Day Number 85

Bella and I met a good friend at Ross this morning! We had a lot of fun. It's been  quite a while since Devina and I had gone out together. I found a few too many things that I needed. A couple that I wanted. Two of which were these feather headbands that were shaped into giant flowers. Just as I suspected they were super cute!
  It didn't take much convincing after we got home to get bella to pose with one of them. She thinks they are "Awesoooome!" So I sat her down put one on her and then couldn't get her to sit still! I got few pictures that were usable and I had to get really creative with editing. My lighting was poor which unfortunately for me means lots of noise or graininess in the photos! So here's one that I manage to get  that I really liked!

Day Number 66

Bella was sick today so I spent a lot of time napping on the sofa while snuggled up next to her. But sometime between her her tylenol dosings she managed to feel well enough to tattoo herself with pen.

Im sorry for the image quality. this came off my Ipod. I didn't really have a chance to snag one with the big camera.

Day Number 65

Yesterday My mom took my to toni and guys to get my hair done! Once I get a halfway decent picture I will post it. I was gone the entire day yesterday and didn't really have an opportunity to take any pictures. Moving on.
  Today Bella and I spent the morning and early afternoon at my friend Sara's house. We always have a great time over there. Its nice for Bella to play with her boys who are her age and for me to have adult conversation with my friend.
 Bella decided to chase Chloe (Sara's  almost 1 year old daughter) around and periodically lay on top of her.  It was cute yet annoying all at the same time!But I did get pictures!!!

They were tormenting the dog together!

Chloe, she's so adorable!

 Then Bella and I made a rushed trip home where I got the stroller out and put the Sleeping Bella into the stroller. We then took off to the school to pick up the big kids! We arrived just in time to see:

Chuckie!!!!!

I wasn't the only one to notice either. The kids FLOCKED to him!

Then they were told to back off. Doesn't Chuckie look relieved?!

It was amusing to watch! Thanks for stopping in!

Day Number 64

If you remember Bella had her birthday party back on March 19th. I posted the pics Here.
  My mom had searched for some time for the perfect gift for her. I forget every time one of my kids hits 2 years old how hard it can be to shop for them at that age! 2 and 3 seem to be an inbetween age where they are too young or too old for the really cool gifts! Lucky for us Bella LOVES to play pretend.
   My mom had gotten her "Tinkerbell's Cafe" for Christmas. Since then we have enjoyed many  pretend meals of "Soup".  "Soup" consists of the plastic bread, carrot cake and wedge of cheese put into a bowl. All of which came with her Cafe. She puts it all in a bowl. Then Bella takes the ladle that came with her cafe and dips it into the "soup" and proceeds to shove the ladle into our mouths until we gag. She then giggles hysterically and claps her hands. YAY!
  So after mom searched and searched she found the CUTEST pertend food EVER! Would you like to see?
Of course you would!




Are they not gorgeous?!!?!?  It was unfortunate that they didn't quite make it in time for Bella's party but that wasn't anyone's fault. The mail got dropped off after Mom and family had left. Otherwise Bella would have been enjoying them sooner!
      Once we got past her initial trying to eat the felt food she really enjoys pretending to eat them. It's also much more comfortable while she's trying to force feed them to us. She even loves sharing them with her brother and sister! Miraculous! I think we need to stock up on more! I love looking at them as much as Bella loves playing with them!
 These felt foods are entirely hand made, and are made of recycled materials. I highly reccomend these to anyone who has a little one who likes to pretend. These keep Bella "cooking"  for hours.  They are colorful and very well made. They have so much detail. My personal favorite are the animal crackers! Growing up they were my favorite snack. I still buy them occasionally. Click to see proof!
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Day Number 58

Bella and I went out yesterday and I totally forgot I snagged  a picture of her before we left! She had put her Flipflops on and her sunglasses on and was headed for the door. I thought it was too cute!

Today I took my camera to the school. I usually try to but I also usually forget.  There are so many things that go on there that would be worth capturing in a photo. From teachers and kids and parents to Military Aircraft sightings. There is an Airforce base not far from my house. So It is not uncommon to see Jets practicing manuvers or the military helicopters transporting something from here to somewhere else.  The Jets are usually fairly unnerving to come across. Mainly because theres no warning before their roaring engines and speeds shake the house as they pass by!
  I got fairly lucky today. I took my camera with me and I saw 2 helicopters  but go figure I had the wrong lens on my camera so I had to very quickly switch them out and managed to get this before they were out of photographing range:

This was the only one I got and it's a bit out of focus. But it fascinates me all the same.

Day Number 57

 So day number 2 of walking to and from the school to get the kids was successful. I forgot how much I enjoyed the walk on a nice day.  Bella wasn't overly thrilled with the 40mph gusting winds though. I will admit they made walking a bit more resistance training than just walking.
  I am thankful that the temperatures are still nice and not overly warm.

So sweet, I think I may just get a print of this and have it framed! They bring so many smiles into my life! I am so thankful for my family!

Day Number 56

I took many pictures today but due to a certain little 2 year old who is currently sitting in my lap 2 hours after bed time I havn't even been able to look at them! I DID Manage to find one i was looking for and edit it with my little klingon child.
 Amanda had Chess Club today. I TOTALLY forgot about it until we had walked to the school and got Gabriel. So we sat outside for an hour and waited for her. I took my camera along for entertainment's sake.
Bella was showing me her Bellybutton!

I love the look on her face!
A friend of ours bought Bella that outfit for her birthday! Isn't it adorable?

Day Number 55

Yesterday was Bella's Birthday party! All of my hard work paid off! My house was clean. Food was made, and fun was had by all! It was all totally worth the hard work. Bella was overwhelmed! She was at one point carrying 2 cupcakes in one hand and simultaneously eating the icing off of both! I had a photo but somehow managed to lose it. 
  Here are a couple photos from the party:

Cupcake!

Present!!!

Cupcakes again

Monkey Cookie

Cakepops!!!

I got the Idea for the cake pops from Bakerella they are so yummy!!!!

Day Number 54

 Today was Bella's birthday party! But I'm not going to post party pictures until tomorrow. BUT I did snag this one right before she blew out her candles! I am in love with the picture!

Also! Talk about an amazing moon!!!

Such an amazing view! Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Oops...

  I'm stressing out so much about Isabella's birthday party that I completely forgot to take a picture for today. I will try and make up for it tomorrow. Every birthday I do this. I put everything off until the last minute, then I stress out about it until the party is over. Something about having to make sure everything is perfect.
  Surprisingly enough Amanda has been asking me to take her picture this week. So I am giddy because I have a concept in my mind that I would LOVE to put into photograph.

Day Number 49

I FINALLY got around to doing Bella's 2 year photos today! I am REALY Excited about them! I ended up shooting at my mom's house because we were having a family feast and when we got there the lighting was PERFECT!  I love my mom's house because it has a very country feel but is still in city limits. Imagine how much more convenient it would be if her house were in Grand Prairie instead of Lancaster!
So here's a little peek at what I got!

Yup! That's my soon to be 2 year old! One week from tomorrow! I cannot believe it! Regardless she is my gorgeous little redhead!

She will hate me for this I am sure! But she should know better than to be goofy when I have a camera in hand! I love this girl. She is absolutely one of my favorite 15 year olds in the WHOLE world!

Now it's off to bed for me. Gotta make sure I can get up on time with this whole moving an hour ahead time thing!!



Day Number 46

Bella and I met Jon for lunch. I love it so much when he is working close enough that we can meet up and eat together. It always makes the day pass faster.
  Bell was so excited to see daddy all by herself, with out the interuption of the older kids. She was talkative, giggley and very expressive. She even ate most of her meal. Her siblings make it difficult when we go out with them. Bella gets distracted so easily. We had fun but she was definitly ready for her nap when we got home!

I know that I enjoyed Both of my older children at this age. It was difficult though I felt so overwhelmed. Amanda was abou tthe same age that Bella is now when Gabriel was born so I feel like I missed out on so much of their developement because I was so busy. It's been easier with Bella as she is home with me alone most of the day. The older kids get out of school at 3:20pm so I get to enjoy her and her "Bellaness" so much more because I am not so stressed. However, all three of them bring so much joy into my life I can't imagine any part of it with out them!

Day Number 45

 Finally I am all caught up from the weekend! I worked on a couple of hairbow/head piece concepts in my mind. I think they came out pretty good!
It did not at all surprise me when Amanda asked to Model it for me. She's my camera ham!


It's not often that I like big giant bow like hair ornaments. But I have plans for this one. We'll see how the end result turns out!



This one is intended to go with the tutu that I made for Bella's 2 year Photos!



Day Number 44

After church I made my way along with Bella to find Jon. He leads praise and worchip for our children's ministry. So I knew just where to find him. I dropped Bella off and went to make sure I had cleaned up the nursery, came back to find that Jon had handed our almost2 year old a pair of drumsticks. I found her as shown:

Yep, Thats Jon cleaning up cords in the background.

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Day Number 42

Bella's second Birthday is coming up and I have been wracking my brain of a fun Idea  for something she could wear for her photoshoot/birthday party. Today I decided I was going to search the web to make sure the concept I had was not someone else's  that I had seen and when I discovered I would not be copying someone else I went to work making the world's most adorable Tutu! I think that if I could get away with wearing one like it I would. Alas, I cannot so I shall not.  hehe. But Bella will Rock it out when the time comes. I plan to make a matching hairpiece and need to come up with something shirt-like. That can wait till tomorrow.


**Front**
(Please do not copy this. I worked hard for originality and I would like it to remain that way)



**Back**
( Please do not copy this. I worked hard for originality and I would like it to remain that way)

  This little cutie is goin to look even more cute (IF thats even possible.)

I can't wait!

Day Number 35

 I seem to be in a funk. No starting sentance that I have written has sounded very good in my mind.  It probably doesn't help that my mind has been running full speed ahead for about 5 days now. I think i could use a good 5 month sleep. Consider it an extended hibernation.
 Thankfully I am blessed with children who's radient smiles brighten my world that much more. They make me stop and appreciate my life that much more! Can you blame me?

I am very thankful for all three of my good lookin kiddos. Messy face and all!