Tummy Time and Sleeping through the Night Conquered!

Tummy Time...woohoo!!!

I HEART the Bumbo seat!!
Kenna and Isabella having fun!!

Kenna!

Mommy...the one-armed cook! Isabella tried to help but she was just too pooped!

As you can see from the pictures....Isabella is very into tummy time! She was getting so frustrated with herself at the beginning and I was only doing tummy time for about 5-10 minutes a day because I felt so bad when she would get so angry and grunt because she couldn't push herself up for any length of time. But now....she's got it and she's loving it! Mommy is loving that Isabella moved into her crib in her big girl nursery on Monday night and she slept from 10;30pm to 5:30am and then turned around and did it last night too!!! And this morning she went back to sleep around 6:15am and didn't wake up again until 9:00am. I literally did not know what to do with myself!! I'm groggy because I got so much sleep!! hahaha Who knew that could happen!

I'm keeping our friend's baby, Kenna, who was born November 14, 2007 a couple of days a week and she and Isabella are having the time of their lives. They love to play on their blankets together and Kenna is such a little roly poly...she's rolling all over the place and I can tell Isabella is taking notes :) Every time Kenna rolls toward her, Isabella's eyes get really big like "Whoa, did you see that??!!!"

Isabella is such a happy and giggly baby...she has started to mimic me and has begun to blow bubbles with her lips. She loves the sound she makes and of course that Mommy is smiling and laughing...so she does it all the time during the day now. She has also learned how to sit in the Bumbo seat and she and Beau sit and stare at each other now. When she sits in the Bumbo seat she is exactly eye level with him and they both love it.

On an awesome and upbeat note, today we found out that our baby Daisy is reacting to the cancer medication and her blood tests today show that her lymphocyte cancer cells are back to normal! It's such a miracle and we cannot believe that we went into the appointment today expecting the worst news and instead we found out that she's a little fighter and she'll be around for a lot longer. We'll have to keep a close watch on her and she will always be on an oral chemo drug, but the vet said she will most likely act normal and hopefully have at least another 18 months with us. We are so thankful...and also, thank you for all of you who have sent us little cards and emails about Daisy...we, and she, appreciate it so much. For all of you animal lovers, I'm sure you realize how hard it is to go through something like this.

We love you all and it's hard to believe Bella Bean is going to be 3 months next week....as I've said before a million times...time flies when you're having fun!!!
XOXO Sun

11 Weeks!!

How 'bout that princess tutu!!

Love those little chubby thighs!

Hippy baby can shake her rattle faster than the speed of light!! haha

Isabella is 11 weeks already...I just cannot believe we are nearing 3 months! She has been so much fun this week...outside of a little tummy trouble that caused some "rumble in the jungle" as Matt puts it, a day or so out of the week :) She has begun to laugh out loud and she has a new piggy squeal that will make you pee your pants in laughter. She knows it's funny too, so she will laugh hysterically after she does it. She has also made a new friend this week...Leap, the singing ABC frog. He sings the ABCs and then giggles at the end...and Bella just thinks his giggle is so funny so she has to do it too.

She is such an alert baby and is sleeping so great...thanks to rice cereal!! Even though the books say rice cereal does not make them sleep any better....I think it's bull because little girlfriend is full at nighty nightime now from the cereal and sleeps...like a baby :) This makes our mornings so fun and we love laying her in bed so we can play with her before Daddy goes to work.

Just loving the little princess so much...she makes my days better than ever, even when we do nothing!! Love to you All!!

Shaq-eela Channel

Look at that pout!

Sleepy time with Mommy!

Do you want to be friends??!!

Mommy...is it okay??!!

Soooo....we've have either a WNBA star on our hands or a supermodel in the making!!! We went to Isabella's 2 month pediatrician appointment this week and I was so excited to weigh her and measure her height. I try to weigh her with me on the scale but I wanted an exact measurement of my little growing pumpkin! She is weighing in at 11 lbs 6 oz and she is 24.5 inches long!! This means she is in the 50th percentile for weight and above the 95th percentile for height!!! Holy Moly girlfriend!!



Along with the docor's visit....came 3 shots! What a miserable thing to have to go through....and it was so hard on us!! They poked her in her little chubber thighs and the tears started to flow. She cried so hard it was a silent cry!! Matt and I had just received the terrible news that our dog Daisy has leukemia the night before...so to say the least it was an emotional week for the both of us. We're taking the news one day at a time and hoping for knowledge and strength to do all the right things for her. Thank you to everyone who has sent Baby D your love and prayers :)



We also got to spend some time with our friends Annie and Eric and their little girl, Makenna. Makenna is soooo sweet and such a happy baby! She has a smile that will melt you! Isabella was very curious of someone her own size! She wasn't sure whether she should smile or cry hahaha I love how babies can go through ten emotions in a 2 minute span :)



This week we are working on kisses (she almost has them down, but thinks french kisses are for everyone) and her Ah-goo sounds. This morning she was mimicking my Ah-goo sounds and then she would crack up at me when I got excited and started dancing around like a goofball! Thank goodness we don't have cameras in our home...y'all would get a belly laugh at Mommy and Bella time...oh yeah and you would figure out real quick that I cannot sing nor do I know all the words to the nursery rhymes...so I make up my own! hahaha



Love to you all!!!

Giggles, Smiles & Coos

Rylee and Bella....Best Friends Forever!!!

I can hold my rattle....

...and shake it too...

.....eeeeeee this is so fun!!!....

...and a little bit of daddy's smirk!!

Oooooh....you just try to mess with my Mommy

Rylee wants to know who her Mommy is holding!!

Mommy and Me!!

Happy Girl!!

Cheeeeeese!!!

Her shirt is SOOOO true :)

Grandma Loves Me!!

The Fam!!

Bella has found her voice!! I mean, did anyone doubt that she wouldn't hush after she figured out she could talk with a chatterbox Mommy like me!!! hahaha Matt is in TROUBLE!!! Girlfriend just loves to hear herself and it is just the sweetest thing to hear her hanging out in her little bassinet after she wakes up and she just talks to herself. It's been so nice because she will put herself back to sleep most of the time and I am getting SO much more sleep than I could have ever hoped for! I just love being with her more than I could explain especially now that she laughs when I make funny faces or sing to her, and we have our own little inside jokes!

Now that she can interact with us, Matt and I are just having the time of our lives with Bella. She is learning so quickly and after only a day of teaching her how to hold and shake her rattle...she's already doing it! She cracks herself up when she gets the rattle into her mouth as you can see in the pictures :) She is also vigorously trying to roll over and she is much stronger than I thought a 2 month old would be! We are on alert now that the little worm doesn't stay in one spot anymore. It's starting....once she starts crawling and walking we know we'll never be able to sit down! It all flies by so fast and before I blink she'll be into 6 month clothes....we flew through the newborn outfits, many that she didn't even wear, and now we're into 3 month clothes! She's very long and thin like her Dad...hopefully her legs are as nice as his..not short like her Mom's :)

We have been spending so much time with our families and friends...her and Rylee are BFF already!! We just love introducing her to new people because we are so proud of her and of course I think she's the cutest thing ever!! Oh yeah and perfect :)

Love to you all!!!