outfits that I got when I was out shopping. But he didn't seem to care. 
I got to meet Great Uncle Tom and Great Aunt Carolyn when I was in Atlanta, too. We had a lot of fun visiting. It is hard to believe that I have as many Great Aunt's and Great Uncle's on my Daddy's side as I do Aunt's and Uncle's on my Momma's side. I suppose that means I am from a large family.
I sure did have fun at Grandma and Grand Dad's house. I can't wait to go visit them again soon.
