Isabella is finally crawling forward now.  She has also been trying to pull herself up into a standing position.  She likes to get up on her knees and rock back and forth.  Dezirae has been busy with Girl Scouts and she is also in orchestra this year, taking a shot at playing the viola.  Jace and Dez have both been busy with bowling and they are looking forward to the long Thanksgiving week-end coming up.

  I have less than a month left of this semester and then I will have a 6-week break in between classes.  I can't believe I have less than six months of school left!!  Julian has been busy working and is looking forward to having an extra day off for the holiday.  Generally he works 6 days a week but our schedules work out so we don't have to have the kids in daycare at all this year.  Time is going so fast!  Now that Isabella is mobile, I have even less time to get anything accomplished... but it's great watching her grow.

  At seven months, Isabella weighed 15 lbs 4 oz and is 25 1/2 inches long already.  We have the next size carseat for her but we are waiting a little longer before switching her over.  I think she'd rather be in the bigger carseat, but the infant carrier is more convenient for us.  She is eating Stage 2 foods now and is very interested in what we are eating.  I have started giving her some formula, because I ran out of frozen and Julian needed to feed her while I was at cinicals.  She started off getting half a bottle of formula mixed with half a bottle of breast milk, but then progressed to all formula.  I am thinking about exclusively giving her formula, but am still undecided.  She is on Nutramigen, which is rather spendy, because she has tummy issues.  It would be easier to nurse, but she is so aware of what's going on around her and she loves looking around... not too easy to do when she nurses.  Hmmmm, I still don't know.  Anyways, I better go get something accomplished today...

  Do you believe it's the middle of November and there is still NO snow on the ground???  Amazing!  I still can't believe it!  Take care!!