Isabelle says, "Papa!"

Grandma & Papa Ice came down for some meetings at BJ Monday and Tuesday this week. Before getting here we tried to teach Isabelle how to say "Papa." Well, she said it and we got it on camera!! She's starting to say LITTLE sounds of small words in the past week and repeat us when we tell her to say something. Though if asked to do for show or in public the chances of anything coming out is VERY slim!! :)

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NOTE: Please be in prayer for Ben's mom (Kay Ice) as she was very sick down here and the days previous to coming with stomach pains etc. and was put in the hospital when they got home. The doctors suspect E-Coli. Pray for her body to recover and heal quickly.

Bath Time!

Isabelle just loves her bath. She gets sooooo excited when we say the words "Wanna take a bath?" Here is some video from our last bath time.

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Snow & Fun

The New News!

God has been so good again to bless us with another baby. The baby is due September 12th (8 days after Isabelle's 2nd bday). Everything looks good so far. Please pray with us for a healthy full-term baby. The doctor doesn't expect there to be any complications with this baby like there was with Isabelle coming early. Thanks for your prayers! God has truly blessed us above what we deserve!

I think of how much I love my sister (and my mom) whenever I listen to this sermon!

This is Ben...
I hope we can have a lot of children like my sister (whether by adoption or "natural"). That might shock some of you. And after you listen to this sermon, it might convict some of you. If your mouth has ever dropped when you heard or saw someone with a lot of children, you might want to listen to this sermon so out of your mouth will come "Praise the Lord" instead of what you were really thinking. This preacher gives us a Biblical understanding of God's view of children and families. He is speaking to pastors and church leaders at a convention. May God help us raise a generation of children who will leave our home for good to serve the Lord where ever He leads them!

The sermon is 37 minutes long. Enjoy!!!

FYI - I can email you this sermon if you desire. First one to guess the preacher WINS BIG...a new car! No prizes can be awarded to family members, friends, or anyone else living in the United States. All submissions must come with a $100,000 non-refundable fee.

Waiting for Daddy

Isabelle just loves it when Daddy comes home from work. All I have to say is, "Isabelle, Daddy is home...go see!" And Isabelle goes running (well, actually crawling) as fast as her little legs will go to get over to the front door with all smiles!!! The other day I knew Ben was on his way home and I was trying to make supper but Isabelle kept getting into everything so I said the magic words, "go see if daddy is home!" Well, it took him a few minutes longer than she could wait so she started doing some tricks at the door. The pictures of her standing on her head is what she does when you say, "Do a flip, Isabelle." The others are just cute ones that I snapped as she was waiting for Daddy.

Tony Dungy's Testimony is Great!! (11min)

Listen to Tony Dungy's Testimony! If you will be watching the game with unsaved friend or neighbors, his DVD of this testimony would be great to purchase to watch during half time. This testimony takes place last year before the super bowl a couple of weeks after his son died. This is actually a super bowl breakfast put on by AIA. Many players and coaches attend this. Turn up the sound so the whole family can hear! Ben

Into Everything!!!!

Here are 2 videos and some pictures that pretty much speak for themselves! Isabelle love to get into anything but her toys most of the time. In the cds, the kitchen cabinets, the oven drawer, etc.

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Playing with Baby

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Isabelle loves to give her baby open mouthed kisses but hasn't gotten the gentle with the baby part down quite yet! :)


Update: Isabelle does not have an ear infection just some remaining fluid that will take time to absorb back into her body.

Finally updating!

Well, a couple friends got on me last night about updating our blog so here you go with an update. Not much news going on here and I haven't much time to write now b/c I'm about to take Isabelle to the dr. to check her ears again for maybe another ear infection. She keeps crying out at night and we think that this may be the reason so we're going to have her checked. The pictures below were from just a little bit ago when I was emptying the dishwasher and turned around to put the forks and spoons in the drawer. Well, when I turned back around to my suprise Isabelle was standing up on the dishwasher. Probably not the safest place to be but I was so shocked and she looked so cute up there that I had to run and get the camera to make it a "kodak" moment instead of a "Isabelle...no, no" moment! :) I'll post more later.Enjoy the day!!

Christmas Day 2006

We enjoyed a great Christmas! We started off the morning reading the Christmas story together and then each of us taking a part. We each took a piece of our made nativity pieces and told the story. Sarah and I slaved over a turkey and ham dinner with ALL (I mean ALL) of the fixin's! It was sooooooooooo yummy! Well worth all of the work. After we finished eating we sat at the table singing each Christmas carol in the hymnal. It was a lot of fun! We praise God that Christmas is about Christ not just presents, trees, and food. One more Christmas past and what a great day it was!

Christmas Fun!

We are enjoying our time here waiting for Christmas to come. Sarah came on Wednesday and we are so glad to have her here for Christmas. We went to see some lights, went shopping several times in the past few days in the craziness (I guess that helps to get you in the Christmas spirit??), we did some Christmas baking, and some caroling to our neighbors last night. The baking was fun but the scale results were not too pretty!! :) So today is a NO SWEETS day. Last night we continued our tradition (started last year) of making our own nativity. Actually, Ben is the creative one in this area.

Well, Merry Christmas to all. We rejoice in the Christmas time not because of the frills and lights of the season but because of God sending His son Jesus to save us from our sins.

Scary Mommy!!

Isabelle loves to play peek-a-boo and lovees it when we "jump" out at her. (Yeah, kinda weird but that's an Ice for you I guess!) Anyways, we caught it on video this time! Her scream and laugh is too funny not to share! :)

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Walking with the walker

Isabelle is now 15 months old and we just celebrated her 12month adjusted bday last Saturday. At her 15 month check-up she weighed 18lbs (at the 1st %) and was 29 inches long (at the 12th %). So for her actual age she is a little smaller than the average but right on track for her adjusted size.

Here's a video of Isabelle trying to walk with her walker. She still would much rather crawl than try to walk, but she'll get it soon enough! :)

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Family Devotions at Thanksgiving

Noah Ice teaches us God is Good ALL the Time.

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Another Video from Thanksgiving

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Cousins at Thanksgiving

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Christmas Time!!!

We went Thursday night to Lowe's and bought our Christmas tree! Getting and decorating our tree is one of our favorite holiday things to do together (of course as we listen to Christmas music!). Last year someone offered to buy our tree for us as a gift so we were able to get an 8ft tree. This year we decided to settle on a 6-7ft tree which is closer to 7ft than 6ft, but it's beautiful. We went to the trees and I said "Oh, these look so short!" So Ben grabbed one from the back that looked taller and was still tied up. He untied it and it looked pretty good so he said, "Let's get it!" But for me I want to make sure I have the "best" tree. "Oh, no we have to open up a few more!!!" I said. Well, with a little convincing by my lovely husband that this tree would do we ended up with the first one we looked at and it tured out really pretty all decorated. :) Today we put up some lights outside so, minus the snow, things are looking more like Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

What a wonderful thanksgiving we had today with lots of family fun. We are in Indiana with the Ice side of the family, thanksgiving for us is the BIG Ice get-together time. It is so great to be able to have fun with all the cousins and brother & sisters.

Mom Ice and others worked hard the past couple days getting all of the dinner together and we sat down to enjoy the FEAST today around 2:30p.m. A little later we spent some time reading some Bible verses, singing, and sharing testimonies of praise to the Lord. This is always such a refreshing time as we each take a moment to share how God has blessed and taught us things this year.

This morning I read from Psalm 100 in my quiet time. It was a good reminder to me that God says "we are HIS people and the sheep of His pasture." As I thought on that verse God impressed upon me that fact that no matter what happens in our life God cares and loves me and wants the best for me as a shepherd does for his sheep. And because of this we can always "enter into His gates with THANKSGIVING; and into His courts with PRAISE!" God is good all the time and I am thankful for His blessings upon us!

Fun Times with Isabelle

This morning as I was getting ready Isabelle woke up and Ben went in to get her. Through the monitor Ben calls, "Dayna, come in here and see us!" And when I went in to my suprise Daddy had jumped right in bed with Isabelle! I just laughed and said, " I sure hope you don't break that bed." and then ran quick to capture a "kodak" moment! I thought some might get a laugh out of seeing Ben in the crib but can see him doing something like that too! :)

Isabelle also loves her baths!!! Just say the word bath and she heads to the tub. The other picture was from yesterday when Isabelle went to a friend of mines house while I went to the dentist. Callie and Isabelle were born on the same day and seem to be coming great juice drinking friends! :)

We're having a busy week this week with revivals every night with Will Galkin. The meetings have been so good and such a challenge for checking on our walk with the Lord!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving next week and seeing lots of family!