Good Cheer!

This is how I was awoken just the other morning:

Heard over the baby monitor: "Mommy!" "Good Morning Mommy!" "It's a bright, sunny day!"

I woke up with a smile on my face and went to hug my bundle of joy!

Crackin' Me Up!

Tonight while Bella and I were dining on Del Taco's finest chicken tacos, in walked a group of some rather clean-cut punk rock type teenagers. Bella, being the observer she always is, checks them out, watches their every move while sipping on her milk. Then she leans over to me and in a hushed voice says, "Mommy, those boys look like Doodlebops." If I hadn't have put my napkin up to my mouth, my bite of taco would have flown out onto the tabletop. I was also trying not to choke as I laughed. Bella was so serious about her observation, yet she knew she was making me laugh, so then she says, "Mommy, I'm cracking you up". Then the boys made eye contact with Bella and she waved her parade wave, said "Hello", and they waved back and smiled, seemingly impressed with Bella's outgoing personality and overall cuteness. Yes, Bella, you crack me up!

Here's a picture of the Doodlebops: I think Bella was referring to the different fashion of dress (funky hat, hair-dos, piercings, etc.) that these boys were styling in because none of them had blue or purple hair, they just looked silly:)

The Things We Do

There are soooo many things that I would do for Isabella, including dressing up for a tea party!

I couldn't pass up this Cinderella costume on the clearance rack. It will be
put to use for several tea parties and perhaps a birthday party or two!

Little Princess Mommy.

More tea please.

And I'm not the only one who plays princess with Bella . . .

David makes a great prince in his red cape (really, it's a blanket) putting pretend nail polish on Bella's nails! It is very true when Bella tells people, "My mommy and daddy love me sooooo much!"

Scrub A Dub Dub

My camera happened to be nearby upstairs when Bella was taking a bath tonight, so I got a couple of cute shots. Isabella loves bath time and would stay in there all night if I let her:)

One happy bathing beauty.

Bella washing her bath baby doll.

Cleaning bath baby's face.

Bella feeding "Bath Baby" some bubbles.

My little fish.

Halloween

Bella had a lot of fun on halloween. I am not into the scary, demonic aspect of halloween, but I am all for the fun part of dressing up and going trick-or-treating. Isabella really enjoyed dressing up as a kangaroo and saying, "trick-or-treat". We started off in the late afternoon at Trick-or-Treat Street downtown where each store handed out treats to the kiddos. Bella really got into and even hopped up to the people giving out the candy, it was hilarious. So many people commented on how adorable she was in her costume. Isabella also loved seeing the other kids in costume out on the street. After a quick dinner, I took her around our neighborhood. I had originally planned to just go to a couple houses, but after every house Bella asked in her polite, sweet voice, "One more house, please mommy". So we stayed out a little longer, there were so many kids out in our neighborhood. When we got home, Bella loved running to answer the door and seeing the other kids' costumes and even gave her own commentary that went something like this: "She's cute" or "He's scary looking" or "That's a funny costume" or "I'm a princess too" (she had put on her princess dress at this point). It was a fun night! And without further ado, here's The Cutest Kangaroo Ever!!

Bella and her own little pumpkin.

I love this side view so you can see her tail!

OK, so I had to wear my kitty ears and put wiskers on to convince Bella to
let me put make-up on her. It was fun, though:)

Me and my girl!

Our little Roo!

Notice her little joey in her pouch!

Luke and Bella!

Bella and her close friend, Sara.