But we can already tell she's gifted :) Well, at least she's a girl who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to ask: food and sleep! Actually, despite entering the world with a scream, our baby is very calm and quiet. My favorite times are when I'm holding her and I look down to see her big blue eyes looking up at me. My least favorite times had to be last night during the night when I couldn't do anything to make her happy :( For the first time in her short life, Isabella just couldn't get comfortable enough to go to sleep. She would eat and fall asleep in my arms, but as soon as I put her in her bassinet, she would wake up and act hungry again. It was a vicious cycle. No matter how long I let her sleep in my arms, she was awake almost immediately when I put her down. We've tried to keep her awake off and on throughout the day today so she would (maybe) be tired (hopefully) tonight. right now she's sitting on her daddy's lap wide awake just taking everything in. She's a very good baby and we're still crazy in love with her :)

Tomorrow morning I go back to Dr. K to have my staples removed and Izzy goes to the pediatrician for the first time. We made the appointments back to back, which is very convenient since the offices are right down the hall from each other. This is the first time I go to Dr. K's office and won't be reporting back to everyone on my "lack of progress!" Of course, I could always get there and have him tell me that my staples are not ready to come out! Hahaha! That wouldn't bother me nearly as much as him telling me the baby isn't ready to come out!

Izzy took her first trip out of the house yesterday when we all packed up and went on our first post-baby trip to Babies R Us. We realized that we neglected to get Izzy any warm sleepers! I know it's hard to believe, with all the clothes in that girl's closet (and, as her daddy pointed out to me today, in all of her full drawers), there was only one sleeper. We feel like it gets pretty cool in our bedroom at night, especially next to the window, which is where her bassinet is currently located. So, after 4 hours of preparations, we finally got everyone packed into the car and headed out. Izzy slept all the way to the store...slept in the store...and slept all the way home. I think it was a successful trip! Oh, and after weeks of "playing" with them, the car seat and stroller worked out great!

Lastly, I invite everyone to read back through my posts about Izzy and her hiccups in my belly. Funnily enough, they haven't stopped! This girl gets the hiccups at least twice daily that shake her whole body. It's no wonder that I could feel them so well while she was cooking :)

Here are some more pictures of our beautiful baby girl.