I'm Going to Be.....

A Big Sister!!!!

This is the shirt we made to tell Daddy, Gramma and Grampa, and Aunty Carly!!

Yes! Its true I am 14 weeks pregnant. We thought we would save our news for Christmas time!! I think we told most of our family during our Christmas phone calls but if you haven't heard now you know!! We are so excited and feel so blessed to have another little one coming into our lives. My due date is July 2nd. We just went for an ultrasound on the 22nd and the baby looks great! They measured the back of the neck and took my blood to test the baby for any genetic problems like we had with Noah. We got the test results back today and the genetic screen came back within normal levels!! Yay!! So we are going to have two under two!! Well, about 17 months apart to be exact! It will be crazy, fun and I am sure tiring all at once. But I wouldn't have it any other way! We love having Bella Sooo much adding one more will be a joy!

Good Times with Friends Big and Small!

The girls playing together

Boat Parade

One of my best friends Cathie has twin daughters Emmie and Maddie (Emerson and Madison.) They are about 11 months older than Bella. Now that Bella is crawling and standing she is able to interact and play with them. We love getting together with the girls even if we are just going to Target it is a lot of fun! Junior and Jason tease us that they are paying the light bill at our local Target since we go there so much! ha,ha. Cathie and the girls go to the same baby boot camp class as Bella and I. We caught the girls holding hands during class last week. It was Sooo cute!! Its nice for Bella to have friends around her age to play with! We went with them to the Christmas boat parade in Bonita a few weekends ago. People decorate their boats in Christmas lights and ride up and down Imperial river for everyone to enjoy. This weekend we went to see Christmas lights with our girls at Fleshers a childhood spot that our parents took us too as well. Cathie and I thought it looked a lot smaller but Jason said we were just bigger! ha,ha. It is so fun to be around the twins. We always get stopped when we are out so people can comment on all the pretty girls. Cathie and I are looking into joining a music class with the kids in the new year. They all love to sing and dance so it should be fun for them!

Daddy and Bella at Fleshers

Emmie, Maddie, and Bella hangin' with Junior

Love!

Our attempt to take a picture of the girls all sitting down...

"It's Starting to Feel a lot like Christmas!!"

It has been so cold for us Floridians! The past two weeks we have been waking up to temps in the 30's and having highs in the 50's! But it has put us in the Christmas spirit! We've been singing and dancing our merry little elves...selves away! Having a child around the holidays is so much fun! Gramma got us this awesome snowman band. There are 4 wireless snowman that each play an instrument and all play Christmas songs in tune together. Bella loves watching them play and dances every night to them. Usually I say "shake it baby shake it"! and she starts bouncing and putting one hand up in the air. It is super cute! I will try to catch it on video and post it. We put our tree up the weekend we got back from the cruise. Bella hasn't expressed to much interest in it. So far no broken ornaments! Peanut likes it more than her! Every year since we have had him he loves to lay under it. We put our new stockings up. I love them! Bella has a Ballerina, I have a snowman, and Daddy has a Santa. Bella has learnt how to blow kisses. It is soooo cute!! We say kiss, kiss and she starts giving kisses. Gramma and I are going to finish up our Christmas shopping this weekend while Daddy and Grampa go to the football game. Aunty Carly will be her in 8 days and we are getting super excited to see her!!

I've been good Santa I promise!

Check out our new stockings!

Look at the ladybug pillow pet my Gramma got me!!

Cosmo thinks its for him..ha,ha

Here is Bella practicing her steps.

She thinks the table and chairs are her jungle gym!

There's my beautiful princess!

Kisses bye,bye!! Muah!

Cruisin' Cutie

We're back from our first family cruise on Royal Caribbeans Liberty of the Seas. We had a nice relaxing time! Since we had Bella with us we enjoyed different activities and we went to bed a bit earlier than we have on past cruises. But it was a good different! We got to go to the kids splash zone. Which Bella LOVED! She was fearless and crawled under the fountains and splashed all around in the water. We ate dinner in the main dining room the first night and on formal night. Bella sat in the high chair and did pretty well. But since the dinners usually take about an hour and a half with all the courses she was ready to go before dessert. So we went to the buffet the last two nights. It was sooo much easier and definitely the kids zone!! We saw lots of other families up there too. We went to Cozumel for a day and walked around downtown and found a cute little restaurant called Mr. Chile. Junior got $1 beer and we ate authentic Mexican tacos, yum!! Then on our last day Junior entered the slots challenge in the Casino and he won!!! First place out of 30 people! He got a shirt,trophy, and $581! Good job honey! Here are some pictures from a great time and wonderful memories!

First time her toes hit the water!

Yes, the Buc's were playing that day!

Good Morning Cozumel!

Checking out Cozumel on our Balcony, yes it is still dark! Bella didn't sleep in.

Our ship is the one in the back...that's our Aft!

Crawling in the pool

Soaked from crawling under the fountains!

The Winner!

Our Water Baby!

Princess of Cute!

Playing ball with her best buddy Peanut!

Bella has been talking for over a month now!
Her first words were Da Da!!

She now says...

Da Da

Ma Ma

Ba Ba

Buh Bye and Waves!!

Hi

Gramma but it sounds like Ama

I am working on Blowing kisses and saying Aunty/Ti Ti

She loves practicing walking and standing. Her balance has definitely improved!
She really is the Princess of Cute! She just makes us smile and laugh so much everyday!
Her two front teeth are slowly cutting through. We can just see two little white slits starting to show. Daddy says all she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth...her two front teeth!!
Bella LOVES music. Especially my singing!! I knew I was a good singer! ha,ha  ;) She will hum to the song we are singing and even bounces to the beat and shakes her hand back and forth. Maybe she will be an awesome salsa dancer! She is going to love all her new toys she is getting for Christmas! I just ordered her first Christmas stocking from Pottery Barn!! Love it!! We Love you Bella and all your cute ways!

Going through Mommy's baby bag...anything for those teeth!

9 Months Old!

Bella turned 9 months old on Sunday! We went to her Doctors today and she is 20lbs and 28.5 inches!! Her growth and development are right an track and have stayed consistent for these past 9 months. She is in the 75th to 90th percentile for her weight and height! She is still a tall girl! She is pulling her self up any chance she can get. She holds on to the couch, her play table, baskets, us.... She would rather be standing than sitting. We get to introduce her to more table foods now that she is 9 months! Even oatmeal and eggs for breakfast and we get to start her slowly on Vitamin D milk in a sippy cup! That will be nice since she is currently on the most expensive formula out there! I hope she likes the milk! We are going on our family cruise on the 28th!! Yay! Junior and I are getting so excited!! We can't wait to relax and enjoy playing with Bella. I know she is going to LOVE the kids pool! Our ship Liberty of the Seas has an awesome kids zone. Bella can splash and play. We got a new waterproof video camera and I will be sure to get some good shots of Bella Boo! Carly was here last week for a wedding she was in. We did an early Thanksgiving last Sunday. It was a short visit but nice to see Carly and for her to see Bella! My Dad and his girlfriend Val were here last week for a visit too! They got to see Bella and took us out for Dinner. It was a busy week but nice to see everyone! I guess I was bad about the picture taking because I don't have any shots with them. Carly you will have to send me pics of you can Bella off your camera. Oh, and Junior I want more pics of me and Bella!! How come the Mom is always the one behind the camera!

Funny Face!

Off to Halmarks Holiday Open House! It was Cold that Morning!!

Daddy carving the turkey!

Gramma and Grampa getting ready to eat!

Getting Bella's meal ready!

Dad...I don't want all this turkey!

Hmmm...i am not sure about this taste and texture!



Bella playing after she woke up! I caught you!



October Fun!!



Our Little Pumpkin

We had a fun October! We went to our local pumpkin patch and picked out Pumpkins. Bella enjoyed using them as a chew toy too! Daddy and Mommy carved the pumpkins while Bella watched from her high chair. She got to feel and touch the sticky insides. She didn't like the feel of the pumpkin to much. She made funny faces at it. We dressed her up as Minnie Mouse for Halloween! Bella looked Sooo cute and even kept her ears on the whole time! I wore a Minnie Mouse Shirt and Junior wore a Mickey shirt to go with the theme. She went trick or treating to both of her Grandparents houses. Then Gramma and Grampa came over for dinner and we passed out Candy to the neighborhood kids. It was a fun time! Aunty Carly Flys in on Saturday and we are having an early Thanksgiving on Sunday while she is here. I am cooking at my house. I love the holidays especially now that we have
 Bella Boo! She makes everything so much more fun!!



  

Jr carved the funny face and I carved the haunted house

On our way to Trick or Treat



Minnie Bella!



Wheres all my candy?



Bye Bye!