babykins

it's almost spring

2011-03-08T22:17:00.001-05:00

which means her 2nd birthday is coming up!

i've neglected this!

2011-02-01T20:23:00.002-05:00

She will be two in March. She is an interesting little girl. Her personality it outrageous. She is so silly! She is so close to saying her ABCs & 123s. She loves to sing-a-long to them and says about half of them clearly! She loves my boyfriend to death which is great. And he likes her a lot too! She's in the tub right now telling me a story :)

something to think about

2010-10-27T17:20:00.000-04:00

9 weeks

19 months

Izzy

2010-08-18T09:38:00.000-04:00

she's got a new way to walk

2010-06-25T23:48:00.001-04:00

walk walk!

even more teeth!

2010-06-01T11:30:00.003-04:00

She is about 22.5 lbs. With around 17-18 teeth. She is trying so hard to walk.
She's been in the pool recently--still trying to figure out if he likes it or not :)

:)

2010-05-07T09:53:00.003-04:00

She actually has 12 teeth. Her top molars are cutting through.
She has been meeting a lot of people. She has a birthday party to goto tomorrow. She went to one last weekend, too. Sunday we are going to spend time with my uncle & his family.

Just been working & taking care of stinker.

Cutting Teeth

2010-04-04T11:26:00.000-04:00

The princess now has 10 chompers. Her top canines finally cut through this morning. :)

wow

2010-04-01T23:03:00.001-04:00

a whole year old. so hard to believe!

another week to go!

2010-03-21T14:49:00.001-04:00

getting close to a year!

2010-03-09T10:23:00.002-05:00

love you boo bear!

2010-02-21T14:05:00.001-05:00

happy valentine's day everyone!

2010-02-13T20:27:00.000-05:00

animation

2010-02-09T12:59:00.001-05:00

these are the photos i used:

love those eyes!

2010-02-08T12:20:00.005-05:00

I am so glad she didn't end up with my ol' brown ones.

talking/singing to Nanna

blizzard of '10

2010-02-06T08:47:00.006-05:00

At times like this, I wish Izzy had some galoshes.
The snow would be great to play with her in! It's almost as tall as her!

10 whole months

2010-02-01T09:42:00.001-05:00

update

2010-01-28T09:42:00.004-05:00

Bottom teeth 3 & 4 have officially cut in. So Miss Izzy has 8 total. She is still so petite. Doesn't look like she is almost 10 months. She is a about 18 lbs, a lot of babies her age are hitting 30 lbs. Those are the ones more generous with food.
I have also discovered she loves being sung Coheed&Cambria ballads to her as lullabies.
Now how awesome is THAT?!
She is pulling herself up in the playpen now. She still needs help with walking. She is VERY wobbly. As some of you know, she will chase you down if she's in her walker though. She got to meet my friend Sean last week, but she was scared of him. Sorry Sean!
She will be 10 months on the 31st. Mom/Nanna and I are already planning Izabel's first birthday. Since she's so rotten, we will most likely do a princess theme since it's hard to find "The Wiggles" party supplies online. Her birthday is on a Wednesday, so the party will be the Saturday or Sunday before.
Her godmother Amanda and fiance Ben will be here on Valentine's Day weekend!! I miss her to pieces, it will be a great visit. Emily will also be here in May or June, she hasn't seen me since Izzy was still in my tummy.
I'm sitting here and she is so happy watching "The Wiggles". When the show is over she waves bye-bye to them. She just used the pen to walk around, over to the end where I'm sitting at to just ignore me. haha!
Her eyes are still a wonderful blue, and her hair still has a lot of red in it. Ginger maybe? I hope so!

momma got a haircut

2010-01-17T13:02:00.001-05:00

such a beauty!

2010-01-15T14:55:00.000-05:00

playing with max

2010-01-08T20:00:00.000-05:00

babygirl is 9 months! so close to a year!

merry christmas

2009-12-29T17:50:00.002-05:00

I hope you all had a splendid time. Izabel got so many new toys and clothes. She had a blast.
her last week

snow!!

2009-12-20T10:57:00.000-05:00

the biggest snowfall this area has seen in a LONG time

3 new videos!

2009-12-07T16:08:00.002-05:00

the weekend after thanksgiving

first snowfall this past weekend

she hates her holiday dress

2009-11-20T22:59:00.000-05:00

2009-11-18T22:11:00.000-05:00

her top teeth have cut in

2009-11-01T15:57:00.002-05:00

happy halloween!

2009-10-31T10:50:00.002-04:00

i was hangin' out listening to mommy's music while she baked!

mommy's creation

me today!!

2009-10-20T22:05:00.001-04:00

i know i've been slacking on the videos & photos. i haven't downloaded last weeks off the camera yet. and i need to make one for this week. i will get them tomorrow!

<3

2009-10-16T13:51:00.001-04:00

mom got married!

2009-10-02T18:17:00.001-04:00

She had her wellness exam this afternoon. She is very healthy!

babygap casting call!!

2009-10-01T13:48:00.000-04:00

vote for izabel!
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/stefikins09/

6 months!

2009-09-30T12:04:00.001-04:00

she has made it to the halfway mark. so crazy!

her cute outfit yesterday

she wasnt thrilled about seeing the potomac river

2009-09-27T10:43:00.003-04:00

she had her first allergic reaction last night. poor girl ended up wheezing & had a fever of 101.2 around 4 in the morning. we hardly slept because she would wake up in pain crying. she seems a lot better right now. still a bit warm & her nose is stuffed up.

2009-09-25T14:52:00.001-04:00

25 weeks!

2009-09-24T16:47:00.004-04:00

she is growing so fast, yet she is so petite! she will be 6 months in a few days.
she is going to have her 6 month wellness exam next week. she is 14lbs 10oz as of last tuesday and 25 inches long. she has two bottom teeth and is so alert and playful!

in this weeks video, her nanna is feeding her and i am popping up from side to side making her crack up.

2009-09-20T11:37:00.001-04:00

24 weeks

2009-09-16T17:51:00.001-04:00

teeth!

2009-09-13T00:26:00.001-04:00

2009-09-09T16:18:00.001-04:00

her the other day

i like my veggies

2009-09-06T23:22:00.002-04:00

2009-09-01T19:36:00.001-04:00

5 months today!

2009-08-31T17:19:00.002-04:00

she will be 22 weeks tomorrow!

she is starting to cut her first tooth already. i took a photo but you cant see it very well.

21 weeks~

2009-08-26T23:56:00.002-04:00

i will upload videos tomorrow. i forgot to put them up today.
i got to see my two aunts & mamaw for the first time in 21 years! holy crap.

pics from last week:

happy birthday to me

2009-08-15T18:54:00.000-04:00

i am 24 years young today!

4 1/2 months

2009-08-11T09:50:00.001-04:00

she is 19 weeks now! wow...

dr suess

2009-08-05T23:13:00.000-04:00

my mom reading to her the other day

2009-08-04T15:35:00.001-04:00

She had some shots done today...poor thing...it broke my heart seeing her cry like that. Brenda ended up spoiling her with new clothes, shoes and a new carseat toy!

teething

2009-08-01T22:27:00.000-04:00

get on board for the constant crying.
she is finally asleep!

love her soooooo much!

2009-07-31T23:25:00.000-04:00

17 weeks

2009-07-28T23:00:00.000-04:00

she will be 4 months in 3 days!!

satrbucks with norma

2009-07-25T15:00:00.001-04:00

tongue!

2009-07-20T23:12:00.002-04:00

last tuesday

2009-07-12T23:12:00.000-04:00

MORE~~

www.youtube.com/user/babyizabel

so beautiful

2009-07-11T22:23:00.001-04:00

babygirl the other week with nana

3 months, 1 week & 4 days old!
she ate some banana today....she LOVES it!

them eyes...

2009-06-30T13:53:00.002-04:00

2009-06-28T19:52:00.002-04:00

GROWING GROWING GROWING!

She has hit the 10lbs mark!
Ainsley, Heather & her babe Athena are stopping by for a visit tomorrow.
here are two shots from thurs&friday.

2009-06-15T13:06:00.000-04:00

5/14/09

5/15/09

2 months

2009-06-01T13:08:00.000-04:00

Izzy is now 2 months old. Time is on my side.
I will put photos up when I can!

FINALLY

2009-05-12T19:07:00.002-04:00

my mac is working....i am at a local coffee shop in mexicantown, detroit. here is my big 'ol baby!

2009-05-09T13:49:00.002-04:00

I haven't been around the internet since I've been up north.
I am having issues uploading photos. I've been taking plenty of them. This PC has a popup blocker problem and I can't get it to stay disabled.
Izzy is almost 6 weeks already! I can't believe it. She is well. Not sure what eye color she is going to have yet.

2009-04-03T23:02:00.003-04:00

she's here!
Izzy had her first home bath tonight but we didn't take photos since both of us were cleaning her cute butt. her head is all fuzzy now and smells soooo good! I am having engorgement issues right now and had to bottle feed her tonight. I have to take her to the hospital tomorrow for one more blood test to see if she needs jaundice treatment. I will then ask them if I have an infection, cause I am leaking, but she won't latch on and I'm rock solid.

2009-03-29T15:00:00.000-04:00

i dropped down to 151.7 this past friday
and i am dilated even more!

i am going into the hospital tomorrow night at 7pm.
and johnny will be back in tonight.

so excited!!!!!

2009-03-22T18:56:00.001-04:00

meant to post friday that i am 153.7 lbs light....haha
and i haven't dilated more than last week's measurement.

Baby Izzy will be here in a week and a half!
holy sh*t batman!!

37 weeks 4 days

2009-03-15T20:23:00.001-04:00

WHOA.

2009-03-14T04:53:00.000-04:00

150.3 lbs. and dilated about 2cm.

wow.

heads up everyone

2009-03-07T14:28:00.003-05:00

If Izabel doesn't come early, I will have her induced on her due date, April 1st.
If any of you want to come to visit, I will be at Princeton Hospital in WV. It is off of 460 going towards Bluefield. You would take the Princeton Exit on Interstate 77 and go towards BField and follow 460 until you see signs for the Princeton Hospital. There is a women's ward and the nurses/security are nice there, so you shouldn't have any problems finding me. :D

2009-03-01T18:10:00.002-05:00

i finally have swollen feet. my hands aren't nearly as bad.

and here are some cute things from old navy:

2009-02-25T21:20:00.002-05:00

I'm 146 lbs and bought Izzy's car seat tonight =)
I have to see Dr Tucker once a week now!

2009-02-20T15:21:00.003-05:00

getting close to 35 weeks!
she is the size of a medicine ball now. after my appointment on the 25th, i will have to go once a week.
the only things i need now are cloth diapers (a TON of them), a car seat and storage bottles/breast pump.

two days ago

Izabel's face!

2009-02-11T13:12:00.002-05:00

she was blinking and winking at us monday morning.
dr tucker didn't take good shots of her but it's better than nothing at all.
the first thing she said was "holy cow look at those angelina jolie lips!"
and i weigh 141.5!! what the crap.
her head is face down, and he butt is in my right ribs and her legs/arm are on my left side.

2009-02-05T15:28:00.001-05:00

55 days to go

2009-01-31T14:54:00.000-05:00

i'm 139 lbs now. my poor ribs :(

ultra sound on feb 9th!!

my feet are disappearing

2009-01-13T15:09:00.001-05:00

28 weeks 3 days

2009-01-11T15:20:00.002-05:00

2009-01-09T14:42:00.001-05:00

the doctor's appointment was pointless. i weigh 134 lbs, my tummy is the right size and they did a cbc and glucose test...i had to drink that nasty orange glucose "soda".

so i wasted 1 1/2 hours to no ultrasound :(

i go back in two weeks.

2009-01-08T14:11:00.000-05:00

i have a visit with dr. tucker tomorrow. i'm so excited to see how izabel looks now.

2009-01-06T10:30:00.000-05:00

hooray for leaking breast milk.

not.

izabel better stay in 10 more weeks

2008-12-29T14:05:00.004-05:00

i just read annie's post about the weather in texas....it's just as bad as here honey...it's supposed to be below freezing in the mountains by now, pipes & toilet frozen solid...but it's been in the 60s all weekend and chilly at night.
amanda and i are hoping to make a mini trip to bristol today to steal teeg&emily for a few days. so excited!
i almost had the baby early yesterday morning. i had some amniotic fluid leak out during the night along with contractions and a thin cervix. but the fluid was negative in the pelvic exam and the contractions stopped after getting three bags of an IV. the tests were inconclusive. but if it happens again, i will be shipped to charleston, wv or roanoke, va for further testing.
i got to see the size of her head but not her face when they were doing measurements...i can't wait to see how she looks on the 9th. her head is underneath my right rib cage at the moment. so i'm glad i didn't go into labor cause she is breach.
izzy, izzy, izzy, what am i going to do with you? hehehe.

2008-12-26T14:44:00.002-05:00

i hope you all had a good christmas.
it's chilly in the house, we are out of the firewood. the brother of the family has been to lazy to cut some and dry it out cause it has rained recently.
i have to work tonight..and it's almost a shame because the Easter's do an annual bluegrass/banjo picking at their house. over a hundred people show and have an excuse to act like hillbillies! and since martha had her double mastectomy last monday, tons more of food and gifts will be brought to her than usual. i thought it would be interesting but it starts right after we head out to bluefield.

2008-12-25T15:24:00.002-05:00

i'm in week 26 now...about 132lbs...counting down the days until my next ultrasound to see if she's grown into that forehead yet ;)
i got the sweetest gift from jessica that i went to school with. she gave me some white osh kosh booties and a tiny pink onsie and a 25$ giftcard that i can use anywhere. love you jess!
amanda bought me a few things too...a pack of gerber onsies, two jumper outfits (who would've thought calvin klein made baby clothes?) and a panda hat & mittens that we hope will fit next fall/winter.

you guys are amazing.

2008-12-18T13:23:00.000-05:00

izabel is down-syndrome & cystic fibrosis free! next ob visit is jan 9th.

2008-12-16T11:39:00.004-05:00

it's crazy to know that Izabel is between the size of a half gallon of milk and this 5lb bag of flour!! she is about 8-8.5 inches long at the moment and weighs over a pound.

it just doesn't look like i'm carrying something that big cause i'm so small! she was tumbling around like a madwoman last night. i can't wait to meet her. ^.^

2008-12-15T11:59:00.003-05:00

i am alive and well. i didn't have internet access while seeing johnny in detroit.
i'm at 25 weeks tomorrow! my belly has grown quite a bit....i was bad and didn't take any photos while up north. shame on me.
i'm about 130lbs now. glucose level is great at 75.
i did have to goto the hospital about a week ago. i had severe dehydration from stress. they gave me two packs of an IV. everything is fine now, my blood work was normal. Izabel is kicking like crazy and I love it everytime.
Johnny and I still haven't decided on a middle name. He wants Sharee, dedicated to a cousin that passed away of an illness at 15, and I wanted Aurora for my greatgrandma. But neither of us have agreed on one.....since I am back in west virginia, and don't know if Johnny will make his way back down here, I am thinking of surprising him with his middle name as hers. His name is Joseph....and i would change it to Josephine. What do you think? Izabel Josephine DeWeese. i think it's cute ;)

this is her back on november 21 @ 21 weeks, 5 days
i will get a new ultrasound 12/19!!

2008-10-23T21:19:00.003-04:00

glad this back up to post...sheesh!

i just wanted to inform my tests came back normal. no scary phone calls or 2nd gyno visits!

Izzy is 17 weeks

2008-10-21T01:51:00.002-04:00

16 Weeks & 5 Days

2008-10-19T13:35:00.002-04:00

my belly hasn't grown much at all. my boobs have...and they itch so bad!
all my belly photos have been taken on sundays :) i didn't take one the past two weeks cause i look the same...maybe later this month i will pop out more.

2008-10-16T21:56:00.002-04:00

all i do *IS* eat, poo, drink, eat, eat, eat, sleep. and eat again.
this little Izzy is going to be a beast! :D

i colored in ainsley's self portrait tonight.

its not a boy!!!

2008-10-13T14:24:00.001-04:00

i went to see the ultrasound specialist today....and i'm having a GIRL!!

OH BOY!!

2008-10-09T18:57:00.001-04:00

front of his face
profile and you can see his little legs on the left
you can see his little peepee
i am going again on monday to get a more thorough ultrasound to look for deformities and better photos :)

2008-10-09T11:33:00.001-04:00

my first appointment is in an hour! i'm so stoked!!

2008-10-08T00:47:00.002-04:00

my first doctor visit is thursday at 12:45! amanda & sara both have the day off to go with me. ^.^

almost 4 months

2008-09-29T23:44:00.001-04:00

hungry bunny!!!

2008-09-27T17:24:00.002-04:00

The sandwiches were a success last night. Sadly there are no bacon and eggs left. So I will make a turkey one today. Sara and Amanda are both working second shift today, so I will spend time with the dog and cat until midnight. My belly hasn't grown much at all this week.
The sun is trying so hard to come out. It's been gloomy the past two days...and chilly.
I did manage to take a few cute photos today.

Doc. Appt.

2008-09-25T22:23:00.003-04:00

My first OB/Gyn appointment has been made for Oct 9 @ 12:45pm. What sucks is that even tho my Medicaid card hasn't come in, all the receptionist said I still could have come in and showed my paper work showing I was approved. And one bitched me out that I waited so long cause the doctor likes to see his patients earlier in their trimester. Just make me the appointment, lady!

Thank you.

first post

2008-09-25T11:44:00.000-04:00

A week after my birthday, my mom learned I am pregnant.
To be easiest on the family, I decided to head to West Virginia.
The fall air has moved in...and so has the allerigies. And it's mighty chilly today.
I just moved into my 13 weeks and I get more excited each day.

11 weeks & 5 days, 9/15/08

For those who don't know, my current due date is April 1st, but I think it will be within 2 weeks before that.

I think I'm going to go cook an egg sammich again!

xoxo