Welcome Giavanna Belle Iscovitz!

We have a new addition to the Iscovitz family....(drumroll!!!) GIAVANNA BELLE

So that sums it up! We welcomed baby Giavanna into our family on September 7th and we couldn't have been more blessed with such a perfect and beautiful baby girl! Giavanna is my dream baby by sleeping 4 and 5 hour stretches at night and pretty much all day and when she is not sleeping I am holding her. Yes we are going to spoil the heck out of this child and I am enjoying every minute of it. WE love our new baby girl!

Happy 5th Birthday Anne Marie & Juliana!!!

Well today we celebrated Anne Marie and Juliana's birthday by going to the hill and Mike dragged them down the huge hill in a sheet. Yes it was very exciting and if I didn't have Baby Giavanna in the moby I would have jumped in the middle of these two special birthday girls. I think Mike was exhaused running up and down this hill over and over and over again. We went to the park after and the girls played with their favorite baby dolls, Baby Anne Marie and Baby Juliana. It was their birthday too! Here is a pic of these beautiful girls! Oh and this is the first picture of Juliana with her new glasses. I think she looks so adorable and I am very proud of her!

It's been 10 months but guess what! I am back...blogging like crazy so look out!

Well Welcome back to my blog! I have been MIA for a while but looking forward I am back. We had had lots of ups and downs over the last 10 months but everyone is healthy and fine and now on to blogging about my beautiful twin girls Anne Marie and Juliana. They are now 3 1/2 years old (saying that with tears!) because they grow so fast. We had a great Christmas and we did fall into a little health crisis for my Juliana but for now all is well and great. I will post more details on her Juvenile Arthritis and Uveitis at a later date. We were consumed with Juliana's health since April combined with building a new home and getting settled so this is the reason why I have been MIA! But I am back! Look at the pics and I will post more later. Thing to know:

-We are starting preschool homeschool tomorrow
-Ballet/Tumbling/Tap starts on Wednesday
-MOPS every other Friday
-Disney World trip in October

We are super busy with unpacking into our new home and keeping our twin girls happy as well as keeping up with our daily lives. Welcome Back and hope you enjoy our journey.

Happy 3rd Birthday Juliana & Anne Marie!!

My beautiful girls turned 3 on November 14th and we celebrated with Tinkerbell! They were so excited about their birthday party and they were such little princesses! Take a peek!







We had lots of family in town and that made everything extra special. The girls really had a great birthday and everyone had a great time.

We had their 3 year old appointment yesterday and here are the highlights:

Juliana is 25 pounds and 34 3/4 inches. She is very petite coming in at the 5th percentile(wow!). I remember when I was in grade school and they would line us up according to height and I was always the second smallest so I guess Juliana will be petite like me! She did great on her hearing and vision test...her vision is 20/40.

Anne Marie is 28 pounds and 36 inches. She is in the 25th percentile. Anne did great on her hearing and visions test and her vision is 20/30.

Okay the cute part...Anne Marie told Mike "Daddy you took a long time getting home from work and Mike said "oh Anne I know Daddy got stuck at work for a while." Anne Marie said "Did someone pull you out with a rope!" Too cute!

The girls can write the alphabet and they do really good on worksheets (following directions and circling items that are alike, different, matching, etc) They still love puzzels and they (I am biased!) are SUPER smart for their age! They ask a lot of questions and love to read books.

I have so much more to tell but I never have time. My New Year's Resolution is to blog more!

Crystal

Disney World!!

Okay bad me! (tap on hand) We went to Disney World last month and had a great great time! We celebrated our 8 year anniversary and took our girls on the most magical trip ever! We flew to Orlando and hopped on a shuttle to the awesome Animal Kingdom Resort for 5 wonderful (almost) days! Yes the trip was tiresome and we were exhausted everyday but how often do you get to see your twin girls' faces (is that right?) light up when they see Mickey, Minnie, Cinderella, Chip & Dale, Little Mermaid and Tinkerbell? Oh yes we had Zebras and Giraffes outside our resort balcony, great food and hopper passes! We went to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. Our resort pool was awesome and the girls had a great great time. I can't wait to take them back next year!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Happy Birthday to me! OMG! I had a great day with my family! We went to a Halloween Party for our neighbors little boy Cole and here are the pics! Enjoy!







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Our Summer Months!

Well it has been a while...the first big news is that Anne Marie and Juliana have been potty trained for about 3 months now so I think we can officially announce that we are done with diapers! The girls trained really in three days and that was it...no fighting and not too many accidents so it was really pretty easy for me. I think it was just the right time! This is a big accomplishement so Congratulations Anne Marie and Juliana!!
Our first road trip was Austin! We went to a tea party in June...It was Keegan Walton's 3rd birthday party...she is the daughter of one of Mike's friends from CB Smith Park some 15 years ago. We are good friends with them and we had a great time visiting with them.



We had visits from Mom-Mom, Grandpa and Uncle Neil this summer and we are planning our first airplane trip in two weeks. I can't say where because it is a surprise but I will let you know the details after. It should be interesting flying with two 2 1/2 year old girls....I hope it goes smoothly! :)

We went to the movies a couple of times this summer and the girls loved it...but the cartoon movie just didn't quite keep their attention. Juliana loved eating popcorn! I had to bring Anne Marie's plain Lay's chips so that she could be happy too! We also do many things during the month...pool, library, Barnes and Noble, storytime, playdates with friends, etc. so we are very active this summer!! :)



We went to the Circus!! It was a fun time for all...we enjoyed the elephants, tigers and the acrobats!! I think I was more excited than the girls but they really had a great time. I can't wait to take them every year!

We just got back from Lafayette and this was a quick little trip just to see Grandma Bay and my grandmother "MaMa Beulah". The girls love going to visit and they are really good travelers. We went to the park and we just did a lot of visiting with family. We are home now and just trying to get back into our normal routine. Until next time...I hope everyone is doing well and I would love to hear your comments!