Indiana Weather....

Got Bella Confused....Ok not really...I was just trying some summer clothes on her and she wanted her hat and mittens on to play in the house..notice the socks too!

I hope no one calls the fashion police on us!!!

Sour Face...

Libby got a sour lemon...

Sarah and Libby met us at Bub's Cafe for lunch and to fill my craving for those wonderful warm donut holes! I am telling you have to go try them!!! What a treat!

Then we hit Clay Terrace for a little shopping until Bella was ready for a nap...she slept almost 3 hours!

Gettin' Ready...

Bella usually comes in about half way through me trying to get ready for the dayand plays with my hair product bottles and whatever else is around including the toilet paper! It amazes me how much she takes in and mimics what I do when getting ready! Kinda funny that she is already learning to "primp"!

So girly!!!

Ofcourse when I thought to get video of her doing she was about over it!

Wyatt and Bella

Look at how much fun Wyatt and Bella had tonight after dinner!
Having fun hanging upside down swinging back and forth like clocks!

Play Group.... At Ella and Abby's...

It was once again a Thursday morning Bella and I both love....

Play Group!

Bella gets to play, see friends and burn lots of energy! She is always asleep in the car before we get our to the neighborhood.

I get some yummy snacks and mommy talk!

Thanks Ella and Abby for having us over!

We hope Hayden and Fallyn are feeling better soon!

Gavin was flying...his big sister Olivia came to play with all the little kids ... Bella loves Olivia!

Movie Star....

Watch out we have a little actress on our hands!

Already learning how to be a little drama queen!!!

Olivia McCall gave these movie star glasses to Bella and as you can tell she LOVES them!

Thank you, Olivia, that was so sweet of you!

Bella's New Addiction...

Bella Raye has a new obsession Barney (Barna)! Yes, she can’t get enough of him! We limit her TV time throughout the day but she is actually pointing to the TV and asking for him! She is not happy when the TV doesn’t come back on. Yesterday she even took our remote out of our room and was pointing it at the DVD player in the family room in hopes it would work! She was trying to make him appear!
What is it that the kids love about this big purple dinosaur?
Aunt Rachel and The Kirks all got her new Barney DVD’s for Valentine’s Day to help with her addiction.

Brown Cow...

We met daddy at Chick-Fil-a today (which is so kid friendly I love it...the kids meal has a table topper in it, fruit cup is wonderful fresh cut fruit, staff brings your meal to your table b.c you have a baby in your hands, Bella likes the chicken and is entertained by all the kids there)

Anyways, I decided to treat her today with chocolate milk. She didn't pay much attention to it until near the end of her meal but once she started drinking it she didn't give up her sippy until it was gone! She loved her special treat!

A week late....Valentine's Party

Party at my house and this is how we will play....
make the biggest mess possible and play with all my toys!!!
Only one boy to share...he is all mine!!!
Libby is showing off all her new tricks...sitting up all by herself and trying to crawl!!!!
Thank you to every one for coming over and waiting for a week until I felt better so we could share some LOVE and lots of playing!!!

Mommy says she will find that Target bag somewhere!!!

Strawberry please...

A huge whole strawberry....
that is a big bite....and one
messing face just minutes after getting dressed!

Jinxed cont....

After a week of Izabella having a running nose, and a low grade fever off and on I decided for peace of mind I was taking her to the Dr. Although she was still sleeping, drinking and most of the time in a good mood! So Monday morning I called and we couldn't get in until 2:30 luckily Grammy J was off so she took her to the Dr since I had to work! Sure enough Izabella has yet another ear infection!!!! I spoke too soon about being all clear! Poor Bella for a week I kept putting it off as a cold! Thank you Grammy J for taking me to the Dr so I can hopefully get better soon!

My little pony....

Bella all the sudden on Tuesday decided she was going to ride Zoe...she is so big some could mistake her for a pony! As you can tell Zoe is thrilled that Bella is sitting on her and Bella is quite excited about her new discovery!!!

This only lasted a minute or two before Zoe gently got up to go find another place to lay.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Papaw M!!!!
We hope you have a wonderful birthday and can't wait to celebrate with you soon!
We love you!
Tim, Allison and Izabella

14 candles....

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY, ABBY!!!!!

and many more.....

We hope you have an awesome birthday and get everything you want!

Love,

Tim, Alli and Bella Raye (aka sissy)

Happy Valentine's Day 2008....

Sending lots of love from our
family to yours....
I tried all day to get a picture of Bella's cute tights but this is as close as I could get...she was too busy even though she wasn't feeling good!

Valentine Visitors and Goodies....

As you can see Bella was spoiled with lots of love on her 2nd Valentine's day!

Pretty Piggies....

After Bella's bath this afternoon to try and wash the rest of the germs off we played beauty shop and painted Bella's toe nails bright pink! She actually held pretty still but now mommy needs practice painting such small nails!

She loved her pretty piggies when we were done!

Valentine Morning...

Happy Valentine's to our sweet baby girl!!!!
We love you
SOOOO much,

mommy & daddy!!!!

It took Bella Raye a little while to notice her new baby high chair and books that were waiting for her this morning when she woke up but once she did she loved it!!! She took all the tissue and books out and instantly put the baby in the chair. She has been playing with it most of the morning! Bella is so sweet with her babies...feeding them, carrying them everywhere with her and patting them when they are upset!

These Boots Were Made For Walking????

Yesterday Bella and I were cleaning out her closet. Yes, Bella was really trying to help throwing everything in the rubbermaid box I had out for things she had out grown. I also got all her spring items out that I had bought on sale last season! I was quite surprise how much I had and at some great prices too!!! Gotta love that!

Anyways we were playing dress up and got her cool snow boots out that Grammy J got her around Christmas that we have only worn a few times...anyways I think she forgot she could walk in them! The video is too funny and her sad face at the end is pitiful! Ya gotta love her outfit too! She was running a low grade fever so we were keeping cool!

Jinxed....

Unfortunately I spoke too soon on Friday when I wrote about Izabella being healthy because on Monday she woke up with a crusty nose that got progressively worse with a low grade fever and all until last night. Now it is still pretty nasty but she is up playing and acting more like herself than she has in the last couple of days! I hope she gets over it soon!

Coloring vs. Eating???

My mommy was trying to get my to color some of my Valentine's and I was more into eating the crayons and figuring out how to get them out of the tadoodles.

I told mommy I may do it next year!

I love my daddy...

My daddy is sooo much fun...he is a big tickle monster and I just love it! We have started "rough" housing a litte more and I like that a lot too!

I know daddy loves playing with me!

Thank you, daddy!

Holy Moms Update....

Just thought I'd give you an update on Izabella's preschool/Mom's Day Out perspectives for next year! A week after we stood in line for 2 hours I also signed her up at the church we are members of and where my brother attended preschool.
We have not heard back from Northview but from what I can tell she is 10th on the waiting list..... getting there at 5:50 in the morning didn't do me much good! We did hear back from our church ,Orchard Park, and Izabella got put into the Little Lamb Friday's Mother's Day Out Program!!! YEAH! I think we will go ahead and put the deposit down and keep her there! I like that she got in on Friday's and that the program goes from 9am-2:20pm! Now I just hope the house we find this summer to move to isn't too far away but we will cross the bridge when we come to it!

Cousin Fun....

Are they cute or what?!?!?!

They have so much fun with each other! Bella is instantly in a good mood when she sees her cousin Wyatt! Their giggles are addicting!

After breakfast they came back over to our house and Wyatt and Bella got to play the rest of the day!

What a treat and how special that they love each other sooooo much!

Bubs Cafe...

Earlier in the week Sarah had told me about these fabulous donut holes and Bub's Cafe on the monon in Carmel (for those of you familiar with the Carmel...different location that Bub Burgers about 2 blocks south on the monon) So I couldn't get the donut holes out of my head and had to check them out. After church we had a table full....Suzi, Ernie, Wyatt, Grandma and Grandpa M, Grammy J and Papaw Ray, Rachel, Abby and Cathy. Everything we had there was YUMMY!!!! I am ready to go back tomorrow because there were so many things on the menu I couldn't decide but the donut holes are a MUST if you go! You will only need one!

The staff there was awesome too more than took care of all of us!

Fun at the Warner's

Saturday night the Warner's had us over for dinner! The girls all had so much fun playing. Claire and Emily are up walking all over the place! It is fun to watch little new walkers explore all their new options! What fun!
Thanks for a wonderful night of friendship!!!

Sunshine and Smiles...

After a week of freezing weather or rain yucky mess Friday it was a beautiful day and not too cold so Izabella headed outside. We played in the back yard with the dogs for awhile and then we headed to the front to get her car out! She loved it...we saw a helicopter and airplane in the air, the big trash truck drove by and honked which she thought was great. This fall when we were out she was still learning to walk and now she was all over the yard! She didn't like having to learn her limits of where she could go and not but exploring was so much fun!

The hour outside yesterday did wonders for both of us!

Come on SPRING....we can't wait!!!