Toe-fu?

So much as been going on lately with Isabel. We moved to Peru for a couple of months, she's eating solids, she's sleeping through the night (hurray!!!), and as you can see from this photo, she can now suck on her toes. See the full series of pics with her flexible moves starting with this one with her sock still on. What a guilty pleasure.

Queen Isabel's new throne

As promised, here is a (cute!) pic of Isabel in her new throne. We also have a mini version for her dolly (pictures of all chairs in a row forthcoming).

Izzy's first Hanukkah and other news

Tonight was Isabel's first Hanukkah. We lit an electric menorah since somehow I thought that having a baby in the house would increase the risk of my burning it down with real candles. Oswaldo and I both got each other the exact same gift of iTunes downloads (we were both pretty excited about it). Isabel got some finger puppets from us (frankly she seemed somewhat indifferent considering she just loves her little cow finger puppet that she hugs and smiles at).

She also got a little chair (pictures forthcoming) from grandma and grandpa and she loves it! All smiles and giggles as she sits on her new throne. I say new throne because this week we had to retire her papasan. She's too big for it. Her legs are hanging off the end. We have come a long way since we had that tiny little yellow peanut lost in the giant pink papasan.

A couple of other exciting updates while I have your attention. Isabel has started teething (we think??). Everything goes in her mouth. Here is a nice pic of her chomping on a teether. Second, Isabel is finally sleeping through the night. And I mean, REALLY sleeping through the night. Last night she slept from 8pm to 6am. Hurray!

A lot to be thankful for

As many friends and family have reminded me, I have not posted to the blog for a month. It's not that Isabel hasn't been as cute as ever, it's just that I'm getting lazy. So, I've got a lot of ground to make up, starting with Thanksgiving.

We had a great time visiting Grandma and Grandpa in New Jersey and visiting our friends Jody and Sebas in New York. Isabel continues to be fascinated by Aunt Robin's curly hair (we're just wondering when Izzy's curls will start coming in).

Probably the most exciting news of late, has been Isabel's first solid foods. You can see it on her face in the picture here. We started with rice cereal and have moved on to oatmeal. She'll be ready for turkey next Thanksgiving.