She's sleeping through the night!

Praise the Lord! The girl is sleeping through the night. For the past week Belle has slept through the night. (knock on wood) So that means its a habit right?

We did the Cry It Out thing and it didn't work very well. I guess Belle was just gonna sleep on her own sweet time. It took 10 months, but as long as this continues, Im happy.

Ah, the warm feelings of motherhood!

Last weekend, mom and I went to the Keystone mall to look for her a dress. Belle was getting a little cranky and we could really figure out why. Well it would all become so clear. We must of been in the zone or something because as I was walking around a store with Belle on my hip, things got very warm. Belle was peeing all over me. So we ran to the bathroom and I went and bought her a new shirt while mom dried her pants under the hand dryer.

So Belle got cleaned up but I had to wear a pee soaked shirt the rest of the day. Luckily I was wearing black. =)

Just some pictures

Here are some pictures I grabbed off my camera.

Here is Belle feeding Jesse at Mimi and Grandpa's house. She's pretty proud of herself. She sure does love cousin Jesse since sister Sadie will have nothing to do with her.




In one of her new sunhats. Thanks Aunt Nellie!


A picture of Belle and Grandma Horner. Belle has finally started warming up to grandma. =) Her face is really chapped in this picture.

More Gymboree!

Here are some more Gymboree pics. You can see Belle's face in these. =)

Belle in the rocking boat


Class, thats Miyu in front, Belle, Will and Aliyeh


Bubble time!

Belle at Gymboree

Ingrid from Gymboree sent me some pictures she took of her daughter at Gymboree. It is during bubble time, Belle's favorite. Unfortunately there weren't any shots of Belle's face.

Like my shades!

Belle got some sunglasses this weekend and we took them for a test run last night. She kept them on for a whole walk, which suprised us.

It's warm outside!!!

After the frigid temperatures we've been having, today was a nice relief. Belle really likes being outside and has spent quite a bit of the day outside watching daddy fix the fence. While mommy was on the phone talking to apple trying to revive her brand new "dead" laptop.

Here are a few pics from today

Belle met new cousins this weekend

This past weekend we traveled to Ohio once again. This time to visit Nic's sister Rebecca and her family from New Orleans. Rebecca has two boys, Ryan (4) and Collin (1.5). Belle had a good time playing with some new kids. Collin was really the only one interested in her, but Ryan came by sometimes to give her a hug. I think though if Belle was a little bigger, her and Collin would've duked it out. Collin was always tugging at her and smacked her good in the head a few times. And then there was the time he stole her paci to put in his mouth. It was all pretty cute and Belle took it all in stride.

Here is a group shot of the kids. Trying to get 5 kids in a group shot was hard.

Gails kids: Savannah (4)& AJ (2.5), My kid: Belle (9 mos), Rebecca's kids: Collin (1.5) & Ryan (4)


Here is a shot of Nic and his sisters. Gail, Nic, and Rebecca. Unfortunately, missing in this shot is Stacy, who passed away in Oct. 06.

Look at my pearls!

Well Belle finally got to wear her pearl bracelet Grandma Horner got her. This is also the first picture I was able to get of Belle's new pearly whites.

Do you like the new look?

Well I think I got pretty far yesterday. I was able to implement my design with a little modifications til I can figure out a few things. Rhaya was a big help. Who knew but it was kinda fun tinkering around with code.

So do you like the new look?

Under Construction

If my page looks a little weird, it's because Im messing with it. Im attempting to incorporate my own design. We'll see if I can do it. So far the only thing I've been successful in is changing the font color.

How I make it happen.

Ever wonder how Im able to work with Belle. This is how I do it. My office has been transformed into a daycare.

And the Bad Mommy award goes to . . . .

Me! Belle fell off the bed for the first time yesterday. And I was sitting on it at the time. The tv caught my eye for a second and off she went. I felt horrible. Nic was coming out of the bathroom and he was there to pick her up. She was more scared than anything, but now she has a perfect carpet pattern on her forehead. It didn't help that we just got a new mattress and our bed is super high.

I guess it had to happen sometime. I heard somewhere that its good luck to fall off the bed before you're a year old. Whatever makes me feel better I guess. =)

Gotta love the Credit Card Fraud!!

Gee whiz! I bought Belle two more of the lovies she's using on a baby website this weekend. Its a little Gund giraffe. Anyways I got a call today from Capital One. Someone is going buck wild with my credit card. Wonderful! Luckily they caught it and I won't have to pay. Now Im just back tracking trying to figure out how they got my number. Was it through the baby website or a virus? So aggravating that I have to even do this.

Oh and here's a cute pic of Belle.

GO COLTS!!!!

Whoo Hooo! The Colts are going to the Super Bowl. I unfortunately did not stay up last night to see the end of the game. I had to go to bed because I knew Belle would have me up at some point. And she didn't disappoint. I think she's teething still.

So in two weeks we'll see if I can stay up long enough to watch the Super Bowl.

Playing Footbelle!

We had some fun in the office today. We were making a post to the Pulse Creative site celebrating the Colts game on sunday. Well Belle turned into the football. Im not in the shot cause I don't have a colts jersey yet. In the pic is Rhaya and Stefan, coworkers of mine.

Met Kelli and Michaela at the mall again

We met Kelli and Michaela at the mall again. I met her on Babycenter.com on the birth club board. We've gotten together about 3 times now. Its amazing how big the girls are getting. Both are so close to crawling.

Here are a few pics of our time at the mall.

Just me and Edna!

Ok now its officially official. I bought a van. Yep, got myself a 04 Honda Odyssey. I named her Edna, the old lady van. So now its just me and Edna.

I like Edna, the room is really nice and I know I'll appreciate it when we go to Ohio. I really like that it dropped my insurance $20/mo. I guess going from a Grand Am GT to a minivan will do that.

My Little Shopper

Belle was a trooper this weekend. We went shopping for my sisters wedding dress in Cincinnati and Belle tagged along. She was the life of the party. At the bridal shop, babies are normally not allowed back in the dressing room, but all Belle had to do was flash her smile and we were in.
People just were constantly stopping and commenting on how cute she was and how good she was being.

I better start saving for Belle's wedding now. The price of things have just gone through the roof since my wedding almost 7 years ago. Sara got the most beautiful wedding dress, but it was pricey for sure. She's also booked Jessica Strickland out of Indy for her wedding. With the dress and that photographer Im sure the pictures will be absolutely gorgeous.

Lets hope Belle didn't get expensive taste like her mother, aunt and mimi.

Fun @ Gymboree!

Today Belle and I had a preview class at Gymboree. She had a lot of fun and seemed to enjoy the songs and the clown Gymbo. Today was slide day so Belle got to play on the slides. She didn't seem too impressed, but she loved bubble time and the parachute.

There were two other babies in this class. Mason and Mckenna, both over 8 mos. She really enjoyed see other babies and interacting with them.

So I think I'm going to sign us up. Its nice for Belle to be around other babies and for me to get to talk to other moms. Its kinda expensive so we'll see how it goes.