Monday, March 24, 2008
Bella Bunny's Easter 2008
Bella's nickname is "Bunny", and yeah, she even answers to it. So, being Easter and all, she was thrilled to see and hear her "name" all over the place. The stores, the television, etc...every time she heard the word "bunny" she perked up...so cutie!
We had a low key day, at home, realizing she doesn't really "get it" just yet...so, rather than deal with the swells of people and kids at the commercial Bunny gatherings, we stayed home. We cleaned the center courtyard of our home, hid the eggs and let her loose. She had a great time.
We hope you all had a wonderful day and wish you the absolute best! We know we have it in our little Bunny! Enjoy the pics and the vid, we had a GREAT day!
P.S. I promise this vid is nowhere near as long as the last one :-)
Friday, March 21, 2008
FREEDOM!!!
In addition to "reading", Bella loves to run...explore...get away and in general, to be free! We let her run around the house, outside near the house, and in the park...Rather than play with anything, she just wants to run!
So, made a video, albeit a rather long one...but a few highlights of her freedom ways!
Enjoy!
So, made a video, albeit a rather long one...but a few highlights of her freedom ways!
Enjoy!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Reading is Fun (duh) Mental
Bella loves it when Papa reads to her...she sits in his lap, listening intently as Papa reads, turns the pages and stares into the book. It is one of those times where you just wanna go..."Awww"
Well, our little one has taken it a little further...she likes to read on her own. That's right! She grabs one of her favorite books, usually near her play pen (affectionately called the "pigpen"...sits down, puts the book in her lap, turns the pages and "reads."
Not quite sure what she is saying when she has the book in her face, (she does actually say real words when not reading) perhaps a language all her own...but damn, it is certainly one of the cutest things I've ever seen any child do...and she can do it for hours....She is gonna be one smart cookie...or, rather, she already is.
and...Awww, the break I get :-)!
Here is a vid of Bella "reading"...you may need to turn up the volume to hear her! (re-edited on Saturday, for fun)
Enjoy!
PBD
Papa Birth-Day!
Yup, Papa had a birthday, and the little one got in on all the action. Of Course!
It all started on Wednesday, the 12th, at 6:30AM. Papa received a special call from Cousin Niecey, wishing him a happy birthday. I was shocked she was up so early, as she is on the West Coast...but she had a meeting that day, early. Therefore, for she was the first to wish Papa a happy B-day...even before ME! I hadn't even woken up yet...which is odd for me, usually up at 5:30AM...her call that AM did the job...I was awake!
Anyway, after a long day at work, Papa came home to a home cooked meal of Tuna Steak (ICKY, I despise fish - but made it for him...ya know, cuz I care:-) Also, I had ordered one of his favorites, an Italian Rum Cake...we both love anything Italian! In addition to the cake, which was from an actual Italian Bakery I found a few years back, Papa had more of his favorites; Italian Cookies. Papa doesn't eat much in the way of sweets, but boy, oh boy, watch him eat Italian pastries...!!!
After dinner, we had cake....Poor little one could not have any, not yet, as it was sprinkled with almond shavings...oh well...she had fun, and plenty of sweets herself!
In the pic, Bella is helping Daddy sing Happy Birthday to Papa! Although, her version is a little less wordy! More like...AAAAAA, OOOOOOO, EEEEEEH! Heh! Even the Dogs, Spago and Scuzi like to sing...will have to get that one video someday soon...truly amazing thing to experience!
More to come soon!
Enjoy!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Papparazzi Go Away!
Yup, even little Superstars get camera shy! We take the little one to lunch most weekends. We usually try to experience a different place each time. Bella truly enjoys the outings!
Recently, My Big Fat Greek Restaurant was the lucky recipient of Bella's charms! We had a young, very lovely server, who exclaimed she was 'like Bella', 2 Mom's...how cool is that?
Anyway, Bella decided she wanted to be cute...but not on cam...and in case you were wondering, her shirt says: "It's not easy being pretty"...HA!
Enjoy!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Lets Talk About POOP, baby, lets talk about you and me...
OK, what is the one thing, that every living, breathing thing does...and yet, no one wants to talk about? You got it, POOP! (guessed it cuz of the title didn't ya?)
YIKES, the things that come outta kids behinds! BLECH!
There I was, on a long call...about 41 minutes to be exact...no matter the reason for the call, it is only setting up the inevitable. We have a monitor in Bella's room, the kind you can hear and see. Well, during this call, she kept fussing...I figured it was cuz she was put down for a nap, and didn't wanna. During the call, I would glance at the monitor, checking on her, and she was playing, rolling around, stomping the mattress...in general being Bella, not wanting to nap.
Towards the end of this call, I happened to glance another time...and there she was, sitting up, legs spread, and her hand down her diaper. Pulling her hands out, staring at her hands, then BAMM, up to the face...
Now, she has done this plenty of times...we figured it is the time where every kids discovers themselves,...and, as much as we don't really care to see it, we let her be...she giggles when we tell her to take her hand outta her diaper...it truly is cute...but not this time.
I looked closer..and had to cut the call off, telling them..."I think I have a poop issue to deal with....
I couldn't really see if it was poop or not, but it would explain the fussiness...she tends to fuss about when she has pooped...and we haven't gotten her to tell us the word yet...ya know, when she needs a changing...and this was one of those times I WISHED she had learned that word...c'mon, just this once.
I hurried up to her room, opened the door, turned on the light...and asked..."u poop"? I didn't actually have to ask, I could, um, er, ahem, smell it....whatever anyone says, no one can ever prepare u for the onslaught of bodily functions, (& the inevitable smell accompanying them), coming out of our little ones.
Anyway, walking over to the crib, my heart sank...I knew, just knew, what I was about to encounter...and VOILA! There it was...all over...the sheets, the blanket, her teddy bear, her face, her hands, her fingers...and...her eyelids....GAWD! ICK! ARRGH! BLECH, BLECH, BLECH! WHY ME??????
Make a long story short, I stripped her, bathed her, changed her and fed her...thus the pic of her eating dinner....
Notice the sly grin?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SuperStar!
Well of course, what, did you expect...we absolutely think of our little one as a superstar!!! She continues to amaze us, growing and learning daily. Bella loves to wander around the house...sometimes I feel she is running around, screaming inside..."I'm Free- I'm Free"! She could walk, and run around all day if we let her...of course, that means Daddy has to run around and watch her, making sure she doesnt get into the cabinets, or close the doors...she has this thing, if a door is open, she is gonna close it...then, cant figure out, how to re-open it (YET)!!
Posting a short vid of her playing with two of her favorites, her headband and her sunglasses! Everytime she puts them on, I scream SUPERSTAR...She loves it!
Posting a short vid of her playing with two of her favorites, her headband and her sunglasses! Everytime she puts them on, I scream SUPERSTAR...She loves it!
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