Santa!!!!

We took Bella and Dawson to the mall to go see Santa. They were both very good. They just stared and stared at Santa. It took a couple of times to get them both looking and smiling but as you can see, the result was worth the effort! Bella's ears won't ever stay under the hat and she sort of resembles an elf in the picture. We have the picture on disk so anyone who would like a copy is more than welcome to have one. We can e-mail them or print them off at wal-mart.

Pulling Up

Bella was so excited to be home and in her own space last night. She squealed for a long time in her crib. She played and played with her crib mirror and talked to her pals on the mobile. The she decided to pull up and just hang out in the crib. She stood there bouncing for almost ten minutes. Granny and Abbi showed up just in time to see it before she toppled down and smushed her face on the railing. What a big girl she is!

Yum Yum

Bella enjoyed her thanksgiving meal at Grandma Harke's house. I think her favorite part was playing with the spoon afterwards. What a goofy girl!

Fun In Troy

Bella and I spent the past several days in Troy. It was so great to get to see everyone. I can't wait until the next trip. I could do without the seven hour car ride though.

Bella Likes Brandon's Hat Too

I CAN CRAWL!

Beautiful Bella

Bella sits up so well now! She is just a joy to watch. I love to get her all dolled up and take her anywhere. We play dress up just to go to the gas station. I never dreamed I would have so much fun with pink clothes and bows. I love my pretty princess.

The Puppy Dog and The Bumble Bee

For Abbi's Halloween Parade at school we dressed the babies up and took them up town. Bella got to be the Bumble Bee and Dawson was a Puppy Dog. Laura and I supported Abbi by wearing some bumble bee antenna's as well. We sure love to dress our babies up!

Halloween makes us sooooo sleepy!

Bumble Bee Dawson fast asleep

Bella the Flower so exhausted nothing could wake her up.

For a second she almost woke up, but then fell back asleep.

The two babies slept on the floor at Starla and Wes's house while we ate Chili.

Bumble bee princess Abbi thought she might join the babies.

Granny has two babies!

It's been so much fun to see Momma interact with Dawson and Bella. Laura and I are quite thankful that we have her here with us to in involved. The babies just love her to death. They love her songs, her funny stories, and even chewing on her chin! Granny is their hero.

Cousins

Dawson beating up on Bella for a change.

Both babies asleep in the truck.

Pretty babies!

Safari Boy

I love this hat! I think Laura got it at the shower in Troy from Pauline and Cameron. It's too cute! But it would have to be cute because it is on the cutest little boy baby that there ever was.

Leave us alone

Bella and Dawson get tired of us making them play together and pose for pictures. We don't really care though, it's way too much fun!

Me Want Cookie

Bella loves to get to sit and eat a cookie. This is the very first cookie she got to have. What a mess it was! We had to take her to the sink and hose her down afterwards. She isn't quite as messy now when she has a cookie.

Nap Time

Bella and Dawson are both attempting to fall asleep in Bella's crib. Sometimes they just are not sure what to think of each other.

I love to Entertain Myself

Bella does so well playing by herself. There are lots of times when she wants to cuddle and have someone play with her, But a lot of the time she just wants to be left alone so she can discover things all by herself. What an independent little girl!

Daddy's Hat

Dawson is so adorable! Both babies love to play with Brandon's hat. It's kind of funny how we spend so much time and money finding these perfect toys, when the babies are perfectly content playing with items like the wooden spoon. It's always been obvious that Dawson resembles Brandon but in these pictures it's amazing how much he does look like him. Definitely Daddy's little boy!

Uncle Brandon

Oh how Bella loves to play with her Uncle Brandon. She pulls on his hair and eyebrows and sits and talks to him. The other day we were having lunch at pizza hut when he showed up. She got fussy and mad until he picked her up. It's going to be funny watching her and Dawson grow up and play together with him.

A New Outfit

A friend of mom's (granny) made this adorable outfit for our Miss Bella. It looks absolutely wonderful on her. She even has some pink tights with ruffles on the butt to complete it. What fun it is playing dress up with Bella. She has more clothes than we have places to wear them. Her hair is growing and I am able to put little clips in it. Soon we will be able to get little pigtails!!!

Feeling Tired

Well it's been a week (almost) since we got back from KC. I am still missing everyone but adjusted back into my strange mommy schedule. It's been a rather long week. Bella has had her first cold the past few days. Naturally she has been cranky and very needy. That is exhausting! I myself am beginning to feel a little sick this evening. Hopefully with a little sleep I will feel better tomorrow. Haven't accomplished much this week. I did manage to start cleaning my windows so that I can shut them up for winter. Not a very fun task, but a needed one. We went and looked at a house her in Caney. It is small, but slightly bigger than what we have now. It would be nice to be able to own something and know that every month my money was going toward something and not just being thrown away. I guess I will have to wait and see. I have been feeling down this week. Probably just a reaction to being in Kansas City. I am sure I will cheer up over next week. I need to find myself some nice projects to work on. I am sure every knows how much a love a good craft night ( I am such a big dork ). Maybe I will work on some wallart for Bella's room. That would probably cheer me right up. Well I best go see what all my little angel has destroyed while I have been typing.

Fun in KC

Nakisha and Lance with Bella

Aedan and Bella

Another Baby In Our Life

Meet Aedan! My roomate in Olathe got pregnant shortly after I did. This is her beautiful son Aedan. Bella and I made the long trip up to KC to go see lots of friends. We stayed with Lance, Nakisha, Taegan and Aedan. I had so much fun seeing everyone again. I was just amazed with how much Taegan has grown and how much Aedan resembles him. We had fun having Bella and Aedan attempt to play with each other.

Taegan is such a wonderful big brother! He loves and loves on his Aedan. For being a energetic three year old, he does pretty well with trying to be calm and soft with the babies (atleast as well as can be expected!). What a wonderful trip we had. Hopefully there will be many more to come.

Aedan (nearly four months old)

Rachel and Aedan

Daddy Lance and Aedan

Snapshots from Kansas City

BELLA AND NAKISHA

TAEGAN, BELLA, RACHEL, AND AEDAN

TAEGAN AND AEDAN

Babies Everywhere!

Oh how I loved being a mommy! But I also love being an Aunt! Actually I love getting to be a new mommy and a new aunt all at the same time. It is quite an amazing experience to be sharing everything with my sister Laura. How wonderful it is that Bella will grow up with a cousin so close in age. I know that I have very fond memories of my own cousins and I am so pleased that Bella will too. In February Bella will get another boy cousin and then in March yet another boy cousin. My little princess and all these boys. I hope that she will be my fun little girl who wears bows in her hair but isn't afraid to play in the dirt with the boys. What a wonderful way to grow up!