Dr. Seuss

It's been a while since I've updated the blog, so we've got some new pictures for everyone! The past week and a half feel like they have flown by. We haven't done anything out of the ordinary but life just gets busy sometimes! Isabella is growing and learning new things everyday. She is smiling and giggling all the time now, but it is such a challenge to catch that smile in a picture! When we get out the camera to take a picture of her she gets so distracted by the camera and the little red light on the front of it that she just stops smiling and gets this concerned look on her face. So, hopefully she'll get over that and start to like the camera soon! She continues to observe all the things around her and is rolling over with ease. She also babbles all the time now too, it's very cute!

Here are some pictures from our last couple of weeks:

It has been so cold here in Wisconsin that whenever we go out we need to bundle Bella up really warm. This past week she has gotten lots of use out of this snow suit that she has. She does not like being in it though because she can't really move! We had to take a picture though because we thought she looks so funny and it reminds us of the boy in th movie "The Christmas Story".

This is one of Bella's favorite books. Mom and Dad both read it to her, but Dad uses funny voices as he reads it! She loves it and giggles when he talks in the funny voices. We had just gotten done reading it one day and I gave it to her to hold on to. It was so great that I just had to take a picture, it looks like she's already starting to read! :)

Then she dropped the book, so I gave it back to her and she started chewing on it! Perhaps she's not the early reader that I thought she was! ;)

Here's an example of Bella being so concerned with the camera! She was just laughing and giggling at daddy reading the story, and then I got the camera out and she couldn't stop staring at the camera.

Bella just got this exersaucer from one of our friends and she loves it! She loves playing in it and it fits her so well! (Thanks Kim!)

My best friend Michelle is having a baby soon too (she's due Feb. 19th), and we just had a baby shower for her. It was so much fun, not only to see her blessed by all the wonderful gifts and friends that were there but also to be able to hang out with a group of girls for the afternoon! That doesn't happen too much anymore, so I had a blast! This is a picture of all the girls that were there (Amy Soblick had to leave a little early though).

And here is me with Michelle! Can't wait for that Baby T. to come!