Isabela

I love my gymnastics class! I can do cartwheels, roundoffs, and back bends. I just started doing flips on the bar too!

Me in my first ballet recital outfit (the video is here):

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Most of the pictures of me are in the Portraits and Recent pages. Check those out to see how cute I am now!

One of my proudest accomplishments was learning an Indian dance to surprise my grandpa at his 70th birthday party. He said he got tears in his eyes!

My birthday parties were:

• Seven: Hawaiian Luau
• Six: Gymnastics
• Five: Royal Princess Party
• Four: Bela the Explorer
• Three: hippie party.
• Two: Trains
• One: Winnie the Pooh

New things I have been doing:

• Since my brother Gabriel has been doing musicals and I have been watching his and others, I have been dying to do get on stage myself. I used to learn all the choreographies from his shows, and was allowed to participate in two shows when I was four. I have been in The Wiz, Narnia, The Music Man, Seussical, Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Most of the shows were with Gabe and my mom, but there was one with my whole family (Joseph)! My bio for the first show said "This has been her lifelong dream!", which is true, as far back as I can remember. Now there's no stopping me!
• I started playing piano at 3.5, this is one of my first songs. I am learning very quickly! I also do the music flashcards, and picked that up right away. My mom thinks it is funny I can get all the rhythms but can't pronounce "rest" (I saw "west"). These are some must-see pictures of my first piano recital.
• I just had my second piano recital. Here are three videos of it:
  • Baby Left Me Blue
  • Turkish March
  • Mama Says
• I also started taking voice lessons. I love to sing! Here is my first voice recital.
• I also started playing soccer. I played in AYSO, and my mother was my coach.
• Other lessons I take and love: dance , gymnastics, spanish, swimming.
• I love to swing

I love to sing! I learned to sing Happy Birthday (Warning: big video) to myself before my second birthday.

I started walking (Warning: big video) two weeks before my first birthday.

One of my favorite things to do is swim. I like to jump, spin (Warning: big video) and I can actually swim (Warning: big video) with a little help.

I might be the blabbiest baby around. At 18 months, I used more than a 100 words! Now, I use all my words and so much more to try to be the boss of my house. I like to say "no" and "NOW!" a lot. I also chastise my big brother when he is not doing what I want. I say "Gaby! Listen!"

The Birth Story (mom's short version) -- "The baby was due on October 12. It arrived 5 days late. She was 1 day earlier than Gabriel, weighed 1 ounce less than him and was 1 inch shorter. Still a very nice sized baby. After all the weight I lost in the first 4 months, she still came out big. My water broke on the 16^th at 8:30pm. We went to the hospital. I accepted an epidural at about 11:30pm, and definitely do not regret it. She was born at 6:22am after about 1.5 hours of pushing. The pushing was very strenuous and painful, I can't imagine being able to do it if I hadn't been able to rest because of the epidural. Present at the delivery were mom (who didn't have any choice but to be there), dad, Gabriel, grandma, and friends Jen and Meg. Gabriel did hide under the blanket at times, but I bet he'll never forget this experience. Isabela is very healthy and strong, despite a little jaundice in the first week. Mom's recovery was slower than the first time, but we're all ready to party now! "

Pregnancy pictures (the ultrasounds and mommy's expanding belly)

Growth -- If you want to see my growth record, and how my growth compares to my brother, you can see our statistics. Since 6 months, I have been heavier than my brother, but thankfully not as tall.

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Last Updated:February 7, 2007