B hearts MJ

We had a good weekend enjoying some family time. We also did a little shopping and a little swimming ... and of course a lot of jumping! Bella's been doing good with her rice cereal is now eating 2 tbsp of cereal each night. Such a big girl!

Bella loves to "dance" to Michael Jackson! :)

Bella in her "big girl" chair!

B and Uncle James

This should be a fun week for us! We're having lunch at Grandpa's office on Tuesday then we're taking a trip to Northpark with Aunt Jen & John.

Wednesday is daddy's BIRTHDAY!!!

Saturday we're celebrating Daddy's birthday and Aunt Jen's birthday. YEA!!!

Cereal ... take 2

We tried, for the second time, to give Bella cereal. Tonight it was a success!! Our chunky monkey likes to eat! :)

roly poly

Our little Bella-boo finally figured it out! The last day or two she's been rolling from her back to her belly like crazy! She can even pull her arms out from under her belly & prop herself up. Our little girl is getting so big & strong. We're so proud of her!

We had a pretty simple weekend, which was nice. We went grocery shopping and tried our new grocery cart seat for Bella.

... it turns out she's too small for it still. We should have know ... the poor baby can't even sit up yet! So Daddy & Mommy took turns carrying her around the store (and getting dooled on, chewed on & spit up on!)

Daddy drove to Mansfield (or somewhere) to buy some more Neocate for Bella. A lady was selling it on Craigslist and we couldn't pass up the great deal. We "organized" the formula to be sure we are using the cans that expire first & I decided to make Bella the "Neocate Princess" and sit in her appropriate throne. :)

Today we all slept in (thank you Bella for sleeping until 9am!) and then visited Great Grandma & Grandpa. She looked adorable in her Oskosh Bbgosh outfit! And those shoes!!!!!!! ohhh too much! I think those were a gift from Auntie Em. (sorry to whoever bought them if it wasn't Em) but I LOVE them! All the "elders" at the retirement home got a kick out of her. :)

Here's Great Grandpa giving Bella a few more $2 bills. Her piggy bank is getting full!!

Tonight we visited Aunt Hill and Grams. They made a delicious dinner and enjoyed playing with Bella!

And she got a bath at Grams!

I'll end with a few more cute outfits from the past week! cute tushie!

CZs are a baby girl's best friend

~~ Bella got her ears pierced! ~~

Saturday morning we took Bella to Claire's and she got her ears pierced. I was REALLY nervous and had butterflies in my tummy. Tyler held her & I looked the other way. Bella did a great job and cried for about 30 seconds and then was a-okay! She looks adorable.

~~ Photo shoot with Baby B ~~

My parents now have a big foam playmat at their house, thanks to Aunt Jen, and we took out the "B" and did a little photo shoot. :)

We tried to take a picture of John with his "J" but he kept eating it and crawling away ...

~~ Skinny dipping babies ~~

~~ Bows & Shopping ~~

This morning we went to Target to get mommy's new glasses & a few other things. Daddy carried B in her infant carrier and she loved it! She smiled & drooled the whole time!

We lost our first bow today in the store. I figure it's the first of many to loose. We bought her new, adorable bows to tame the crazy curls on top of her head. I must admit, they look super cute. Daddy keeps calling her "Bella lou-hou". :)

sweet Bella Boo

Again, nothing "special" to blog about today ... just feeling overwhelming love for Bella (as usual). Can't put it into words ... she's captured my heart and I love her to pieces!

She's still trying SO hard to roll over. Soon it will happen!

4 month check up

Bella had her 4 month check up today. But before we get to that ... let's talk about how unhappy Bella was all day today. I'm convinced it's because we leveled her mattress so she hasn't been sleeping on an incline for a few days now. She was sleeping "tilted" to help with her reflux. We leveled it because she kept rolling (even though we had the sleep positioner) and getting stuck every night in the rails. Today she kept having hysterical fits if I put her down. And my normal way to soothe her didn't work. I had to hold her over my shoulder ... so it made me think she needed to be vertical ... which means it could be her reflux. So we've tilted her mattress again and see if that helps.

Then she had her doctors appointment & 3 shots and that made things even worse! I gave her tylenol before going to the doctor and she seemed okay, but tired. She didn't sleep much today (partly because she was crying and partly because she woke up at 8:45am!) and actually fell asleep after seeing the doctor, while we waited for the nurse. The nurse came in and woke her up & gave her 3 shots. She was hysterical!! Tears streaming down her face and screaming. I finally calmed her down and she finally fell asleep in the car. As soon as I got her home I put her in the swing so she could nap but she woke up and screamed & cried for nearly an hour. Poor baby.

However, we got a great report from the doctor! Bella weighs 15 lbs 6 oz and is 26" long. She's in the 50th percentile for height, 50th percentile for weight & 49th percentile for her head size (don't remember what it was). She's doing wonderful, and we got the "ok" to pierce her ears! Looks like someone's going to have some dazzling jewelry in her near future. The doctor also said to wait until she's 6 months to start cereal. I had a feeling we wouldn't be starting now ... since she's had so many tummy issues.

Here are a few pictures from today...

fairly uneventful week!

It was a pretty quiet week for us ... which was nice! Bella met a new friend early in the week - Korbin. They had fun playing and hanging out. Korbin brought some new books for Bella and we've been enjoying reading them!

Bella has been sucking her thumb like crazy!!! It's super cute.

I tried to go to the grocery store alone this week. So I tested out a new position with Bella in the sling. All went well until we reached the produce section - then she had a meltdown!! Not good.

We got new PJs for Bella, since she isn't swaddled anymore. Tyler picked them out and they are adorable. Here's one pair (is it called a pair of pajamas? sounds funny ...)

And here's how Bella wakes up in the morning. Happy!!!

Yesterday Bella and I hung out at Auntie Em & Uncles Jer's house while Tyler played softball. Isn't this a CUTE picture?