Another Trip

Caleb wanted to hit Idaho State's job fair to try and recruit some people for his sales team this summer, so we packed our bags, plus five bags for Isabella, and hit the road again. Although Isabella does really good in the car, that trip is wearing me out. I stayed in Grace with my mom and the boys and Caleb stayed in Menan with his Grandma Liz for a few days while trying to recruit. Isabella and I stayed inside most of the time, but we had fun with McCoy and Wes. No luck with the recruiting, so far Caleb only has a girl on his team that Damon Manning recruited from Southern Virginia University. 

2 Month Check-Up

This little girl is getting so big! Eight weeks have gone by way to fast. Isabella keeps us on our toes with new tricks almost everyday it feels like. Her two month check up was great other than those blasted shots! She made the saddest little face that made me want to cry myself. Caleb volunteered to hold her while she got her shots, I didn't argue. She is pretty tough though because she didn't cry too long. Here's her stats for her check-up.  

  97th percentile in height  

A Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!! We added one more Valentine to our list this year and what fun she has been for us. 

She is still sleeping most of the day

She makes it pretty easy for us to get a few things done when she's snoozing. 

I was able to get decent looking for the day.

And we made homemade Italiano pizza (minus the brick oven and that's the most important part!) Needless to say, it was a fun day putting everything together. Caleb had his favorite of ham and onions and I made one with blackberries on it that I saw on ksl, and it was surprisingly really good. Definitely something we will do again!

A Baby...Blessing!

After much consideration, we decided to bless Isabella in Pocatello, ID where most of our family lives. We were so glad to have so many friends and family there to support us and to catch up with everyone. Getting ready that morning was quite the ordeal though. We bathed her in the hotel sink, she didn't like her dress to well, as we got to the church I discovered she had spit up quite a bit of her breakfast so I hurried and cleaned her up a bit, and last but not least, she cried through most of her blessing. 

She fell asleep soon after she was blessed! Silly little girl. 

The Caple Grandparents

Grandmas

Isabella with her Pops

My 6 Week Check-Up

Went to the doctor again, this time for me. Everything is good to go and I can return to normal life. That means Caleb doesn't have to vacuum any more... Oh wait he didn't! haha but I can say I didn't cook to many meals and the diaper changing has been pretty even. Although I felt really good at 4 weeks, I'm glad to know I can return to normal life.

Parenthood has been surprisingly easier in some ways than I thought. It funny how when kids that aren't your own cry and you just want them to be quiet. When it's your own child though, you'd do anything to help them feel better and their crying doesn't annoying you, you just want them to feel better. Sleep deprivation, on the other hand, is probably the hardest thing. Caleb will tell you that I love my sleep (and I do!) and getting sleep in 3-4 hour spurts just isn't the same. But it sure is worth it!

All by Ourselves and 1 month already!

Just as soon as we got back home, Caleb had to get back into the car and go back to Ogden. We decided to do Living Scriptures again since he was offered a manager's spot, one of the areas was Pocatello, and he could use all the time recruiting and training for his internship for school! So he jumped back in the car and made another trip that weekend. Which left Izzy and I all alone. We fended for ourselves pretty well, but I'm not going to lie it was hard work taking care of her all by myself. We managed a trip to Walmart for some food but stayed in the rest of the time. She's growing so fast and it's amazing how much she's learned already. 

She's a wiggly little girl.

Nice pose!

Curious little girl, looking everywhere except at me.

Look who's having fun skiing!

What a view!

Baby's 1st Road Trip

We decided to hit the road while Caleb was still on Christmas Break all the way to Idaho. The thought of taking a newborn on a 8 hour drive seemed a little crazy at first, but she did really great and basically slept the whole way.

We did a lot of sitting around, which I didn't mind, but I think Caleb was a little restless. I loved being around my mom some more to have the extra help and advice as needed. 

Alyssa visiting with us (Isabella wouldn't hold still!)

We did make a trip to Pocatello to eat at Senior Iguana's with Caleb's grandma and aunts. They couldn't get enough of her. Makes us parents proud!

She doesn't like to be held when she's tired, just lay that girl down and let her snuggle with her blanket and she's out! I do love that she goes down really easy, but sometimes I'd just like to snuggle with that girl.

3 weeks old

We had so much fun and the 8 hour drive back home seemed longer than usual this time. Can't wait to seem them all again.