Growing Up

Bella has been going crazy chewing on anything and everything that she can get her hands on for the past few days. Last night, FINALLY, her two front bottom teeth broke through! Two at one time! She doesn't mess around. We're expecting the top two any day now, since she's still chewing like crazy and I swear I can feel them right under the surface. Anyway, here are some of the pictures from the past week!

Aunt Dianne & Uncle Duane drove up and we were able to spend a few days with them. We had a great time! Thanks for coming!!

Uncle Duane and Bella. She's showing him who's boss.

A visit from "Aunt" Ruth Mitchell (now Nilsson), her husband Stan, and her mom. Thanks for the visit!!

Enjoying one of her books. If she's calm enough, she likes to flip the "pages" herself. Check out those cheeks!!

Reading is fun!

Caught!

TWO posts in ONE day!!! We're AMAZING!!!

Matt and I did a little photo shoot with Bells yesterday, since it was nice out. I had made a little tutu for her, for whenever she starts to want to play dressup (I know, it won't be for a while), and so we put her out in the grass and got the film rolling. She might not know what "dressup" is yet, but she definitely likes chewing on her new skirt! Here are some of our favorite shots (keep in mind, there is only so much you can get a 5 1/2 month old to do for the camera, so they're all similar!). ;)


"Uhh, this grass looks questionable to me!"


Loving being outside when it's warm.

LOVE the smile in this one.

Practicing her dance moves.

We couldn't get enough of the color contrasts.

She likes big flowers.

Texture texture texture!

Having fun playing.

Planning her attack on Chester the dog.

Mmmm... this feels good on my gums!

Our Trip - a month late...

Yep, it's been a while since we've updated. We've been so busy getting in the last few days of summer that this is the first time we've taken the time to actually upload the pictures from our camera! Last month Sara's parents came through on their way down to Camas, WA. They spent the night, and then Sara and Bella hitched a ride down south with them to celebrate Grandma Bundy's 85th birthday with her! They they headed back up to Seattle and spent the weekend with David and Kristi (thanks guys! I'm sure all you needed was more company in the middle of a packing frenzy!). Next, Matt drove down and met up with Sara and Bella, and spent the weekend with Sara, Joey and Riah down in Maple Valley. Thanks Mark and Carol for letting us all take over your house while you were gone! We spent the weekend hanging out on the beach of the lake right outside the back doors. All in all, it was two weeks of Sara and Bella being gone! It will be a while before we do that again... Here are some pictures from last month.



Bella playing on the floor at David and Kristi's "old" condo.



Riah and Bella hanging out on the couch.



How did we get here from when we met when we were 13???


Tummy time! I think the rug is little by little making it's way into her mouth...


Cowgirl!


Exhausted surfer chick.


Bella's first black eye... A keepsake of her first time in church nursery. We're just glad we weren't there when it happened, and that we can say it wasn't us!!



Bella Attacking the Spoon



Bella Giggle



Bella Laughing