Bella's New Babysitter

Yay for summertime! It means I am getting my very own live-in babysitter! Bella's cousin Tori is keeping her this summer and it gives me a little bit of a break. I was having to get myself ready and then pack up B to head to meet my mom everyday. The first 2 days Bella was still waking up at her normal time, around 6:30 but today she slept til 8:30, which made Tori a very happy girl! Tori said by the end of the summer she will have her sleeping til noon. I told her she better not.

(crappy cell phone pic in the dark)

Not much going on in our lives right now. This weekend we are having a sushi party at my house and then we are trying to get everything bought to head on our trip to the Frio. We are so ready to get out of town and head to a place with NO CELL SERVICE. Love it!!

Pics to come soon....

Memorial Day!

My friend Shannon invited us down to their cabin at Lake Conroe for some swimming, burgers, beer and good company. We loaded up Tori and Bella and headed down for the day...and had an awesome time! I miss my Shan and don't get to see her nearly enough!
Thanks again guys!!

Happy Birthday Bella Boo11

My sweet baby is one year old today...well, at 7:39. She has blessed our lives more than I could ever put into words. We are more in love every day.

Happy birthday sweet girl.

Party time!

Bella's first birthday party was a success!! The weather was gorgeous, she had lots of people come to celebrate with her and it wasn't super stressful. Calvin spent soooo many hours working out in the yard and he got tons of compliments on it. We had probably around 50 people over and some drove hours to be there. I am so happy we had so many there to spend her special day with her.

Hi!!

No new pics, just wanted to do a quick post about what's going on in our lives lately...not that it's anything super exciting though!

We have finally gotten some things done on our house. So far our bedroom and the hallway are completely finished. We had a contractor out this week installing some new doors and doing some sheetrock work. We are about to start putting down new flooring in our living room. yay! Can't wait to get moved in there. Also - Calvin has been working SO HARD in the yard. It looks beautiful. Lots of new flowers, plants and flower beds.

Bella is doing good. She is getting big and walking like a big girl. I just can't believe it! What is even more unbelievable is that her first birthday party is this weekend! Looks like we are going to have a pretty big crowd to celebrate this special day with us.

Pics to come soon!

Happy Mother's Day!

I had an awesome first Mother's Day! Calvin made me breakfast outside and we ate out there by the firepit. Afterwards we got ready and headed to Galveston with my mom and Larry. We had lunch and Landry's and then roamed around a little. I got a new Nook and have already downloaded some books!

Getting ready for B's first birthday party...next weekend already. Yuk! I hate that she is growing up!!

Hello!!

It's been a while since I posted! Life is busy and I love/hate it. I am working in our Beaumont office right now and it keeps me away from home way too much! Little Bella is growing, growing, growing! I think she may start walking any day now. She is standing for long periods of time and reaching out wanting to walk. She has taken a few steps here and there. We went to Austin last weekend to see my dad and had a good time. Bella warmed up to them really fast. I was worried about it because she hadn't seen them in a while.

Lots going on in the next few weeks. This weekend I am headed to College Station for Shannon's 30th birthday party. It's a slumber party. I am really looking forward to it! Bella is staying home with Daddy. Next weekend we have family pictures and B's 1st birthday pictures. We have a couple other birthday parties thrown in there, not to mention trying to get ready for B's party on May 22nd. I can't believe she is almost a year old already.

And now, to close, here are some pics. Peace out!!






Finally got some pics of the teeth!