Since we couldn't get our video camera to upload on our computer, we videotaped Miss Bella giggling on our regular camera. So here is a short clip of some of Bella's giggles and squawks. Ignore The Office music playing in the background at first!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Bella's Busy Weeks!
So I think I really need to start posting more frequently, as I have accumulated lots of pictures from the past few weeks! There have also been a lot of new things happening for Bella, so hopefully I can remember them all. One important new development is that Bella has started rolling from her back to her belly! She did it for the first time on 9/11, and has been doing it constantly ever since. :) She likes her new trick so much that she even does it while she is sleeping! That made both of us nervous since we were lectured so much on not having her sleep on her belly. But, there's not much we can do about it! It's pretty funny to watch her- she'll roll from her back to her belly, then from her belly to her back, and so on and so forth. She needs a lot of room so she doesn't hit furniture in her path!
Bella has also been laughing since the beginning of the month. She likes to have things wiggled up near her neck- she'll even start giggling before it gets there! I videotaped her one time when she was giggling, so I tried to upload it on the computer- but with no success. So you'll just have to trust me that it's quite adorable.
Her 3 month pictures! I can't believe how big she is getting. We don't have a doctor visit until she is 4 months, but we have weighed her a couple of times on our scale at home. She was around 14 1/2 lbs near the beginning of the month. So we'll see how much she is at the next check-up.
One of my new favorite pictures- such a sweet expression! Derek thinks she looks grown-up in the picture.
I have been taking "last" pictures of her in all of her 0-3 month outfits so I can remember them all. So I apologize, but I posted a lot of pictures. A lot were cute, so I couldn't pick! She is a very smiley girl...
as all of these pictures indicate. Bella is so happy and always gives us big smiles! She especially likes to give Daddy big giant smiles- she thinks he's pretty funny!
Her hands remain one of her favorite things to do! She has been discovering that she can do more than suck on them however. :) She has started to grab and hold on to her toys- but of course has to put them in her mouth. 
We tried giving her rice cereal for the first time last week. But.... she wasn't really too into that yet. We'll try again later! Thankfully, she has resumed eating her bottle again. I'm praying that her moments of bottle hatred will now be over! I don't think I can handle force feeding her the bottle anymore. 
All decked out in our Iowa gear to cheer on the Hawkeyes when they played ISU. Go Hawks!
Zoning out on Daddy's lap before bedtime. Bella is still going to bed around 9 each night, and sleeping about 8 hours before getting up to eat. She was getting up 2 times in the night for about a week, but is now sleeping until 5 or so, so that must have been a growth spurt time. :) Some nights she will even sleep until 7- it's crazy! However, she still isn't the biggest fan of naps. She much prefers to take little cat naps rather than a long one. Oh well, it's better to have her sleep at night!
Watching tv with Daddy. Bella is definitely a little tv nut! No matter where she is in a room, she somehow manages to find the tv. The bright lights must be fascinating- not the football game as Daddy would like to believe. :) 
A typical pose for Bella- both hands in her mouth. 
She just loves to have her picture taken!
This past weekend we went to Chicago with Derek's mom, dad, sister, and Grandma. We met up with his aunt, uncle, and cousin and spent Saturday looking around downtown Chicago. I was a little weary of taking Bella on another long car ride as her hatred of the carseat has continued, but she did very well again. It was a very fun weekend, and was absolutely beautiful outside!
Bella had her first train ride! She slept through a majority of it though.
In Millennium Park- that was a cool place to see! Neither Derek or I had been to Chicago in several years, so we enjoyed seeing the sights again.
Bella also had her first mini boat ride! We took a water taxi to get back to the train station.
We had Bella's 3 month pictures taken this past week as well. I tried to get them to upload on the computer, but since we have a Mac it did not work. However, they are posted on a website: http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/storesearch.aspx?p=48295. They are under my name, and the password is Bella. We got some very cute shots of her!
Bella has also been laughing since the beginning of the month. She likes to have things wiggled up near her neck- she'll even start giggling before it gets there! I videotaped her one time when she was giggling, so I tried to upload it on the computer- but with no success. So you'll just have to trust me that it's quite adorable.
Her 3 month pictures! I can't believe how big she is getting. We don't have a doctor visit until she is 4 months, but we have weighed her a couple of times on our scale at home. She was around 14 1/2 lbs near the beginning of the month. So we'll see how much she is at the next check-up.
One of my new favorite pictures- such a sweet expression! Derek thinks she looks grown-up in the picture.
I have been taking "last" pictures of her in all of her 0-3 month outfits so I can remember them all. So I apologize, but I posted a lot of pictures. A lot were cute, so I couldn't pick! She is a very smiley girl...
as all of these pictures indicate. Bella is so happy and always gives us big smiles! She especially likes to give Daddy big giant smiles- she thinks he's pretty funny!
Her hands remain one of her favorite things to do! She has been discovering that she can do more than suck on them however. :) She has started to grab and hold on to her toys- but of course has to put them in her mouth. 
We tried giving her rice cereal for the first time last week. But.... she wasn't really too into that yet. We'll try again later! Thankfully, she has resumed eating her bottle again. I'm praying that her moments of bottle hatred will now be over! I don't think I can handle force feeding her the bottle anymore. 
All decked out in our Iowa gear to cheer on the Hawkeyes when they played ISU. Go Hawks!
Zoning out on Daddy's lap before bedtime. Bella is still going to bed around 9 each night, and sleeping about 8 hours before getting up to eat. She was getting up 2 times in the night for about a week, but is now sleeping until 5 or so, so that must have been a growth spurt time. :) Some nights she will even sleep until 7- it's crazy! However, she still isn't the biggest fan of naps. She much prefers to take little cat naps rather than a long one. Oh well, it's better to have her sleep at night!
Watching tv with Daddy. Bella is definitely a little tv nut! No matter where she is in a room, she somehow manages to find the tv. The bright lights must be fascinating- not the football game as Daddy would like to believe. :) 
A typical pose for Bella- both hands in her mouth. 
She just loves to have her picture taken!
This past weekend we went to Chicago with Derek's mom, dad, sister, and Grandma. We met up with his aunt, uncle, and cousin and spent Saturday looking around downtown Chicago. I was a little weary of taking Bella on another long car ride as her hatred of the carseat has continued, but she did very well again. It was a very fun weekend, and was absolutely beautiful outside!
Bella had her first train ride! She slept through a majority of it though.
In Millennium Park- that was a cool place to see! Neither Derek or I had been to Chicago in several years, so we enjoyed seeing the sights again.
Bella also had her first mini boat ride! We took a water taxi to get back to the train station.We had Bella's 3 month pictures taken this past week as well. I tried to get them to upload on the computer, but since we have a Mac it did not work. However, they are posted on a website: http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/storesearch.aspx?p=48295. They are under my name, and the password is Bella. We got some very cute shots of her!
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