A February Update

How sad is it that Izzy's Mom is slacking so much that she hasn't posted a THING on here since Christmas! We've kind of had an icky sick season in our house this year. Izzy's had Bronchiolitis, Pneumonitis, and a few other 'itises that I can't pronounce...or spell.
The Dr. put her on a nebulizer for a short period of time, and here she is sharing ever so nicely with her bear. (This was back in January).

Momma got a new hat and it quickly became a fun fashion accessory for Iz.
Kitchen appliances, pans, strainers, and other things that Izzy can find in the kitchen are always a hit. I push her around the kitchen floor in this brownie pan - it always gets a laugh!

"What can I getcha? I can almost reach the milk!"

She loves Mommy's shoes - here with the pink high heels, H&M hat, and a kitchen towel to top off the ensamble. Here with the tenny-runners on trudging around the kitchen.

That's all we've got for now. We hope everyone is staying healthy! We're trying our best, and having fun no matter what!

Love,

Izzy-b, Dave & D

Christmas Pics of Izzy-B!

We had such a fun Christmas this year staying home. Dave's family came down to celebrate on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we had a great meal and opened presents. Izzy received SO many awesome toys, she's been a busy girl!
She got some snazzy boots from us and instantly wanted to wear them!

She's been hooked on these nerf darts ever since she found one at cousin Jack's house, so santa put some in her stocking, then I tormented her with them...all in good fun.
Nana gave Izzy a super cool tent and tunnel and it was a hit!

Iz and Dad working on her leaptop she got from Auntie Ali.

She got some fun musical toys too!

I'll post some more pics on here shortly - for whatever reason this blog is acting up and it's taking forever to load pictures.

Let it snow!

Ohhhh the weather outside is freightful...Izzy-B and I had a blast playing in the snow last night after the 2 hour commute home. She instantly started eating the snow and smacking her lips with delight. We don't have a dog, so no yellow snow in our yard. :)

She's such a cute little munchkin in her snowsuit!
I was able to recover some pictures from the wedding on Thanksgiving that I thought I had lost. I'll post them when I get the chance.
Merry Christmas to everyone, we hope you all are staying healthy and happy this season!
Hugs,
The Kavanaugh's

Ho ho HOLY crying fit Izzy!

Izzy and Dave went to visit Santa on Saturday, December 4th at Prevolv. Prevolv is a premier office furniture dealer and SPS has worked with them for many years now. Ron is a lead installer with Prevolv and he and I have worked closely over the years. He has a reddish gray beard and fun rosey cheeks. He gets a glisten in his eyes and his face lights up everytime he talks about his grandchildren, he's a very proud Papa. I can't say enough good things about Ron. Prevolv held this open house for people to come in and snap pictures with Santa. Low and behold, Ron was the perfect fit. They sprayed his beard white and threw a red suit on him and called him Saint Nick.

Izzy was checking Santa out intensely before and after her tramatic event - which I can only guess if she could remember the moment her Dad left her stranded on the strange man's lap - would be a horrifying story if she were to tell it. BUT - she likely won't remember it and will grow to like the bearded jolly man. Cheers, happy holidays, and all of that good stuff. We hope everyone is having a great cheerful season!

Hard Lesson Learned

So I had a few weeks worth of pictures to post on this blog from this Thanksgiving, an awesome wedding we went to this past weekend, and just a ton of fun pictures of Izzy-B. She held hands with her 2nd cousin John on the dancefloor at Kelley and Cole Ecklund's wedding, it was absolutely adorable. I must have snapped at least a dozen of just that few minutes that they ran around together on the dance floor holding hands, grinning ear to ear. It made my heart melt. And I must have viewed those pictures on my camera over 2 dozen times after the wedding just smiling at how happy everyone was in all of these pictures.

While taking even MORE pics of Izzy by the Christmas tree last night, I started messing with the settings on my camera and accidentally hit 'ok' to format the memory card on the camera...only to find that over 1,200 pictures of Izzy's first living moments, to our first Thanksgiving we ever prepared (this past weekend out at Kavanaugh's www.kavanaughs.com) with Dave's family were all wiped away. I won't ever get them back. I have about 85% of those pictures of Izzy backed up, but the very fun pics that I had every intention of posting on this blog are lost forever. It was a heart hollowing experience, and I vow never to mess with formatting memory cards on my camera AGAIN! It was a hard technology lesson learned, but now I know. Be patient with us while we make more memories with Iz to post on here - I'll be reaching out to family asking for any pictures they may have taken this past weekend so I can share them on here. Dave's unlce Tim took many pictures and I know his counsin Chris did as well. If either of you read this blog and have any pictures from the wedding with Izzy and John holding hands, or any other fun kiddo pictures including Iz, please email them to me at danielle.kavanaugh@gmail.com. I would greatly appreciate it!
On a more uplifting note, we did have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and have a million things to be thankful for. We have a healthy and happy family, wonderful friends, and many memories to look back on with a smile. :) We hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday as well.