Isabella and mommy!

Isabella is becoming quite the little shutter bug, when the camera comes out, so does Bella. I'm just happy she allowed me to share a moment of her thunder. ;-)

Making new friends...SNOOPY!

Here is Isabella and Snoopy...he is almost as tall as she is, yet she insists on packing him all over the house...if you look back through the Christmas pictures, he is in there, by the tree. Each week, we swap out one of her (100's+) stuff animals and let them each get a snuggle, we're just now making the rounds to Snoopy...this way each toy gets a chance to get some love. We're and equal opportunity kind of house when it comes to sharing the love with animals...stuffed ones included. :) Glad Snoopy got his turn, next week I believe it's one of the many stuffed Easter Bunnies she has to choose from!

A what, a whirly-gig?!?

Leave it to great-grandma's to have obscure things at their houses. But, this is one of the reasons why grandparents are so cool, they have things that we don't have at our houses, so we go explore and discover the wonderful findings at their homes.

As you can see here, Isabella found the whirly-gig in the front yard, at first this was really neat, she kept twirling it around and around...

Giving it a good push each time to ensure it would spin, even with one of it's pedals missing...
Make cute faces with each go round, showing her enthusiasm and excitement at this new and wonderful spinning thing...

Till finally, as they say, if a picture was worth a 1000 words, I think this one says "that was fun while it lasted!" What's next???

Could you be, the most beautiful girl in the world...?

Here is Isabella at Great-Grandma's house...Looking oh so beautiful...Jeremy and I can't take our eyes off of her...we are the wacky parents with a camera on hand at all times...poor girl.

She has brought us such joy, we are so thankful to be her parents, she is truely the most beautiful person we've ever met.

Mt. Rainier

We took Isabella to Mt. Rainier today...we've never been ourselves, and as you can tell by Isabella's expression she was really excited.

Although on the bridge she was quite curious, what's the sound below me...? It's running water! She had a great time...sadly, after these pictures, the rain started to poor, so most of the rest of the trip was spent inside the car, we decided that was motivation enough to come back again soon...so we can continue our hikes through the beautiful forests of Mt. Rainier...

Discovering Dress Up!

Back in the days before Bella, or as we say in our house, "BB" we went to many a themed party, and various Halloween shin digs, dressed up...so we have tons and tons of dress up things that we intentionally saved knowing someday "our kiddo will love this stuff!" Mardi Gras beads, wigs, costumes, hats, and various other things...so on a whim, I decided to being a few things out and test them on Bella, to see if we can get away with a wig for this coming Halloween, and boy did we have a laugh or 2...she wasn't as impressed with our idea as we were...especially since we were laughing so hard, not at her, but how ridiculous these wigs are...the first wig makes her look like a cave man, or rather cave baby...the second makes her look like Cher's baby!

It was sure fun for us to dress her up though, at least for us...in later months we will bring this stuff out again see if maybe she is ready...for now, they are safe and sound awaiting her impish imagination to take flight and soar with her to far off places of princesses, fairies and the many other things she will come up with!

~My first cultural event~

I had a great time...bouncing to the music, and people watching, and what interesting people to see...so many different, vibrant, colorful, and nice people! It was so fun...although quite warm, we had to leave early...the heat made me a little cranky.

The line up...70 Drag Queens...they were going for a Guiness book of world records for the largest "drag queen kick/chorus line!"

She was singing her heart out!!
Ooh, these 2 men/queens were quite colorful!!

Yes, Miss Diaper Bottom, we are watching you!

Oh my is she cute!! (the voice of a proud momma)

Not a morning person...well maybe.

Here we are, the dynamic duo, just waking up, and catching a couple moments of snuggle time, before daddy is off to work.

Not quite awake yet, maybe I should look into coffee...nah! Mom said it will stunt my growth, which is why she is so short!

Sleeping angel...

My mom always comes into my room before she goes to bed, to check on me, cover me back up if my blanket has been tossed to the side...she said she couldn'd resist snapping a picture of me sleeping...she said I looked so peaceful and beautiful, even when I'm sleeping. She must love me a lot.

New favorites!

Besides having my own seat in the house now, I have a new favorite toy. It's a water squirter from the bath...I couldn't let it go, even through putting on my pj's and getting stories read to me at bedtime...It's a pelican, and I adore it...!

Stone Henge...in Washington

We took Bella on one of our famous weekend warrior drives...

It was such a beautiful day...we enjoyed eachother's company in the car, but we were excited to stretch our legs!

More peek-a-boo

Where's Isabella?

Peek-A

BOO!

Hey diddle diddle, our girl Bella!

Here she is putting the shoe on....

" Running around with one shoe on...

Now we've decided to take the shoe off...

Still working on it....

Eurika! I did it!! I got it off!!

New Morning Routines

Isabella has taken to cuddling up in her rocking chair...

To watch "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch" cartoon in the morning...we discovered that she liked it when we tried to change to channel and she threw a huge fit. We don't want her turning into a couch potato, good thing we do lots of active things in the evenings and weekends!

~The Rubix Cube~

Isabella, is deciding is she is willing to show us what is under the blanket...

Let me look, it's in here somewhere, I know it!

Ah-ha! Here it is....but you can't have it!!

*we just finished watching the Will Smith movie, the Persuit of Happiness...and in it, they had the Rubix Cube. Jer and I were taken back to 1981 and our childhood, so he had to go get one...Isabella loves it...we never get to play with it, it's her's now! Looks like she will also remember it from her childhood too!

Not that again!!

This was the look we get when we try to feed her any meat. She HATES it. So I said "hey Bella, what Dino-nuggets? They are so good for you, chicken, they are delicious!" She did this..."blach't...!" She figures if she can't see us, she is hiding!! And then she gets out of eating, and diaper changes...no such luck little lady bug!

~Just Chillin...yo!~

Ready for my CLOSE UP!

Hey I can see you from here, but...

What about from here!! :)