Bella is 5 Months Old

I can't believe that Bella is 5 months old. She is changing and growing everyday. She smiles ALL the time, which we can't get enough of. She is sleeping in her own bed every night and most nights through the night. YAY for BELLA!! We love her so much it is hard to even imagine what life was like before her.

Courtney's Pre Birthday

First of all let me start off by saying I CAN'T BELIEVE COURTNEY IS 5!!!! We had an early Birthday lunch for Courtney with our side of the family. She chose Lupe Tortilla for that special lunch. She got lots of goodies!!!The Birthday Girl!

Dad and Bella. She was infatuated with the to-go box.

The Birthday girl and the head of the table!


"I'll take that paci"
Ryan

Courtney taking a picture of the babies.

Ryan

Cousins!!

Braunsen and Allie

Lesli and Lexi


Happy Birthday to my favorite 5 year old!!! I love you!!!

Pumpkin PJ's

I couldn't resist the festive pj's. She is just too cute with a pumpkin on her rear!!

Abbey Hanson Photography

We had family/christmas pictures taken yesterday. Check out our sneak peek. We LOVE Abbey Hanson!!!!

So You Think You Can Dance!!!

Last weekend we went to see SYTYCD at Reliant Arena. I can't tell you how happy I was to be able to see these amazing dancers perform live on a stage right in front of me. I have been watching the show since season 1 and this summer concluded season 4. They always go on tour just like American Idol does. This is by far my favorite show on television. I still have several of them recorded on my DVR, I just can't bring myself to erase them. Being there made me miss dancing so much. I wish that I had have kept taking classes after high school. I took a couple in college for my PE credits but I wish I had have done more. The guy that won this year is from Ft. Worth and he is incredible!!!

Here are some of my favorites from the season. This isn't even all of my favorites!!


Katee and Joshua (the winner). We got to see this live!!


Katee and Joshua


Cheslie and Mark. This one was performed at the show :)


Katee and Will. Will has been trained by Debbie Allen.

This is a show that I will continue to see live as long as they keep coming to Houston!!!

Pumpkins

We took Bella to a pumpkin patch and she wasn't in a very good mood, so we bought some hay and some pumpkins and created our own at home. I took some pretty cute pictures of her but she wasn't really into smiling. Notice the orange and black tutu that I made. I'm really proud of it.

4 months

I know, I'm really late at posting this. So here are her 4 month stats.

Weight: 12lbs 12ozs 19th% (understandable)
Height: 25.5 inches 81st% (seriously.... where did that come from?!?!)
Head: 16.5 inches 81st% (WHAT?!?! ok, she got that from her daddy)



We all did much better with shots this time around. I didn't even cry!!! Bella only cried for about a minute and she was smiling by the time we checked out. I'm so proud of her (and also myself). Daddy came with us and he was a big boy as usual.

We are really loving watching Bella grow. She is rolling over both ways but only when she wants too. She pulls her legs up underneath her when she is on her tummy. I'm thinking we may be gating off the stairs sooner than we thought. She is smiling, talking and giggling quite a bit these days. We would love for her to giggle even more, we have to work at that one. Her babbles are music to my ears. I can't get enough of it!! Her legs are getting stronger and she is standing in our laps for longer periods of time. She is getting better at her Bumbo chair but would rather sit in it the "lazy girl" way. Terry put together her excersaucer and she L.O.V.E.S it!! The teapot (lefthand of the picture) lights up and she is mesmerized by it. Oh, the little things!!


She is such a daddy's girl!! And he EATS it up!! I love so much watching the two of them together. I knew he would be a great daddy, but watching it happen is amazing. He truly is wrapped around her finger.

"Ha Ha, Daddy thinks we are taking a cute picture, but I'm totally going to ruin it."
-bella

Yep, pretty gross, but funny at the same time!!

And now I will leave you with pure cuteness!! I bought this teacup to have pictures taken in but couldn't resist playing. I haven't edited them so some are a little crooked but she was too cute!!She LOVES her toes!

Sorry, I couldn't resist. The funniest part is Terry running into the house to get a diaper rag.

I'm still working on getting our IKE pictures uploaded. I have already started the post so it will actually show up after this one. Hopefully I will get it posted in the next couple of days.