The Joys of Sidewalk Chalk...

So it was absolutely gorgeous outside last night, which meant Bella and mommy got to play outside and have a blast :) Due to the wonderful fall weather and lack of humidity Bella can play hard and be outside as long as she wants. Her atopic dermatitis seems to be laying low right now, although she still has some rash on her arms but my little trooper really doesn't care! We brought out the baby and baby stroller, also her little lion thing she likes to ride. I think I enjoyed the sidewalk chalk more than Bella did, she just wanted to push her baby around in the stroller most of the time........

Then it came time for mommy to try to get a bunch of cool shots of Bella. I am obsessed with taking pictures of her, I can't help it, I just think she is the cutest thing! One thing I will never not have is pictures chronicling the wonderful amazing life of Isabella :)

After our fun outside and Kyle got home, daddy got to change Bella into her jammies and was playfully yelling at me because Bella's shirt seemed a little small. This a shirt that I just HAD to get her because it was on sale for like $1, and when else am I going to find a shirt that says "Little in Size Big in Attitude" with cross bones with bows?? It is only size 12 month and shrunk a little in the dryer, so I had to put her in it one more time just for the sake of pictures of her in it :) Obsessed picture taking mom is showing just a little bit!

Stuck.....

Little miss Bella decided last night that she would try to crawl under the little ottoman in her room, not a good idea!!!

I was in the kitchen cooking like a good little housewife ;) Kyle came in to do some dishes while Isabella was running around being her silly little self. Next thing you know I hear a scared cry of, "mommy!". Terrified, I went running into her room to find her underneath the ottoman and completely stuck! She had her upper torso through, including her arms. It took us a while but we got her all twisted around and pulled out. Pulling her head out was tough, I have no idea how she even got in there in the first place!

Thank god she came out of with just a few scratches and bruises. That was fun to explain to her teachers this morning, I'm sure I scored tons of good mom points ;) Thankfully her teachers are awesome and found it pretty amusing, let's hope that Bella bug doesn't try cramming herself into tiny spaces any time soon!

So it's been....

Almost a year since I've put anything on our blog! I'm not the best at this I guess, time flies by and I don't even realize how long it's been.

Our life has had some changes. Missy and Ed made their move to North Carolina, I miss them like crazy but it was a good move for them. Missy is doing very well and figuring out what she wants to do out there.

Isabella is growing, she is almost 21 pounds!!!! She is eating extremely well and sleeping a lot, we're thinking that means a growth spurt :)

The funny thing about looking at this blog is that the previous blog I entered was when we took our trip to California to see Kyle's family. We are leaving on Thursday to travel to Oregon to see Kyle's family :) It will be another wonderful trip full of more great pictures!!

California!

Disneyland

Kyle's Brother's Family

Isabella & Mac

Ocean Fun

Our Wonderful Griffin Family

We had a wonderful weekend, we kind of surprised Kyle's brother Sean for his 30th birthday. Our sister-in-law Nora had been planning it for over a year, Sean said he had seen an email between Nora and I so he had an idea we were coming but didn't know if we really would.

We went to Disneyland, the ocean, had fun at a birthday party and got to see our family from the West coast. We really couldn't have asked for a better vacation, I miss them all dearly and wish we could all live closer to each other!

This pictures we got from Nora are amazing, lots of great memories :)