July Fun!

Well our July has gotten off to a pretty eventful start! First and most importantly, we were so thankful to find out that everything is absolutely fine with Isabella's noggin. We had a CT Scan done a few weeks ago (which was quite a longgg process) and received word from her pediatrician a few days later that Issie has a benign condition where she has a little more fluid in her head than most babies.  She assured us there is nothing to worry about and we will continue to monitor the growth of her head over the next six months.  Whew!  We were SO relieved.  Here she is at Vanderbilt waiting on her scan...she was quite the little trooper after six or so hours without eating!

Now that we are past that little scare, we have been partaking in some much needed summer fun!  We celebrated Josh's Golden Birthday (23 on the 23rd) with dinner out to his favorite restaurant, Wild Ginger, and the next weekend Josh's best friend from N.C., "Fink," came to visit us (it was a complete surprise for Josh!).  We enjoyed heading to the lake for a second time to visit with Debbie, Steve, Edith, Derrick, Gamma, Papa, Sarah (Debbie's friend) and her two girls, Hope & Chloe. 

                                                                                           

Last week we took Isabella on our first official Family Date Night.  Sure we have been out to eat plenty of times with her but this one was a little more special!  We all dressed up and went downtown to one of my favorite restaurants, Amerigos, and Isabella sat in a highchair for the first time.  It was so fun to have a night out on the town with our little family.  Here are some pics from the night:

 

The next day was the 4th of July and Isabella absolutely LOVED watching the fireworks and even stayed up a few hours past bedtime so she wouldn't miss out. We went to the Nolensville baseball fields where they were having a huge celebration with rides, music, etc. and fireworks to end the evening.  Everyone had to stop and say hi to Issie on her little picnic blanket dressed in the most patriotic attire--she looked adorable!

 I still can't believe how quickly she is growing!  I keep thinking "I just love this stage...it is so sweet," but honestly each month keeps getting sweeter!  I love how silly and wild she is--she loves being the center of attention (no idea where she gets that from :) and is such a little socialite already.  She lights up when she sees a camera or ESPECIALLY a mirror...I know...I'm in trouble!  A few weeks ago she started to get her first tooth!  Here she is trying to show it to me for the camera:

And she is now able to sit up all by herself!  Despite a head in the 99th percentile ;)  Here she is sitting up on her own for one of the first times:

And more pictures from the past few weeks:

 We hope everyone is doing well :) Lots of Love! xo