New Arrival

Congrats to the Stuck family on their newest addition....

Brody Jon was born February 24th @ 9:56pm

He weighed 9lbs 5oz and was 21 inches long!

We are so excited to meet him and see his big brother Hayden!
Welcome to the group, Brody!

Children's Museum

A FUN Day at the Museum

with Sarah & Libby!
Neither of the girls wanted to ride on an animal on the carousal just sit

on the bench with us!

This visit Bella seemed so much more aware of everything....enjoyed looking at the dollhouses

probably because it looks a little like hers!

Libby did a great job crawling through the tunnel!

They both loved the sand table!

Taking off on the airplane!

Bella wanted to give the polar bear a hug...this is as close as we could get!

Trying to stay dry at the water table!

Princess at the new castle lego exhibit!

Too bad this picture did show up better...Bella loved the choo choo trains too!

Thanks for inviting us to go with you...we had lots of fun!

Little Ladies with Sunglasses!!!

Hugs for MiMi....
A Movie Star with leopard print glasses!!!

Just cracks me up!!

Last day of music class...

Thanks for all the fun music, Miss Holly!!!
Dancing with the ribbons!

And my friends!

Playing my sticks!

Singing and shaking my eggs!

Today was our last music playhouse class! We have decided to sit out the next session and maybe try something different! Of course Bella had a blast today and was on singing and playing every instruments...so that is making me rethink sitting out!?!?!

We are hoping to do a mommy and me gymnastic or ballet class. We are on a wait list where our friends, Angie and Addie go to gymnastic and a lot of other classes you have to be 3 for!

SO...we will see!

Big Girl...

Bella made the transition at Miss Jenny's yesterday from pack-n-play to her new Tink sleeping bag! Jenny said she went right in and laid down and fell asleep like she had been doing it for months! Hopefully that is how our transition to her big girl bed will be!

Way to go Bella...we are sooo proud of you! (yet a little sad too...she is getting sooo big)

Special Visit...

Last week Bella had been asking to see Sara and then Saturday Uncle Ryan and Sara jumped up in our prayer order!!! I called and said Bella needed a visit and they came! Of course Bella had TONS of fun!

Happy Birthday!!!

Papaw M
We hope that you have a wonderful Birthday and all your wishes come true!
We love you!!!
Tim, Alli & Bella Raye

PS We enjoyed celebrating with you over an impromptu dinner!!!

Easy Banana Bread...

Yummy and EASY Banana Bread recipe...

Add: 5 med banana, 1 box yellow butter cake mix, 1tsp vanilla

&

3eggs.

Mix on Med Speed for 2 minutes
Add a cup of mini chocolate chips or 1 tsp of cinnamon & 1 tsp of nutmeg Bake on 350 for 55-60minutes until golden brown on top!

Cool &

ENJOY!!!

Violin Lesson...

Miss Holly brought a violin to class today and let the kids play it. Bella loved it...maybe she will be following in Aunt Rachel's footsteps who played the violin from ages 5-14.

Friends Dinner...

Bella, Fallyn, Emily & Claire
Emily & Charlie

Sunday we had the Ranek's & Warner's over for dinner and so the kids could play!!!

What fun it was for the girls to play with all of the toys and Charlie was getting involved too!

We enjoyed visiting and having our friends over and hope to do it again soon!
THANKS for coming!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 09

Wishing you a day

Full of

LOVE!!!

Thank you to everyone who SPOILED Bella with cards, treats and gifts!!!

She is sooo lucky to have so many people who love her!!!

Family Get Together...

Kids enjoying LOTS of yummy food!
Hola Hoopin'
Konlie & Bella

Konlie practiced her dance routines in front of us!

She did a GREAT job!

Saturday we met Tim's family in Cloverdale for a family get together with Tim's Uncle Cecil and Sandy. They weren't able to join us at Christmas due to possible bad weather so they had us down now.

Sandy made a wonderful Mexican spread...enough to feed 40 more people and lots of yummy Valentine treats.
The kids got Christmas and Valentine treats!

It was a good day!

Valentine's Loot...

Valentine's morning Bella woke up to a big bag full of goodies from mommy and daddy!

She got a new Tink sleeping bag and pillow to take a nap on at Miss Jenny's, Charlotte Web movie, princess castle pj's with tutu, color tub tablets, and cheese popcorn!

Her new favorite snack! Her cheese face...never can get those eyes open!

Bella-Lou-Whoooo

So if you watched the Grinch with Jim Carey you know the little girl...

Susie-Lou-Whoo does her hair like this...
So did Bella tonight...as you can tell she thinks her new do is pretty cool!!!

Girls are sooo much fun!!!!

Fashion Police...

WOW...so I guess Bella's pants got wet at school today and instead of putting the whole outfit I had in her bag they just put the pants...so this was the combo she was wearing when we picked her up!!! YIKES!

My Livvy

Tonight we had Mexican with the Kirk's....Bella insisted that Livvvy was her's !!!

I love this picture...although Olivia is getting sooo old...She was 6 weeks old when I started nannying them! WOW...time flies!

My Own Polish...

Bella got her own pack of polish...so we did her nails and toes...red and pink for

Valentine's Day!

V-day cookies...

After Bella woke up we continued the Valentine preparations with cookies...

She loved the sprinkles...maybe a little too much
Although she was a great little icier..
Our little baker...

Family pic....Bella smiles these days are hard to get!!!

Grammy J joined in the fun!

She insisted Daddy do some too!!!

He didn't remember ever decorating cookies before...let's start the memories now!

Must try them to make sure they are good!!!

AND they were!

Aunt Rachel joined us too!

Look at the finished products!!

Great job everyone...they were beautiful and YUMMY!

V-day Crafts...

Wednesday morning we were busy creating many Valentine crafts...
Got a great idea from another friend... Katherine's blog with the Hands....THANKS

( I love sharing getting new ideas by checking out what friends are doing via their blogs!)

I was brave and let Bella do glitter glue...

and paint NOT in her high chair!!! It was a morning full of fun!!!!

Music Playhouse...

With the snow and Bella having a cold we had missed music for 2 weeks...we were thrilled to be back. Too bad there are only 2 weeks left until the class is over! We are thinking about doing mommy and me gymnastic or ballet just for something different although we know Bella is a true music girl...it's in her roots!!!

Birthday Cupcakes!!!

Hayden digs in!!!
Everyone LOVES cupcakes!

Cole doesn't know what he is missing yet...

Happy Boy!

Charlie is going to try and animal!

Bella made the biggest mess!

Fallyn

Ella

Gavin

Libby

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!!

HAYDEN!!!!

Charlie and Cole loved playing with the tissue!
Aren't they getting big?
Bella LOVED playing with the boy stuff!
Hayden opening his great gifts! Lots of craft stuff! Which he loves!

Mommy's Make-Up

I usually give Bella some make-up brushes and stuff when I am getting ready. I had given her this tube of sunscreen tinted before and she couldn't open it!

Obviously today she got it opened....didn't she look pretty!!!

Ladies Night...

Ann, Me, Molli, Amy & Cathy

Our 2nd Ladies night out was at Marco's and it was a great spot! They had a phenomenal Filet special, along with great friends, good conversation, to die for dessert and a glass of wine....once again it was a great night!
Unfortunately due to snow not everyone was able to make it. Hopefully in March we won't have a huge snow storm and more can make it out!

Lunch Date...

Last Tuesday our music class got snowed out but we still made it to Ann and MiMi's for a lunch date! Bella and MiMi get along so well... I love watching them play and them play together! I also love catching up with Ann!!!

PS A HUGE THANK YOU to Warren for finding my phone!!! Apparently when I was leaving my phone fell out of my pocket and then they had someone shovel so my snow was buried in a big snow pile and Warren dug it out! THANKS!

Grandma M Birthday Dinner

Last Monday was Grandma M Birthday and for her Birthday she got to spend the day with Bella because Miss Jenny and Emily were sick!

After Tim and I got off work we met her out to dinner. Everyone else in the family was busy that night but we loved just having some one on one time with Grandma!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Super Bowl Fun...

Why does blogger switch your order??? I hate that!

Bella bored with the game so learning how to play connect 4!
Her new favorite treat! Cheese Popcorn!

The McCall's had us over for a nice Super Bowl gathering.

I tried a new recipe and made 88 wings...they were a hit...I will have to try it again soon!

Hanging with Jackson and Olivia!

Birthday Wishes to...

Grandma M

We hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!

Lots of love,

Tim, Allison & Bella Raye

PS Thanks for keeping Bella for us on your birthday...we hope she makes your day extra happy!!!