~Easter egg hunt at daycare~

Getting down at ground level to asses the situation...! Oh what a difference a year makes, this time last year, Bella couldn't walk, so it was fun to watch her in action hunting for eggs.

One more for the easter basket!

Counting to see how many have we found...

Not too shabby Miss Bella!!

Ah yes, that is our child crying...why you may ask, after all those eggs she found...because she wanted to go outside and find even more...the world is not fair sometimes, especially when you're 2...and you want things, and you want them right now...I'm anticipating what being 3 brings.

But after her fit, she calmed down enough to enjoy a sugary cookie...I think she felt much better after getting all that crying out of her system.

Saturday, in the park...ah, gotta love spring days!

Our Brave little girl has really done it this time...you may not be able to tell, but she climbed the play structure all by her self, and went down the slide all by her self...I was at the bottom rooting her on...but after we showed her a few times how to do it...she would get to the top, and say "I did it...!"

Yes you did Bella...smart and brave...our Isabella!

Our monkey climbing the monkey bars...Jer was wincing the whole time..."she is going to fall...and hurt her self..." if you can see, my pink and grey shoe in the side line there, I was at the top, waiting to help her up! So she was never far from one of our helping and guiding hands.
The eyes of an angle!! What a beautiful girl!

We realized at 16wks (4months) that we hadn't taken any profile shots fo the tummy...so at the park Jer took one...looking pregalicious here...can't wait to find out who is inhabiting my tummy!

All I can say is...

*OMG*
Bella was whirling around the house, as she tends to do, in her toddler fashion...she likes it when we sit on the floor, as she runs laps around us...or she will run between us and screams as she is running towards you "HUGS...!" and she runs into our arms and give us great big bear hugs. Which I have to say are the best hugs I've ever received. Anyhow...as you can see below...and as I'm cracking up looking at the pictures...I asked Bella between laps around Jer if she could stop and smile...she is surprisingly witty for a 2 year old...!! And quite the attention sponge.

What a riot!!
This is a good one...not too much hamming going on...just Bella and her daddy...one of my new favorite pictures!

Bella running laps around Jeremy...she is quite the entertainer lately!

The buding artist!

Bella's favorite past time is coloring...she sees a pen and paper and says "color, color....color peez..." which just melts your heart when she uses her manners... Does green really represent what I'm trying to accomplish here? I'll try it...!

As you can see here, she is really getting into her coloring...very concentrated, very focused. We proudly display her art work on the fridge, each week we have new things to add...ever the proud parents of a someday Frida, or Picasso....we don't know, but we are sure glad to be in the presence of her greatness.

Good Morning Ham!!

Good Morning Sunshine!! Or rather, our resident "HAM." Bella was sitting at the counter, like every morning, since she has decided to abandon her high chair...I asked her to smile...and this is what I got... Ah...Bella and Jeremy...need I say more...? :)

Bella looking adoringly at "daddy..." it's safe to say that Bella has officially got her dad wrapped around her finger, for life!

Lastly, this has been an expression we have been seeing a lot lately, she does it when she is suprised, being inquisitive, but mostly when ever she is just being silly...Bella, you are so funny!

~Miss Bella's 2nd birthday!!~

Ah...to be 2...looking at things in awe and wonder...with scratch and sniff stickers on your face...and not a care in the world...how I long for carefree whimisical days...however, being the partent to such a wonderful and adored child such as Bella, allows Jeremy and I to glimpse inside the world of a 2 year old, and we blessed to be able to be her parents. She is pure love and joy...100%! With a spike of sassy cause she is 2 after all... :) There was no shortage of gifts for our ever busy child...and if I haven't said it to each of you who attended her birthday, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GENEROSITY!! Bella is loved not only by us, but her family and our friends...we thank you all again!! You were all too kind!

One of the 3 dolls she got, this one makes cooing and sucking sounds, as well as laughes...she is practicing to be a good momma to her soon to be arriving sibling...I will need all the help I can get! Even from the 2 year old!!

(be a good big sister and take this diaper to the garbage can please....)

Just being silly Bella, and we wouldn't have it any other way!! Her laugher is music to our ears.

Jeremy and Bella...she must be telling him something important...as it required a finger wagging!

Francis's shirt says "Lock up your daughters!!!" If he wasn't my good friends son, I might...however I actually might let Bella date him if they want when they are older...I approve of this one! *wink wink*

There was no shortage of balloons...a good staple for toddlers birthday parties!!

Hello, and thanks for waiting!!!

While you were waiting for us to update the blog, we, or rather I (Celeste) have been busy growing a baby...below it's waiving to us...to which we say "hello baby, we can't wait to meet you!" Here you can see the whole body...at this point it is about 3 inches long, from head to toes...we don't know the sex yet....still too early to tell. However this ultra sound was for a couple of different reasons. First they can tell the gestational age of the baby and our due date, which is August 24th...and secondly, they can detect birth defects early on, such as down syndrom...which they said "All is well, and baby is healthy!" If the test would have said something different, it still would not have changed our minds, but we could have prepared for the extra care it would take to raise a child with disabilities.

Isn't the baby too cute!! Look at those kick boxing legs!!

Christmas Morning...!

As you can see, Bella really enjoyed Christmas morning. Jeremy and I enjoyed seeing the sparkle in Bella's eyes as she looked around at all the presents, and how she savored each gift she opened...Christmas's in our house will never be dull or boring, especially with 2 kids next year opening gifts!! Santa left this for me? Seemed a little daunting at first but she got the hang of opening gifts. We'll get more practice for our birthday too!

Grandma Palmer got me my very own fuzzy warm blanket, I wore it through the rest of my present openings...

Ripping the paper was the best part of opening gifts!!

What do you mean I'm supposed to take the paper off, these are great for climbing up on to reach things I'm not supposed to touch!

Isabella's first bike, from her Zia and Zio Sarria...She can't reach the peddles, but she loves us to push her around on it while she sits and giggles!

~Merry Christmas~

Merry Christmas everyone!! Here is Isabella in her beautiful Christmas dress...being such a good girl...holding still while dad snaps a picture for our album. Here she is giving "loves" to Mr. Nutcracker...since we've brought him out she hasn't been able to leave his side...

I adore the little smirk on her face...looking like she is getting ready to rip into gifts and cause mayhem!

**Can you believe Jeremy set up the camera, took these beautiful pictures of Isabella and edited them in under 30 minutes!!? He is getting very good at this photography thing...I'm inpressed, much better and calmer than any Sears or JCPenney's photo place...and if there was one we didn't like, we didn't have to buy it, or pick just one photo...and we dont' have to wait weeks to get our prints back...Costco will have them done for us by noon the next day!

Just being Bella...

Bella loves wearing her hat and mittens around the house...not sure why, but we think it's really cute! Almost as cute as Isabella her self...!!

Looking like we are up to no good...maybe we are!!

Wearing her stunna shades!

And she loves wearing mommy's shoes around the house too...she comes by her love of shoes quite honestly...I admit I have a bit of a shoe fetish myself! Which started at a very young age as well..!

~Here comes Santa Claus~

Here is Isabella with Santa Claus...as you can see there are no tears! We are as shocked by this as you are reading it. Santa was visiting all the children and my mom's holiday party, and many children went to sit on his lap to tell them their wishes and hearts desires for Christmas. As Bella sat silently awaiting her turn, she noticed that no other children were scared...see Isabella, Santa is real, and is full of magic! No tears, no screams...just joy and delight!

Visions coming to life!!

When we bought this house...I had a vision when I walked in the kitchen...there stood an island...with room enough to sit and eat. My vision was, seeing my future children (at the time we had no kids) sitting at the counter, eating meals with Jeremy and I. And of me standing in the kitchen cooking for them...as they eargerly gathered around the kitchen island to see what mom was cooking.

Since the purchase of our home, many things have changed...but one thing hasn't, my vision! As you can see, Bella is sitting next to me, eating her yogurt, and engaging us in morning coversations...we are savoring these conversations...as we know soon enough she will be a teenager and much to cool to have breakfast with mom and dad...

I'm so lucky to have been able to see my vision (while small I know) come to fruition. I can't wait to add one more guest to our morning breakfast conversations...soon we hope!