...Making the transition...

I think it was harder for me to make the transition than is was for Bella...here she is on her first night in her "big girl bed..." This transition meant two things...first, she was no longer a baby...secondly, the soon to be arriving baby would soon be sleeping in the crib that Bella spent the last 2 years sleeping in...some changes are often harder to take than others...but for Bella, it was easy...she went down without a fight, and in fact within in 10 minutes of us laying her down, she was out like a light. She was so excited right before bed time. She kept saying..."my bed momma, my bed..." to which Jer and I smiled at eachother...and I said, after she fell asleep, "that was it...where are the tears, where is the fight from our stong willed 2 year old? Amazing!" She must have been ready long before I was...

Sweet dreams little lady bug...my how the last 2 years has flown by...soon enough you'll be making the move to an even bigger bed...and we'll be wondering where time went too.

Bitter sweet...helping and watching them grow into little people...it's absolutly amazing!

When the weather gets hot...

You seek the comfort of friends and water of course! Here is Bella playing at her friend Lily's house, with her new water table...and cute Miss Aubrey in the back ground...keeping cool.
Miss Bella and Miss Lily...taking a break for a moment.

Lily showing Bella the how too's on playing in the water...the girls love playing with the water table...they spent quite a while playing...until their fingers were prunes, and their clothes were dripping wet....it was a good day for both of them.

Excuse me, can I help you with something?

Accessories! A must for the girly girl in the house!

Here is Bella with her pink sunglasses on...she was helping me clean out her room, and the "baby" items when we ran accross her basket of hair goodies, and 3 different pairs of sunglasses....she chose these out of all 3 pairs...I can't say I blame her, they are cute on her...they make her eyes look 2 times bigger than they are...which as you'll see is hilarious! pushing them up so they are in place and she is ready to face the world

posing...! Which I have to tell you, for what ever reason, this picture just absolutly crackes her dad and I up...she looks like she is 65 years old, going out to play bingo with her girl friends.

she had to wear her bracelets too...of course!

making sure they are in their proper place...girls! So glad there is someone else in the house who I can share all my fashion knowledge with...did I mention she also loves shoes!!

Jab, cross, hook, up!

Here is Bella showing dad the kick boxing moves she learned while watching mom practice for her class...here she is giving her dad a jab punch! *kee-ya* "This is speed bag dad...speed bag~!"
more speed bag, she equates this to "rolling" the dough from patty cake

Finally she ends with a ta-da! Much like "Super Star" from Saturday night live's Molly Shannon routine! Make you wonder if we have a future performer/star on our hands...hmmmm? At any rate she picked up on the kick boxing moves quickly...and loves to immitate what she see's mom doing. Immitation is the best form of flattery they say...

~Happy Mother's Day~

Here is Bella smiling big with her oh so proud momma...next mother's day, we'll have 2 daughters, which will make for the best mother's day present of all.

Look a'like

Here is Bella with our family dog, Pancho...they say that owners look like their pets or vice versa....this is uncanny! :)