Dancing

This is Miss Jaime, Bella's dance teacher. Bella loves her and is so excited to see her every week at dance. Miss Jaime is incredibly patient, hats off to anyone who is willing to teach 3 year olds dance. We are getting ready for Bella's recital, on June 12th. Mark your calenders, I am sure it will be a show to remember! I've got my fingers crossed for another round of the tapping Grannies!

It's Springtime!

We spent Friday night at the park. It was a nice evening and it was fun to get out and play. Bella made some new friends as always and loved playing princess in the castle. Her friend was willing to be the castle cat so everything worked out great. Dad tried hard to get our kite up, but the wind didn't seem to cooperate. Still the girls had a great time running after it. What a fun family night!

School Picture Day

Just a little preview of school picture day. Bella was very patient at letting Mom do her hair. (Dad put his foot down on the curly hair pictures, we have enough!) I ended up watching her most of the day at school, they have two way glass so you can see you kids. It was so much fun. I can't believe she is such a big kid!

Happy BIrthday Sam!

Bella loves her Sammy. She calls him her big brother and is always so excited to see him. He is really patient and sweet with her. (These pictures are from when he came to see her at her ballet performance in December. ) Sam invited Bella to his fun birthday party at the Kid's Barn. Everyone had a great time running and jumping on all the slides. I was waiting for some serious injuries, but they never happened. Sam was so busy playing, I didn't even get a decent picture of him. It was great to play with Jake, Abe and Gracie too. Jake was fearless! He would climb on Gracie and use her as a sled to go down the slide, it was crazy. Jake was jumping from on slide to the other, without a care. Jake should win a prize for finishing the most of his cupcake! It took Bella a little while to get the slide thing, and a lot of help from Dad, but eventually, she got it! She loved the slides and we can't wait to go back. Thanks Sammy for a really fun party!

Butterlicious

I don't remember what we did to make someone so tired, but my sleeping beauty is adorable. She usually falls asleep with her hands under her cheek like this and I love it. She is sleeping on what was supposed to be a body pillow for mom. Bella uses it like a mattress. The tag on the pillow says :butter pillow" so Dad taught her to say "Butterlicious" every time she gets into bed. It is pretty funny.

It's A...

GIRL! We are pretty excited. Everything looks good and healthy. Bella is already picking out a name, "Princess Tiara." (It's the name of the paint in her bedroom.) I think Dad will get to have final say, but we are open to suggestion. Bret took it really well, just excited that everything is okay. I guess we will have to try for our little Max or Charlie next time.

First Coat

I am so excited! Bret finished the first coat of paint on our family room last night. It looks really good! Since it is more than half of our basement, it is making everything look like it is really coming together. I should actually have a basement soon! I'll post some pictures as soon as he is finished with all the paint, but I just couldn't wait to share my news!