June/July pics

Mom has been slacking a bit with the blog...so she had a lot of catching up to do....We've celebrated a lot of birthdays and have had lots of fun so far this summer:)My birth family always sends packages for Christmas and birthdays, so here I am opening the gift they sent for Bella (mom tried to get me to stop so that she could open it, but I was on a roll).
I loved everything I got, but decided to have a brief moment of a tantrum...I'm not really even sure why? Mom says I pretty cute even when I have a fit!
We got the cutest outfits to wear on the fourth of July and I think I look pretty cool in these...
Bella's playing with Daddy's birthday balloon...

Just some cute photos of me and Bella:)

Bella and I are having a family birthday party this weekend, but we celebrated on my actual birthday as well...I had a play date with all my friends at the park and ate 5 cupcakes that day (mostly just the icing on all the cupcakes though).




Here I am helping mom make my birthday cupcakes. She always says I'm a good helper!
Today is Bella's birthday (and mom's), so we went to the zoo with Emilee and Mary. Even though we got rained on and had to leave earlier than planned, we had a great time. I think Bella liked the penguins the best!

Bella isn't saying many words yet, but she points at everything and wants to know the names of things. Here she is pointing to the sea lions.
We were waiting for the dolphin show to begin and even though Bella stretched her morning nap...she loved it:)

Can you believe it was 65 and cool on July 9th! Mom had to put a blanket over Bella to keep her warm.
Birthday princess!

Darren & Jenny's Wedding

We had a wonderful time celebrating the marriage of Uncle D and Aunt Jenny...Cailynn and I were flower girls and I was so excited to finally get to wear my "wedding dress"...I think you can tell by the pictures that it was a perfect day:)

Just some recent pics...

Summer fun at Mulberry Park...my new favorite park:)
Bella liked the water at first, but then thought it was a little cold..
and decided just to snuggle with mom.
We ordered caterpillars about a month ago and watched them grow into beautiful butterflies before we let them fly away.
I had to give them a little encouragement to get them out...and one by one they left their butterfly habitat.
One butterfly didn't develop right and couldn't fly, but he crawled out eventually.
Classic Bella smile:) She gets so excited!
Here's Bella playing peek-a-boo!

A Day at the Park with Friends

We are really enjoying the nice weather! We went to Mulberry Park last week and all the moms forgot bathing suits (well...they just didn't realize that the water part would be on), so we got to run around in our clothes...then when it was time to leave we had to take off our wet clothes. We had a blast!
Mom is letting me dry off here...
I also felt like wearing a baby santa hat to the park...mom just laughed!
Mary met us there and ate lunch with us...she stuffed her mouth with a big piece of cheese...so her mommy made her spit it out!

Misc. in May

Sweet baby Bella...this was just a good picture of her playing with ribbons (leftover from our friend's birthday party:)
I like making a beard out of bubbles! Mom says I look like santa.
I don't know if you can see it, but there is a BIG piece of gum in my mouth...this is my new obsession...I ask for gum no less than 10 times a day (but if I swallow mom won't let me get anymore). I just love chewing gum!
Here are 2 more cute pics of Bella. She likes being outside/looking out the window at the leaves moving/birds flying by/squirrels...you name it!

Elizabeth the photographer...

Mom has let me practice my photography skills lately....these are a few of my shots...the first one was actually is actually the most recent so I'm getting better!