~My first Halloween!~

Happy Halloween! I hosted my first Halloween Party, and invited my friends over to help me celebrate our First Halloween. We had Francis the Bumble Bee and Lily the Love Bug. I, of course was Bella the Lady Bug! We had a great time!
Here I am showing off my cute bottom chompers, dressed in my Lady Bug costume. I'm so small I'll probably end up being a lady bug again next year too.

Next years friends, we'll be eating our way through bags of candy and giving our parents a run for their money when we are on our sugar buzz...! Which fit the theme of our party this year...the house was a'buzz with the cute little bugs!

Me, my momma and the Wookies!?

They are having a Star Wars exhibit at OMSI in Portland...so we took my dad to see it. He was busy snapping pictures of all kinds of cool props from the movie, real actual props, Han Solos' outfit, Princess Leia's outfits...C3PO and R2D2. My mom and I were busy wondering around...dad caught us looking at Chewbaca!

~Happy Birthday Momma~

What is this? Looks like yummy apple strudel! And...it's almost time for me to blow out my own candle! I'll be 1 year old in just 3 short months!!!I can't wait!

Here I am with my mommy and my grammy! It was my mom's birthday, we went out for a night on the town...! We sang songs, we ate good food, and even tried my first bites of fondue. YUMMY!

What a difference 6 months makes!

Here I am, at 8.5 months old...and as you glance at the other picture...
Here I am 2.5 months old...time sure ages a person...especially a baby. I was told that at no other time of my life, will I ever grow as quickly as when I'm in my first years of life!

Getting mobile!

As my mom was finishing up her face for work, she laid me down to play on the floor, and was gone for about 2 minutes. In that amount of time, I was able to crawl over to the TV, and find some pretty interesting things to look at. My dad's DRV/Cable box. I was caught in the act...as you can see, though I was caught, my curiosity was peaked, so I was like a moth to the lights....looks like my parents better child proof the house, sooner than they thought!

Clap! Clap! Bella's a clapping maniac!

I have learned the fine art of clapping.
I love it so much, that my mom oftens finds me in bed clapping in my sleep.


As you can see...I'm pretty smug about my clapping skills!
My mom said when I grow up, I can audtion for Grease and do the hand jive!

Do the hang jive baby...clap clap clap a' clap clap!

Bella Happens! Random Acts of Silly Faces.

You lookin at me?

Deer in the headlights?
I dare say Buffy, this hop and pop is stricktly top drawer...

Not sure what face this is...

Mrs. BUBBLES!!!

This was my first bubble bath...I wasn't sure quite what to make of bubbles. I would grab at them, and they would disapear? Strange...but my bath sure smelled good! And I was all sudsy from head to toe!

I'm a big kid now!

I've taken to feeding myself...I'm quite good at it.
Look mom, no hands...oh wait, that won't work!

You've got mail!

My mom and I have a routine everyday, when she gets home from work, we go outside and check the mail together...
She gives me all the junk mail...but I don't mind, it's shiney, got pictures, and keeps me occupied on our way back into the house. On sunny days, it makes a great sheild from the sun~!

Looks interesting, wonder if I won?

After swimming...

Here I am after my first swimming lesson...I was all a'glow from all the fun I had. As you can see, I'm hamming it up for my mom, she was getting me ready for the shower!

All aboard Matey!

I found buried treasures...

Pirates of the Caribbean? Not quite... but my first trip to Lincoln City Oregon was fun!

The Hop & Pop!

Looks like I played so much I've worn myself out, and decided this was the ideal spot to catch a few Zzzzz's! When I'm in my "hop & pop," I hop so much and so hard that my parents get scared that I might literally hop right out...nah...I'll just hop myself to sleep.

Brusha Brusha Brusha...

Around 7pm in our house is time for Bella's Beauty Brigade. It consists of a bath, cleaning my ears, trimming nails if they need it, and always brushing my teeth. Now that I'm eating solids, and I have 6 pearly whites, I have to keep them sparkling, and thanks to my mom and dad, I'm learning to brush my own teeth!

Grandpa Palmer...

I'm so adorable and cute that even my granpa Palmer melts into a pile of mush and lays down to become my jungle gym. I love my Grandpa Palmer!

My girl...

Here is my Grandma Palmer...she is smitten with me...she calls me "grandma's girl..!" I love my grandma!

Isabella Van Bockel ?

Has a nice ring to it yes...okay maybe not quite yet, they aren't even at the dating age. But look at how adorable these picturs are...
"As I gently reach out and touch your face..."


"As we gaze into eachothers eyes...I fixated on your chubby cheecks!"

These have got to be the 2 of the cutest kids I've ever seen...okay, I'm not partial or anything...! ;-)

Hanging with my family

Just chillin with dad and Pancho...I love my family!

Sitting pretty

Ive been working on sitting up on my own...
But I'm still a little wobbly. So my mom thought of an ingenious idea for my "going un-used" boppy.
I can sit without it, for about 30 seconds, then I get pooped. Thank goodness my mom is so smart...this boppy is a life saver. And I'm still useing my muscles for sitting up, it's a win win, no face plants or tipping over backwards for me. This Boppy is the best!

~Smelling fresh as a rose~

After bath time...
My mom wraps me up in a warm towel, my pretty daisy towel...it's in my favorite shade of girly pink! Mom says I reminder of her an Anne Gedde's baby...unique, speacial in every way, and more beautiful than a whole bouquet of flowers.