Crocs

Bell loves her Crocs these days. I think they might be her favourite thing to wear. It's a little upsetting to her that she can't wear them outside right now with the snow and rain, so they have turned into house shoes. She is very proud in this photo having put on her socks and crocs on all by herself...who cares that they are on the wrong feet : )

Number 14!!

Bell's fourth, first year molar arrived today! Pretty crazy to see her little mouth fill up with little white chompers!

Jingle Bells

Bella has been singing Jingle Bells all day today. She says "Jingle bells" and then you can't really understand what she is saying, but what she is singing follows the rhythm of the song - it is so cute! She has also read The Sweet Smells of Christmas about 20 times today. The funny thing is, when we ask if she can smell each sticker - she sniffs each one and says "No, No", but then goes in for another sniff. Thanks Kris for the great book, she will love it for years to come, I'm sure.

Three Words!!

When I was putting Bell to sleep tonight she ran out of her room and said "Bella be back"! She needed to run down the hall and give Daddy one last hug and kiss goodnight. This is the first time she has put together a three word sentence. She is getting so vocal these days - it's great to watch.

New attack style!

While we were at the mall play area today, Bell came up with a new way to attack kids. She would hug them around the neck squeezing so tight they would get scared. It is better than pulling hair, but still not the best way for her to interact with kids. She just wants to play with them, and love them....poor thing! Now, I'm going to try and teach her to hug around the body, instead of the neck - and ask before hugging....wish me luck : )

Diaper Changes...

Bell loves to play mommy! She has now started changing her babies diaper. She uses lots of wipes, but can't quite manage the whole diaper thing yet : )

Best present so far!

Bell's presents from her Grammie (Gabe's mom) arrived in this box earlier this week. She has been playing with it ever since. Climbing inside, pushing it around the house, loading it up with all her toys... I wonder if she will like any of her "real" Christmas presents as much : )

Shake Shake!!

Bell was in heaven today - I let her have some of my Egg Nog milkshake. More shake, more shake! I took a great picture of her - now I just have to figure out how to get it off my phone.

Artistic...

Gabe taking fun family photo's!

Number 13

We have been waiting for Bella's bottom right molar to come through for the past couple of weeks. Today when I checked to see if it had come through, I found that we were still waiting, but the upper one arrived without my knowing it! Poor thing has been in so much pain - hopefully it will all end soon!