Well we have been busy busy busy the last couple of days. Friday morning we went back to the physiotherapist who was very impressed with all Isabella's hard work and she now has straightened out feet so we can stop the excersises unless she regresses again. We then hopped on the train to Stoke for Daniel's birthday party....madness! Isabella was sooo excited about being on a train that she went straight to sleep and didn't wake up till we got to Claudia's and I had to wake her up! She then had a lovely day being passed around everyone and not being put down for a second - her favourite way to spend the day. She was very tired though as  she didn't sleep all day as Nikita was too loud before everyone else arrived and then she was too busy being nosy to rest. We then caught the train back - or rather we caught a later train back as we missed the original one I was supposed to be on! 
We also went to the health visitor today to get her weighed - she is now a whopping 8lb 9oz so she has put on over a pound in 20 days, but she has dropped a percentile so they want to see us every 2 weeks to keep an eye on her as she's pretty tiny. 
We have 2 days rest to recover from all the excitment and then we head to school on Thursday afternoon to see the children and teachers there.....very exciting stuff.
And then the injections start - BCG on Friday, and 8 week jabs on Tuesday poor thing followd by lots of cuddles by mummy to make up for it all!!
Here are some pictures of Daniels party for you all - it's hard to spot Isabella in the group one as she's teeny tiny, but she's on the right!!

A different way to sleep!

When my alarm went off and I looked over at Isabella this is what I saw!!! Two little arms sticking straight up! At first I wasn't too sure what it was.

Sleeping like a baby.....

When we put her in her sleeping bag she snuggles right into the hood - when she has just a blanket over her she ends up right under the blanket and you literally can't see her and manages to repeat this no matter how many times we pull the blanket off her! She's also recently discovered sleeping on her side and is just adorable like that.

Some funny faces....

Although many of these pictures do not show Isabella at her most beautiful, they are some pretty typical faces that she pulls throughout the day! She makes us laugh even if she isn't and I love some of these pictures! Also some of these pictures were taken a week or two ago which is why she is looking so jaundiced in most of them, she's no where near this colour now and her eyes are finally clear white!

I forsee trouble....

I love this picture! Although maybe spending so much time at school throughout the pregnancy had more of an effect than I had thought! A smile and a middle finger....

Isabella smiling!!

  

Never too young or too old to start...

 









Not sure that Isabella completely understood that she is supposed to be looking at the book whilst listening to the story! However, she enjoyed her Daddy reading to her.

All smiles in the morning!

We have now reached the stage of actually properly smiling in response to us (rather than wind!!) when we talk to her. This does tend to mainly happen in the mornings really, but it's a start! And it is such a cute smile....

Daddy torturing me!!!

I forsee years of unfortunate torture ahead for my poor little baby - every Manchester United game will see her doning some item of clothing in the name of 'support' and 'bringing luck'!! She does have a baby grow that is still far too big (much to Daddy's dismay!!) so he put her Manchester United bib on and then wedged her in the corner of the sofa for the pictures.....they speak for themselves, she wasn't a happy little camper!!

Our little family!

 I don't really think this needs any words!!!