Babysitter

Isabella had her first non-family member babysitter today. I was a little nervous - I knew Sister would do an excellent job, but I was worried about her not knowing Isabella's routine, wondered how she would sleep for her, etc. Isabella definitely sensed that something was different because when Sister came this morning, she immediately started crying. She buried her face in my shoulder and held on to me for dear life! This was very unlike her as she's scared of a couple of people but usually smiles at everyone right away. Of course that made me feel bad but it only lasted about three minutes! Then she was laughing and smiling again. Right away Isabella had to show off all of her tricks which now consist of clapping, fake coughing, baa-ing, crawling, saying Da Da over and over and over . . . and standing. (Either she forgot how to wave bye-bye or she's moved on, and don't even get me started on the standing - that's all she's doing lately, she hardly even plays with toys right now, that's all she wants to do is stand) Her fake cough is really getting out of control, half the time I think she's going to damage her vocal cords! And yesterday we met Monte for lunch at Applebees and everyone in the restaurant kept staring at us because they probably thought she was choking! Anyway, I actually was really happy when I left because they were having such a good time, and I guess Isabella layed right down and slept good for Sister too! I thought for sure that wouldn't happen because she sleeps different for different people. She usually goes to sleep really good when I lay her in her crib, but it's a different story with Daddy. Apparently he's too much fun and she doesn't want to nap when he's taking care of her (I must be boring).