Deck the Halls

This weekend while we were visiting my parents we had a tree triming party. We picked up Bella Sr. and helped decorate my mom and sister's homes.

Bella eating the ornament

Bella Sr. putting the icicles on

Bella loved this santa in my mom's house

She also found some little friends

She hung the stockings with care

she played with Vegas at Aunt T's house

and Vegas hid from her in the tree box

Bella also ate her first pancake at Best Deli this weekend and she loved it

Now we have to decorate our home!!

Turkey Day

This was Bella's first Thanksgiving and we celebrated at Auntie Donna's house. Unfortunately Joe didn't get to join us for the trip down south because he had to work the next day. We missed him though! I forgot my camera this trip so these pics are courtesy of Nana.

Bella and Abby. Bella is leaning in to kiss her. She loved giving Abby kisses.

Bella, Ryan and Brandon

Ryan loved giving Bella hugs...

and kisses too!

me and Abby

Joe and Bella. She loved rubbing with his scruff

Toy Story, Bows, and Forts

Our baby is almost 11 months. Where has the time gone? These days she loves snuggling on the couch with us before bed. Last weekend we all snuggled up and watched Toy Story. Bella didn't sit for the whole thing but she did seem to like it.

She also loves looking out the window. Every morning now we open the blinds and she will go to the window several times a day and just stare. She really enjoys when the neighbor is mowing the lawn and she can watch him go back and forth

We had a cold week last week and Bella got to try on all her winter clothes. This is her new bear jacket from her Great Grandma Grace. She looks so cute in it. Thanks great grandma!

Bella's hair has finally gotten long enough where if we put a bow in it she doesn't look to ridiculous and her hair in the back actually covers the hair band now.

This is my favorite face she makes. I love when she scrunches her nose

This is her telling me she has had enough pictures

I took all the cushions off the couch the other day to clean and she loved playing with them and crawling under them. She had her own little fort.

She would pop up and laugh at me

Snuggles

Last week Aunt T came to visit along with Papa and Nana for Bell's first Halloween. Bella loves when Aunt T visits and they have so much fun together.

Here they are snuggling on the couch together before Bella went to bed.

I just love this little face

Here Aunt T is reading Bella her new train book from her cousin Ryan. Thanks for the goodie bag Ryan. Sorry we missed your party.

Tunnels

We ordered Bella this cool tunnel, play hut thing and it arrived last week. We set it up and she loves it! She has so much fun crawling through the tunnels and exploring where each one leads to.

Look at the excitement on her face

she stopped to say hello

10 months

She was totally being a little ham when I was trying to take these photos. She would not sit still and wouldn't smile pretty. So here she is in rare form.

10 months have brought so many changes. She is getting so big and doing so many fun things. She is into everything and its entertaining to watch her explore and figure things out. She is clapping hands, doing "so big", making all kinds of noises, eating new foods, and just today she started standing all by herself for a few seconds at a time without holding on to anything. Today I was also doing the Itsy Bitsy Spider and she was trying to do her hands like mine. She is crawling so fast as well and I sometimes can't keep up. We are also planning her birthday party, its hard to believe its only 2 months away. Where has the time gone.

trying to grab the birthday sign

Happy Haunting

Saturday we went to Down Town Disney for some trick or treating. Bella had a great time and was such a trooper. She left her costume on the whole time and never once tried to take it off. She also participated in a dance contest and won a Mickey Mouse sticker :)

Eating her candy bucket

Trick or treating with Aunt T

She was good at holding her candy bag

Dancing on stage

watching the show with the sticker she just won

plum tuckered out