Adventures in self feeding

Bella had ronis (AKA macoroni, thats what I always called it as a kid) for dinner tonight. Normally I feed them to her with a spoon but I was feeling daring tonight and let her feed herself. Boy was that a mess!

enjoying herself

messy marvin

rubbing her belly and telling me she is full

running around naked, waiting for bath time

ok its time to clean this messy kid up!!

haming it up and showing me all her teeth after I cleaned all the sauce off her face

trying to drink the water from her new fountain toy from her cousin Abby

she always tries to grab the water and its so funny to watch because she gets so frustrated that she can't grab it because it stops streaming down

playing with the cup

brushing her teeth, which she loves to do

New Ride

Nana and Papa got Bella a wagon for her birthday and we put it together today and took it for a test drive. She loved it.

After one lap around the block we picked up her friend, Ryan

Bella's 1st Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Bella's 1st bday with a party at the park. Thank you to everyone who came. A special thanks to all those who helped make this day happen (you know who you are). And another special thanks to all the family who traveled to be with us. The day was alot of fun but a bit cold and windy.



Joe grilling the food


Great Grandma's Bella and Grace


Brandon and Bella (he tried to take her home with him)

Matt pushing Bella on the swing and Addison

Cousin Renee made some awesome chocolate and strawberry cupcakes

Addison decorating her cookie

Bella's 12 month banner

Maitland FD gang

Abby decorating her cookie

Drew and his cookie but he liked painting himself with the icing more

our neighbors Brian, Ryan, and Allison

Aunt Linda, Renee, and Janis

Abby painted an apple tree on her flower pot and her initials

Matt even decorated a cookie

Smash Time!!

Cousin Renee made some awesome cupcakes and a very special smash cake for Bella's 1st birthday party. Bella started off slow, not to sure about it and once she tasted that frosting, it was game on.

Before being destroyed


she saw the cake and started sticking her tongue out for it

not to sure what to think at this point

tasting the frosting

sharing with daddy

she likes it!!

hard at work

showing off what she just accomplished

she even shared with Uncle Frankie

do you want some?

change of outfit after the mess

12 months

Our baby is a year old! Sorry about the shadows on her monthly pic. Our chair is facing a different direction then normal because of our christmas tree and the sunlight is shining through the front door. We can't wait to see everyone next weekend to celebrate!

with her new baby doll from Grandma Bella. I can't believe how big she looks

Pooh

When we were down south a couple weeks ago we visited Brandon and Matt at their house and Brandon was sweet enough to let Bella have his Pooh Bear. Ever since Bella has been hugging and kissing that bear every day. The morning of her birthday we had to wake her up because we were helping cousin Renee deliver a wedding cake. When we went into her room this is how we found her and it was just to sweet not to take a picture.