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Isabella has become quite the dancer. She reminds me of one of those robotic toys that starts moving when you play music and stops when the music turns off. She has a variety of "moves," ranging from the stand-in-place-and-bounce to a new one during which she bounces while her whole body undulates from front to back. She even dances while reclining--sometimes with a sort of body pop and sometimes with an upper body shimmy. Let's just say that "So You Think You Can Dance" nights have become very interesting around these parts!

Jeff is currently in San Francisco with some other attorneys for a convention and Isabella and I are hanging out at home. Yesterday afternoon I took her to White River State Park to see a performance by Dance Kaleidoscope, a local Indianapolis dance company. It was a beautiful afternoon and the show was very family friendly. Isabella was GREAT. I'm not sure how much of the dancing she watched, mostly because she put on a performance all her own.


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I know it's been a while since I've been able to update the blog, but I wanted to share some video that I took of Isabella just last night. Enjoy!
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We got all dressed up...



We went to the wedding...

We ate cheese and crackers at the reception...


And then we celebrated!!!


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When did our little baby turn into such a little girl? Isabella will be a year old in a little over a week and it seems like the past year has just flown by. It's amazing to see her personality shine through--even when she's crying with her jaws clenched so we can't give her medicine or pushing something away (and all over the floor!). Below are some pictures from a recent trip to the park, where Izzy reveled in her love for swinging.












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Well, of course we think so :) We want to enter Isabella in Regis & Kelly's Most Beautiful Baby Contest and the deadline for entries is February 13th. We would like all of your opinions as to which of the following picture of Isabella we should enter. So, please pick the picture below that you think we should enter in the contest, click that the corresponding letter in the Poll, and then click on "Add my Vote." Please pick your very favorite only and feel free to comment if you think none are good enough and we need to take some more :)

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