Happy Five Month Birthday!!!

Today Bella turned five months old! Here's a picture of her dancing (wiggling around) on the floor while G-ma and Mommy sing happy birthday. Then she sat at the table and pretended she was eating birthday cake with her favorite spoon. She's going to be going to college before we know it!

What a Face!

This is Mommy's current screensaver at work. Doesn't that face just make you smile?

First Pair of Jeans

Here's Bella sporting her first sassy pair of jeans. Gramma never puts them on her because she thinks that they're too tight. Mommy says that she's going to have to get used to suffering for fashion. :) Just wait until it's not cool to have elastic on your jeans, Bella. It gets worse.

Uh-Oh!

Bella spilled her first drink today. It was Daddy's water at dinner. We're going to have to get a little quicker now. Notice the mischievious look on her face before and the feigned surprise after. Right before she laughs about it.
I'm sure there will be many more spills in her future, but this was the first.

Another Good Hair Day

She Loves her Bathtime!

Winston Churchill Chins

Daddy always makes fun of Bella for her "Winston Churchill chins" (they're pretty visible in this picture). Mommy doesn't think that's very nice, but you know that Daddy really shows his love by making fun of people--and Bella doesn't get to be an exception.
We need more special occasions, so she can wear all of her cute dresses more often. (Or maybe mommy needs to stop buying so many dresses--c'mon that baby beret is too cute!)

Bella Loves Gramma!

She was just squealing and laughing like crazy tonight. She's a little party animal right before bedtime. She'll go from being crazed like this to passing out within about 10 minutes. She just doesn't want the fun to end.

Happy Baby!

She got some new jammies from our neighbor. Isn't she cute?!

She Loves Flutterby!

Miss Amanda, in New York, made Bella a very special new best friend--Flutterby!
Amanda made him out of old PJs. Bella loves cuddling with him--and she especially loves chewing on his antennas. What an awesome gift! Thanks Amanda! Hopefully we can come visit you in New York soon.

Check out the Sassy Outfit!

Miss Linda gave her this sassy little outfit. She loves it! She asks to wear it all the time.

Christmas at Aunt Robin's

We celebrated Christmas with Bella's Aunt Robin, Uncle Ricky and cousins, Kaylee and Jimmy today. She was a little under the weather because she just had her four month shots yesterday, but she pushed through. This was Bella's first big road trip. (it was only 2 1/2 hours, but that's big for her). This was the first time she's seem them since she was in the hospital (only a few days old). Bella had a great time with her cousins. It was great to finally see them. Thanks for such a great day, and all of our wonderful presents!

Bella Loves Plates!

Bella always wants to get out of her high chair so she can get to Mommy's plate. She loves chewing on plates for some reason. Someday she'll figure out that she really wants the stuff that's on the plates. :)

New Year's Day at the Dewey's

We went over to the Dewey's for the Florida-Michigan game today. It was a lot of fun, and Bella was happy to see Regan again. Bella got a little fussy, so Daddy had to do the "upside-down flying squirrel" carry with her.