Meet 8 months old Isla

Isla still loves bath time.  She waits on the bath tub excitedly as if fills up. 

 Putting on lotion and playing with dad afterward is right up there in her book with splashing in the tub.

Sometimes she even get's to play in her bathrobe after, until it's time for bed

In addition to the metal grain scoops that she likes to play with in the bath tub;

 Thanks to Grammy, Isla got some new, safer, bath toys

Isla's new trick ... push up's!

other favorite (and often dangerous) objects include:

anything plastic, particularly bags that she can now rip open with her two bottom teeth

anything paper, which she also likes to rip with her teeth and and eat (guess we are not to far off when we call her our kid:) ... get it? 

pens, also potentially messy
anything carved in wood (i.e. designs in our bed frame, the staircase posts, etc.) which she likes to lick and pick at

an infant medicine dropper (resembling a small turkey baster)

 and anything she can lift and tip over, which are now getting heavier and heavier;
i.e. cooking pots or  her entire toy basket

Isla also love eating.  Infact, she prefers feeding her self.
Not the best thing when baby food is what's for dinner.

She has always been a good eater and is game for trying out anything new.  Her fare now includes: steamed broccoli florets

 and corn on the cob remnants

Isla seems to be more adventurous with each day and has become quite the acrobate.  

Her repertoire is comprised of:

 Striking poses while she teeters along holding our hands and going from room to room

Stretching to GREAT lengths to watch anything on the computer (this particular shot is her stretching across half the couch to watch General Conference)

Isla is a great dancer/jumper.  She loves to jump in her jumper or better yet, while holding hands.  She jumps/dances in sacrament meeting whenever we sing.  It's pretty darn cute, how she lights up when music is playing.  

And last, she loves gardening.  Just like her mom and dad.  She looks forward to watering in the green house each day and is adamant about holding the hose herself.

 

If she is really lucky, she gets to ride around with dad while he prunes and checks the sprinkler system.

 Mostly though she gets to play on a blanket while we get our hands dirty.  She loves it.

We love this little munchkin.  She is the light of our lives.  She makes us laugh every day and is usually nothing but smiles.  We are so grateful for the greatest little blessing in our lives.