Too good to be true...

Bell, woke up on the wrong side of bed again today after her nap, but is having none of this going back to bed after a snuggle stuff like yesterday. It was a super short nap as well after a very busy morning so it looks like it is going to be a VERY longer afternoon... :( I'm still going cross my fingers that the next time this happens she will remember how great she felt yesterday after going back to bed for a while.

Back to sleep...

Today, Bella woke up from an hour long nap, on the wrong side of bed. I went in to check on her and she was screaming and whining inconsolably. We snuggled and took off her pull-up but she was still super distraught. She climbed out of my arms, found her soother and crawled right back into bed. I asked her if she wanted to go back to sleep and she said "yes", so on again went the pull-up. An hour and a half later she came out of her room chipper as can be, and ready to get on with her afternoon. How amazing is that?? She knew she wasn't ready to get up, just needed to snuggle for a minute and put herself back to sleep because she wanted to be in a better mood. Now, I just have to cross my fingers that she will remember this the next time she wakes up on the wrong side of bed...here's hoping.

Picture with Santa

We went to visit Santa with some friends this year. Most of them went ahead of her and were very brave while sitting on his lap. Bell was pretty nervous but warmed up a little bit after he Santa gave her a present. She looks like a deer caught in headlights, but at least she isn't screaming in terror this year.

The silly things we do as parents... We tell our kids not to talk to strangers, but at Christmas time we convince them to sit on a strange man's lap and smile for the camera :)

Gingerbread House..

Bella and Eli had a fantastic time decorating a gingerbread house, and were happy playing for more than an hour. Asking for more "glue" for them to be able apply the candies with - periodically we would spin the house so that they would decorate more than one spot. They even managed to keep the area pretty neat and tidy...I was thankful for the easy cleanup :)

What was most surprising about whole morning, was that these little 2 1/2 year olds played with candy all morning and neither one ate a single piece.

It's a...

On the drive to the ultrasound appointment, Gabe and I were talking how sad it would be to not see all of Bella's clothes again if this one turned out to be a boy. I have felt different this pregnancy so thought maybe it could be a boy, but I really have no idea. We would love to have one of each, but would be happy either way.

After a long wait at the office the tech and doctor confirmed that this little one is a girl!!

Bell can't wait to meet her new baby sister. Gabe and I were a little sad for maybe 30 seconds or so knowing that we wouldn't have a boy, but that passed quickly knowing we will have a wonderful little girl - plus getting to see all of those cute clothes again..

Baby girl looks healthy as can be, and is measuring in the 50th percentile. At 20 weeks Bella measured in the 50th percentile as well, but ended up in the 97th when she was actually born. That could have been because of all the Swedish fish and Gummie Bears I ate in my last weeks of pregnancy though :) We'll just have to wait and see if we have another chunky monkey on our hands...

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween - Love Miss Bella Bee!

Thanks for much for the fantastic costume Kris and Tony.

Play group Halloween Party

Our Halloween / baking swap party was at Caroline's this year. The parents and kids had a fantastic time - of course : ) Poor Ben, had a fever so we are missing our ghost.

We asked the kids to line up, but apparently they thought it was for a police line up, with them all evenly spread apart. We asked them to get a little closer and this is as far as we could get them... Soon enough Grace and Bell will be fighting the boys off : )

Costumes -
Issac - a Dragon
Grace - a Green Duck
Peter - a Fireman
Sawyer - a bottle of Ketchup
Bella - Woody (from Toy Story)
Eli - an Elephant (not shown is the fantastic padded butt of his costume)