Deck the Halls!

Last Sunday Bella Logan and I joined our friends Jen and Tony and their little boy Jet at Stan Hywet for Deck the Halls. It is this wonderful event they hold every year over the holidays! To be honest I had never been before and it was wonderful! If you have ever been to Stan Hywet you know that the lavish gardens, beautiful landscapes, and of course the gorgeous mansion are TO DIE FOR! They had the entire grounds decorated with tons of lights, Christmas trees, you name it they had it! In the house each room was decorated to the theme of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! They had real people dressed up and acting out the characters! It was quite charming! Bella did not really get the house part, but she LOVED the lights! She also had a fun time with Jet, he is 1 1/2 and so cute! My camera was dying but Jen took a lot of cute pictures..here of some of my favorite!! ...

The beautiful Christmas tree! 

Bella loved exploring!

Such a cute picture!

So BEAUTIFUL!

Thanksgiving!

On Thanksgiving we went to lunch with Jordan's Dad's side of the family at Anthe's!
After that we went straight to Jordan's Mom's house and had Thanksgiving dinner there!
On Friday we had Thanksgiving dinner with Logan's family!
On Sunday we went to another Thanksgiving with Jordan's family!
I do not know how we managed to eat that much, but one thing I do know is that Bella is loved by MANY!


Bella and Daddy!

Whos child is she!? haha

Grandma and Bella!

Both of them pooped after a lonngggg weekend!

Recent Pictures!

This is Bella's toy box in the living room, I put her in it the other day and instead of whining she just sat back and relaxed!
Such a funny girl!

We love our Bella!

This is Mary, Logan's tutor since he was 6! She came over for dinner the other night, it was wonderful!

Uncle Brett!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend Uncle Brett came to stay!
Izabella thought Brett was SOOO funny, she giggled no matter what he did!
We took a bunch of pictures, but these are some of my favorites!

Brett put the bucket on his head and she giggled so very loud! I wish we got a video!

Bella's 1st Birthday!

Bella turned 1 on November 17th! We celebrated her birthday at Lilah and Randy's house on the 20th and we were lucky to have so many friends and family there! Bella played, and really enjoyed her cake but she was trying to be very neat only using one finger... until Grandpa Randy stuck her whole hand in the cake! Below are some great pictures, I will be posting a video later of her eating cake!


YUM!

Bella's 1!

Sooooo many presents! Such a lucky girl!

Even after all those presents she LOVED this box!!!

Bella

This is by far my favorite picture of Bella. She is so gorgeous and lovable.

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treat!
Bella had so much fun on Halloween. We went to Grandpa Tommy's house, every year Kellie has a halloween party with friends and family! We went Trick or Treating around the neighborhood. Izabella was dressed as a bumble bee, and even held her candy bag! She got Mommy tons of candy to eat! I cannot wait till next year when she can walk from house to house and actually eat the candy!

Fabric play time!

Bella got into my Joanne Fabrics Bag and she had so much fun with this fabric! She would hold it up and smile like she was getting ready! She put it over her head and on her arms and I feel like she was imitating me. I took tons of picture so I figured I would make a collage and put it in her blog!

!0 months!

I have not updated this blog in forever! I am going to start doing it regularly.  Bella was 10 months on Friday and is 19 pounds! She is getting so big so quickly I cannot keep up!  Bella now crawls, patty cakes, gives you kisses, and she is definitely becoming a furniture baby!  She is into everything, cabinets, drawers, bags, purses, basically anything BUT her toys.  My curious little girl is so aware of the world around her, she is very smart, she even picks up the channel control and points it at the TV! I am so proud of her and how smart she is!  I will keep updating but for now here is a recent picture of my little cutie pie!

Florida!

After a 4 days full of fish, ocean, pools, sun, sand, and shopping we are quite sad to be home!  Izabella has to be one of the most well behaved babies I have ever seen! She did not cry on the plane rides once!  She was a trooper, sleeping in the stroller on the beach, or in my arms at the pool, and the crib at the hotel!  On the first day she hated the ocean and the pool, the ocean was below zero so I don't blame her!  I had the idea of taking a bath in our bathing suits to help her get used to the water.  Low and behold the last day in Florida Bella got in the baby pool, and loved every moment!  Now I am very excited for the summer time! We have amazing pictures and as they say, pictures are worth a thousand words!!!!

 

          

I started getting Izabella's clothes out for FLORIDA! I am so excited for my grandparents, aunt, and uncle to meet her!  Also, we get to take her to the beach! It will be a fun and exciting vacation!  Today was a very busy day! Logan was working on his car and a few of his friends were helping, I was washing cars and sanitizing all the toys Bella drops on the floor!  Bella got outside in her bouncer for awhile and really enjoys being outside! Izabella is getting so big and her personality is really starting to show! I am so excited for more to come :)

Bella started giggling a few weeks ago, but it's very rare for it to happen! So I was very excited when my friend Colleen got her to giggle so I could record it! I am posting it below! I promise it will make you laugh, or at least smile!

4 months!!!!

Izabella was 4 months on St. Pattys day! We had a big day too! First we went to lunch with grandma Lila, then a second lunch with Great Grandpa Tom, and Great Aunt Leslie! Later she went for a jog in the jogging stroller with Grandma Lila! Then we went to dinner at House of Hunan! Yum Chinese!  Lately Bella has been one busy little girl! When she goes to Mimi's (Jordan's mom) house they go on walks when its nice out, Bella LOVES being outside!  She got to hang out with Uncle Brett who was in town recently, and Brett even witnessed her rolling over for the first time! Yes thats right shes rolling over already! Boy are we excited!  Bella can roll from her tummy to her back and her back to her tummy! Now when shes on her tummy she is looking in front of her..soon shes going to take of crawling! Mommy and Daddy are going to have their work cut out for them!  The new thing Izabella does is talk, and I mean talk... I am posting a video of her rolling over and her talking also!

We went to our 4 month appointment today!  Izabella is 24.5 inches long, and a little bit over 13 lbs!  We are going to start on baby cereal!  Wow, how time flys! In about a week we go to Florida to meet Great Grandma and Grandpa Carey! We are so excited for this adventure to the beach and the pool!  Of course Bella has the CUTEST bathing suits, with matching sun hats! Also, any day now Izabella's  twin second cousins will be here!  She cannot wait to meet them!
Well bye for now! More updates soon!




Above is Bella talking, or yelling, she has ALOT to say!




This is Bella rolling over! She's a pro!

Izabella is now 3 months and 2 weeks! She is so big now! 13 pounds and 8 ounces! She now reaches for her toys and bottle! She has a new toy named princess Sophie, which she likes to suck on more than play with! Her bottom tooth is really coming in now, and we're very excited!  The most exciting thing going on right now is Izabella is about to roll over!!! She is so so very close! Here are some great pictures! Love to all!!!! <3

This is our favorite picture of Izabella! She looks like Brett!

 

Bella Playing with her new toy!!!!

Pretty Girl :)

 

little bella is pooped!

I know its been forever since I updated the blog! Sorry! (Uncle Peter especially!). School has started for the winter/spring semester and we are busy as can be! Logan has class everyday till 1, he works all week sometimes at the plant and sometimes at home! I have class in the morning and night Monday, Wednesday, and Friday just in the morning. I work 4 days a week, so to say we're busy I think is an understatement! Anyways, enough about us!

Izabella is growing soooo much, every morning I wake up and can't believe my eyes!  As my dad says "shes turning into a human!" although, I don't know what she was before! HAHA! Izabella, talks ALL THE TIME. Just the other day she was in her swing with a hat on and I was in the bedroom getting dressed and she was yelling so loud...let me clarify yelling means she is "goo goo ga ga" but very loudly.  I came out of the bedroom telling her she can't always have attention, and when i looked up her hat was over her eyes! She was trying to get my attention, smart little one!  Also, she loves toys, and books! She finally can hold toys now and has a longer attention span so plays a lot longer now!  She loves Billy the bird who hangs from her car seat! When I drive Billy swings back and forth and Izabella yells at him to stop!  Her personality is really coming out now, and we are all loving every second with her!  Everyone always asks what her nickname is going to be, but I can't just pick one....Logan and I call her Bella, Grandma Lila gave her the nickname Ms. Putt Putt (can you imagine why?), MiMi Bridgette calls her Bella Blue or Stinkerbella when she poops! There's many more, but I won't bore you! Here are some more pictures! I will be sure to keep posting! PROMISE!
Love you all!

 

falling asleep anywhere and everywhere! She thinks she's a princess! Wait, SHE IS!

Daddy helping Bella open her first present!

She loves her Daddy!

  

She has the best wardrobe!