Trick or treat!

I went trick or treating for the first time this Halloween. I dressed up as a koala bear and Mommy was a tree (very appropriate because of the way I cling to her). We went to four houses in a-Ma's (Daddy's Mommy) neighborhood. What fun! I was intrigued by all the lights in front of the houses and pulled Mommy around to go see. I eagerly climbed up the stairs myself, and when the residents opened the door, I took a couple of steps into the house to see if the inside was as exciting as the outside. After I got my candy, I ran around exclaiming "How-ween! How-ween!" (Halloween). I even learned how to say "M&M" even if Mommy didn't let me eat any. "Halloween" has become my new toy, as I sort and resort the candy into different bags.


All of my friends dressed up for a Halloween party the day before. Go here for more Halloween pictures.

First Night without Mommy or Daddy

Mommy and Daddy went away for a night without me for the first time last night. My a-Ma (Daddy's Mommy) babysat, and we had a grand time, except during bedtime when a-Ma tried to put me in the crib. I screamed for Mommy, and insisted that a-Ma take me to the front gate where Mommy left me. When I didn't see her, I insisted on getting into Mommy's car. Couldn't a-Ma have driven me around until we found Mommy???! I cried for about 20 minutes until I finally passed out in a-Ma's arms. I woke up in the morning happy, and forgot how much I missed Mommy especially since a-Ma fed me potato and tortilla chips, let me watch TV, and do all sorts of things Mommy doesn't let me do. But when Mommy called a-Ma in the afternoon, I knew it was her on the phone! She was coming to get me! I got so excited that I dashed out of a-Ma's house and walked up and down the street until Mommy drove up. When I saw Mommy, I was soooo happy! I smiled so big when I saw her, and then quickly resumed my favorite activity of chasing cats.

Never a dull moment

We went to the Bay Area Discovery Museum today, as I squeeze in as much fun activities as possible before the winter and cold season begins. I may have a "Why the @#$%& am I here?!" expression, but I'm really enjoying the outing as much as Matthew and Mia seem to be.

There is never a dull moment when I'm around, despite the fact that I go to school for 3 days. After I went dookie earlier this week, I reached down into the back of my pants and scooped up a thumbful on my finger to show Mommy. I don't understand why she grossed out so much. Also, I have been copying one of my favorite nursery rhymes "Five Little Monkeys" by jumping on my bed. But I actually jumped out and hit my head, just like the rhyme goes!!! Ow! No more Isabella jumping on the bed...

Building my vocabulary

I'm 21 months (21 lbs 5 oz) and I know so many words now! I understand much more than I speak, but I keep learning by repeating everything that I hear. I shocked Mommy when I even repeated the "f word" ... twice! Mommy was so horrified that she has vowed to clean up her mouth. Daddy has also peppered my vocabulary with fun words. I squeal "peesh!" (Porsche) everytime I enter our garage or see a convertible. I can never get enough of riding in that car as you can see in this video of me in the car:



I've also been pointing at my parent's, stuffed animals' and my chests and saying "booby" (i.e. breasts). For now everyone thinks it's adorable.

The two "Izzyisms" that I say all the time are:
nehmunehmunuh - give it to me!!! it's mine! i want to do this myself!
me me - hold this for me



Besides learning words, I've been busy being sick this past month. First I had such a high fever that the doctor tried to stick a catheter in me (I cried when she just said the word "catheter"; see, I understand a LOT!) and freaked out Mommy with talk of x-rays and blood tests too. I got better without those but a couple of weeks later I caught a stomach flu. I was vomiting all over myself and Mommy and getting a painful diaper rash from my diarrhea! I learned to run away from Mommy and hide in the corner since she always seemed to be chasing me with medicine of one kind or another!

I'm all better now. I started going to school three (instead of two) days a week in Sepember, still 6 hours each day. It's going well, although many of my friends "graduated" to the regular preschool and a lot of new kids started so I'm getting to know them. Can you believe that I am one of the older kids now? Time goes by fast!