She's Getting Bigger...

Isabella gets bigger everyday! I LOVE IT! When I say she is getting bigger...I really mean bigger. Check out her chubby legs! I am trying to turn her into a little butterball! What a chunker!

Have I mentioned that we LOVE everything this little cutie does? She is more lovable every second. Check her out in the tub! Wouldn't you melt everytime you had these blue eyes looking back at you?

Here is Daddy and Bella outside at the gun show. How sweet! I love it when they cuddle and I catch those moments!

We have slowly been working on decorating Bella's bedroom. (I know...I am soooo behind!) But the lettering on the wall is finally up, and it turned out so dang cute!

Well, I finally took down the bassinet in our bedroom...it is onto Bella sleeping in her crib in her own room each night...how sad. Marc and I had both agreed from the beginning that she would only sleep in our room for about 2 months. She is almost 3 months old now...so, time to move on up! I hope it will work. One of two things will happen. First - it could work out perfectly, and she will sleep in there all the time (she has slept in there only 3 or 4 times - I can't help myself!). Or second - she will end up sleeping in my bed EACH night. We'll see.

I promised I would catch her giggling on video. Finally...success! Check out this cutest video EVER! We were getting her ready for bed, and she just had the giggles. I was so lucky to catch this on video, because I can literally count on one hand the number of times I have actually heard her giggle. This one was the most ever...woop woop! Check out my little cutie! It is really so embarrassing what I go through to try to get her to giggle. So please, ignore the nerdy mama in the video...hehehe.

Spoiled...

So, I am one of those moms who LOVE to spoil their little girls! Isabella had a cute pink and brown swing. A new swing, a perfectly good swing. However, after using a different swing at our friends Jess & Charlie's house...I had a new obsession. Isabella needed the kind of swing they had! A new swing! A super cool swing! A swing that goes side to side & front and back! A swing with a moving mobile! A swing with a mirror in the mobile for her to look at and and giggle at! Isabella wanted this new swing! She had to have it! She told me so...(can you see how far I am reaching here?). Her other swing was so last season...yeah right! After convincing Marc we needed a new one, he said okay! (Actually, Marc is as obsessed with spoiling Isabella as I am, it didn't take much convincing.) He saw how much she liked the swing and Jess & Charlie's. So, Isabella is moving up in the world. What a spoiled little girl. How am I ever going to learn to say no to her...she isn't even asking for anything yet, and I still can't say no!

Here is Bella in her perfectly good swing (donated to her wonderful daycare- they had a swing break down just this last week...see, I did something good with it!)

Bella in her new "fancy" swing! Check this baby out!!!

(Yes...she is wearing camo pants & shoes...you are correct!)

Cute little pumpkin pie!

Look who's talking...

Here is Jess and I trying to make Bella Smile. This video cracks me up, because it shows the lengths you go to trying to make your baby smile!

(Jess has a cute little girl - Eden - who is six days older than Bella)

Life with a baby...

I cannot believe it has been nearly 2 months since my last update! Life with a baby sure makes things different. My dad asked me just yesterday if I have found that other things in life become less important once you have a baby. The answer dad, is YES. Not only yes, but HECK YES! I want to spend every waking hour with sweet, sweet Isabella. Then the times she is sleeping, I would rather watch her, or clean, or relax myself. That doesn't leave much time in life for things like blogging. I seriously don't know how you other mothers do it. I have to find a balance in my life...and I will. It will just take time.

It is amazing to me how my personal life and needs have basically become non-existent...and I don't mind. It is all about Bella now, and the time that Marc & I spend spoiling her...yes she is spoiled!!!

She is now 11 weeks old! Man time flies. We have the sweetest, most perfect baby ever! She is changing so much every day, it is so exciting. She smiles, and just this week she started to giggle!! It is the cutest thing you have ever heard, I swear! You still really have to drag those giggles out of her, but I am sure they will start coming more on there own! I can't wait. What a little doll Bella is!

So, as you can tell, Marc and I are obsessed. We are in seventh heaven, and loving every minute of it! It is so surprising how immediately, and how deeply you love your babies! And this coming from two people who weren't sure when, and if they wanted kids. We should have done it years ago...yeap, I said it! We are so blessed. And Bella, this little doll, is so loved by us, and her family, and our friends!

The last 11 weeks have been busy, crazy, and wonderful altogether. We had a visit from my parents which was wonderful. We spent time with her grandma, and grandpa. My dad got to go fishing with Marc, and my mom and I shopped, and relaxed. Mom taught me a lot about babies, and Bella, and the visit was great. That visit was followed by a visit from my sister Chelsea, and my 5 month old niece Ella. Wow, did we go, go, go during that trip. Glacier viewing, train rides, trip to Seward, fishing, hiking, playing, shopping, cooking, and learning from one of the best moms I will ever know. I am so glad I got that time with her. Chelsea taught me more about being a mother than she will ever know. Marc, Bella & I have spent time with friends, friends, and more friends. We have just lived and loved our new life.

Now, I have taken way too many pictures, as is to be expected! So, here is a slideshow that shows what we have been up to the last 11 weeks. All the pictures lumped together. Maybe, if I can keep on my blogging in the future, the updates and pictures will be better organized. There is also a video of Bella smiling (taken about 3 weeks ago). I will catch her giggle soon and post that too!!!

Thanks for all your support! We love you and miss you all!