Life in La Crosse

Well, it's been a couple of weeks and I feel like so much has happened. All of the things that we were uncertain about have now worked out and we are all set for the fall! I know I mentioned in the last update that we had gotten a townhouse, but now we have signed the papers and it is final. We will be moving in September 1st (hopefully a little earlier if we can). Our new place is closer to downtown, a little bigger, and also safer for Isabella as she will soon be walking around! We are both really thankful and excited to move!

I think I've said this before too, but Adam will be teaching PE at a school in the area starting this year. It will be a perfect fit for him. Sometime this week we are going to go into the school and start to get his office ready. I get to help him decorate and make it look nice, so that will be fun! I suggested painting the walls pink, but I don't think that will happen!! :)

And the last thing that has happened is Ihave finally decided that I will for sure be watching some other children in the fall. This will be nice for me (I won't have to work at Grizzly's anymore) and also for Bella because she LOVES having friends over to play with. She is entertained for hours by other kids. She loves giving other kids hugs, we're still working on learning to be gentle, but that will come!

So...right now for us it's the calm before the storm of everything happening at the end of August. All of these changes will be in one week, so we'll be preparing as best we can, but it will for sure be a busy week!

Adam's brother Ethan is coming to stay with us this weekend and we're both really excited about that, so the next post will have some great pictures of Bella and her Uncle Ethan!

Okay...enough of all this...on to the pictures!

Like I said, Bella loves hugging other kids. We watched Eli for a little while one day and Bella loved giving him hugs! (sometimes she'll even give Eli kisses or just eat his nose)

We had a rummage sale two weeks ago and it was such a great day. It was overcast and not too hot, so Bella got to be outside with us all morning! She had a blast playing with all the stuff we were selling and seeing all the people. These baskets were from when I was a little girl. My brother Jon used to always put me in them and leave me there. I hated it, but Bella seemed to enjoy playing in them!

I was eating brocolli one afternoon and Bella wanted a piece so I gave her a small one to try and she did pretty well. She would crawl around with it sticking out of her mouth, she kind of looked like a little dog with a bone in it's mouth! I just thought this picture was funny!

She is completely into pulling her books off her shelf and opening and closing them. She also loves turning the pages, we don't really get to read her stories anymore because all she wants to do is turn the pages!

This picture is mostly for Grandma Peggy!! I just thought this was a cute picture of her feet!

Bella also has become very daring. She crawls and climbs anywhere she can. This picture is her playing in the living room. And the next one is her 'perched' on the foot stool in her room! When she was crawling on the stool, she even got herself down no problem. She's getting to be such a big girl!

I don't know how it happened, but sooner than I think this little one will be a year old! We'll keep you all posted on plans for a little party/get together! Hope all is well with everyone and we love you all!