Ah look, a baby one!!

I decided to make Belle one of those scarfs. This one was my third attempt and Im still not completely happy with it. I wish it was a little longer and the button was closer to the end. My first one was too long, second too short, this one still not long enough. But Belle kept it on and didn't pull at it so it must not be that bad.

PB and veggie noodles!

I guess its a mom thing, but I got really excited with what Belle ate for dinner tonight. Here recently its been getting harder and harder to feed this girl. Even our standard scrambled eggs and grilled cheese weren't cutting it.

So what did she eat? A peanut butter sandwich (about 1/4 of a sandwich) and about 3/4 cup of veggie noodles with butter and Parmesan cheese. I'm excited about the noodles because she's been a little apprehensive about them, like maybe she knew there were vegetables in them. I love the fact that she likes them with just butter and Parmesan cheese because that means we no longer have to open up a whole jar of Alfredo sauce just to feed Belle.

It's been months since she's eagerly ate something new, so this was very exciting. I'm crazy, I know.

What a cool scarf!

My friend Kelly McQueen sent me a link to a scarf she liked, but the darn thing was $275. I thought it looked really simple to make, so I gave it a shot. This is a picture of the scarf I made for her.

They'll make perfect Christmas presents this year. I'll take orders if anyone wants one. =)

She's a James Blunt fan

Belle was so cute this morning. I was watching Ellen while getting Belle ready to go to Gymboree. She had James Blunt on and as soon as he started singing (his new song 1973), Belle dropped what she was doing and ran to the middle of the room and just started swaying and twirling. It was so cute, any chance to dance and Belle will take it.

My Night in Tech Support Hell!

Well my wonderful Apple Macbook Pro decided to get wacky on me last night. The screen kept blinking. So tonight I called Apple.

So I spent $350 (cause I bought the AppleCare warranty) to fix my computer by deleting one little preference file. Oh but what a trip it was to get there. I spent 1.5hr on the phone with a perfectly nice Indian girl. I could tell we were going round in circles with me constantly having to ask her to repeat herself.

Finally I got an American guy who was a "product specialist" and he knew right away what the problem was. In a matter of 20 minutes my computer was fixed. It was just a matter of deleting a file, but since my screen was blinking, he had to show me how to get to the file in another way.

So Im back to my spot on the couch with my laptop and all is right in the world. =)

Belle's First Trip to the Zoo

We went to the zoo today with Nic's sister Gail, her husband Anthony and her kids Savannah and AJ. We all had a great time.

First off let me say that I was one of those people who looked at those parents who leashed their kids with disgust and said to myself "I'll never put a leash on my kid". And much like my minivan, never say never. This leash was a life saver today. Belle wanted to be out of the wagon and walk just like Savannah and AJ.

Belle only liked to see the animals from afar. First we fed the giraffe. I thought for sure Belle would really enjoy this. But everytime I tried to give her the piece of sweet potato she just wanted to chuck it. She didn't mind getting that close to the giraffe, but I wouldn't say she enjoyed it.

We headed off to the petting zoo where I thought for sure Belle would love to pet the goats. While at the fair this year she was all about petting the goats. But nope, she just clung to Nic and wanted no part of it.

There was a carosel which I looked forward to. Again Belle clung to me for her dear little life, but I think she enjoyed it. After a few trips around I was able to get her to hold the pole.

The zoo had two new exhibits since the last time we went. The dolphin underwater dome, which was really neat. Belle liked looking up and seeing the dolphins swim by. The second exhibit was the Oceans exhibit. There they had dog sharks that you could actually pet. Belle was really interested in getting a look but I don't think it had much to do with the sharks as much as it did the water.

Belle was a trooper all day and didn't get cranky once in spite of the fact that she only had one nap today. We came home ate a grilled cheese, played with AJ and Savannah and was in bed by 6:30. Now lets just hope she sleeps all night and doesn't want to get up at 3:00am like she did this morning.

Tiny Dancer - Part 3

Here is the video as promised. The kids dancing with her thought it would be fun to imitate her and from the looks of it Belle didn't mind.

Help me name this blog

I like my new design, but I don't like the name. If anyone has any clever ideas, please, please share.

A new blog to stalk!!

I finally got Sara to post on the new blog I made her. You'll notice my wonderful design skills. =) Check it out for a suprise! (Well unless you already knew)

Now Im off to redesign my blog, can't have hers looking better than mine.

Embracing my Paleness

I made a realization this weekend, Im really pale. Ok, so I knew that already, but I was really noticing it in pictures this weekend.

Look at the picture of me and Nic. Well he's got a decent tan, something I'll never acquire. But Belle is even darker than me. You can kinda see it in our Colts picture. She got her daddy's complexion, thank God.

I embrace my paleness. Yes, I hate the sun, I admit it. Maybe it's because I just feel my skin frying when it touches it. Maybe it is because I'll never have a tan. Maybe I'll never get skin cancer because I avoid the sun at all costs. Or maybe I'll get it because I'm so pale. Who knows, but I guess being pale is one of those things that makes me different. Cheesy, I know.

GO Colts!!!

Yeah the Colts won!!! Here are some shots of us in our colts gear.

Check out Pulse Creative Partners, Stefan is wearing his jersey everyday until the Colts lose.



Seriously now, I got to stop blogging. I have got to go to bed cause I guarantee Belle is going to wake up anytime. She's sick and hasn't been sleeping well.

Tiny Dancer - Part 2

Well Belle got her chance to dance once again. This time at my cousin Sunie's wedding. It was beautiful, I especially loved the flower arrangement at the altar. Belle and Nic stayed home for the ceremony while Belle took her nap. She was saving up her energy for the dance floor. And she didn't disappoint. VIDEO TO COME!!

(Ok I know this post could be laid out better, but Im tired and don't feel like going back to photoshop and resizing the pics to fit better.)

Belle's first trip to the Indy Children's Museum

We went to the Children's museum on Friday with Kelly and Michaela. We had a great time. Belle loved playing in their playscape area. She especially loved playing in the little house sitting at the table and playing with the fake food.

She endured one bratty little boy when he kept pushing her around the trains. I wanted to just go over and tell that little kid to be nice, but I restrained and just watched. But Belle was so nice she just went back to what she was doing. I wanted so badly to see her just push him to the ground.

She played well with all the kids. For some reason Belle and Micheala just kind ignored each other. There was one incident in the sand area where Belle threw sand in a girls face on accident. I felt really bad, but the girl didn't really mind.

Unfortunately the carosel was down, I was really looking forward to that. I wanted a picture of me and Belle on the Carosel like the picture I have of me, sara and dad when we went so many years ago. Well maybe next time.

*Edited to add* Kelly reminded me of one thing. When going to the museum, remember to take more than one diaper. I had them all sitting in my van, but they never actually made it into the bag. So I changed Belle when we first got to the museum, but during our stay Belle decided to leave me a nice steamy pile. Thank you Kelly for coming to the rescue. I'm forever grateful. Otherwise we would've had a stinky ride home and a nasty rash to deal with.

Bout time!

Im sure Jessica is crazy busy, but that didn't help us from dying of anticipation.

Belle's pics are up. Check them out.

Sara's wedding video!

Ok so we don't have any pictures of Belle yet, but Sara just showed me a little clip of her wedding video. Its really good. Sara thought there were a lot of unflattering shots of her, but all I saw was my slouching. Can we say saggy boobs? In my defense I wasn't able to wear a bra with that dress. =) Where was mom to yell at me and tell me to "stand up straight" when I need her?

And of course there is some cute shots of Belle. And one of he chewing on her hand which is kinda weird looking. =)

Sara's Wedding Video

We're so proud!

I forgot one thing about yesterday that was really funny. Belle is starting to say a few other words other than mommy, dada and no. First she said dog, which sounded more like "da...oog". Well yesterday on the way to the photoshoot we were driving through a not so nice area. Sara was like "Belle this is what we call a ghetto, can you say ghetto?" Sure enough, Belle was like "ge...o"

Ah, we're so proud, that'll look nice in the baby book. =)

Photoshoot today!

Belle had her photoshoot today with Jessica Strickland. We went to the Indianapolis Art Museum.

Belle had just woken up from her nap and was in a really good mood. She was hamming it up, but as time went on, you could tell she was getting tired. All she wanted to do was go explore. It was starting to get hard to get her to smile so we resorted to dancing around singing patty cake and itsy bitsy spider. Im sure we looked like complete dorks.

It was hard to get any pictures with me or Sara holding her too. It was HOT. Im sure any pictures I end up being in, I'll have sweat pouring down my face.

Belle may even have a spot in a Jon McLaughlin music video. There were some guys there shooting the museum grounds for something and asked if they could include us. They didn't ask us to sign any release or anything so Im not sure any of it will actually be used.

So now we wait and hope to see some pictures on Jessica's blog soon. Jessica said she'd email us when she posted them. I kinda just laughed to myself, does she know we constantly stalk her blog? We'll probably see it before she has time to email us. =)

Belle and her animals!

Belle had a lot of fun this weekend, especially with the animals. The cat showed up at the Freshour's and has to be by far the friendliest cat I've ever met. Belle laid on the cat and tried to pick him up and the cat didn't seem to mind. Then she went on to kiss Sam and lay with Jesse. You'll notice that Sadie isn't in any of these pictures because she won't get close enough to Belle to even get a picture.