May Pictures!

Another month has came and went, which brought about a very special occasion for Bella. Before her big birthday posting though, here are some pictures from May!

One big event in May was that Bella was moved to her "big girl" room! We have had the furniture in there for a couple months, so she has known that she was going to start sleeping in her big girl bed soon. Having everything set up prior to her actual move was nice because she was able to play in the room and get used to the whole idea.

We were both a little nervous to have her switch rooms, both for the bed freedom and the fact that this bedroom is in our basement.

But being the little rockstar that she is, Bella transitioned to her bed without a single problem. :) In fact, we heard her tell us many times "I love this bed! It's comfy!" :)

I would like this room too though; I think it looks pretty cute!

Mommy and Miss Bella on Mother's Day- I was treated quite nicely by my little lady on that day! She told me "Happy Mother's Day Mommy!" many times with big hugs and kisses, and has even continued to randomly tell me that since. Daddy is hoping for the same kind of treatment.... but I don't know if he'll be so lucky. :)

Bella is definitely a little Mommy's girl!

We enjoyed lots of time outside this month, especially since we had some very hot days! We have a kids picnic table for our deck, so we had lots of picnics there.

Bella also needed to wear her shades to keep the sun out. :) Pretty stylin!

Striking a little model pose- Bella is very much a performer!

Daddy tries every chance he can get to get Bella interested in playing ball with him. On this particular evening, she was all about it as she was HYPER and running around like a crazy lady!

Making a basket! In a hoop that was obviously lowered. :) The hoop has since gone back up as Bella remains more interested in playing other things outside. Sorry Daddy!

A very pensive look- perhaps debating whether she should be crazy again?

And it was decided that yes, she definitely should! Bella next decided to start dancing around and singing!

As I said, she likes to perform. :)

And she has excellent dance moves!

A fun outing we took in May was going to see Sesame Street Live in Des Moines! Bella used to be an Elmo fanatic, but now of course her love has switched to all things Dora. However, she still likes Elmo, and we thought she would have fun watching all the characters sing and dance- two of her own favorite activities!

She was quite enamored to see all the characters onstage. She wanted to go "touch" them all, but thankfully didn't freak out when we said that we could only watch them.

The Elmo's World segment was obviously a favorite. :)

Bella would also become very alarmed whenever a character left the stage at any point. "Where'd Elmo go? Where'd Abby go? Where'd Cookie go?"

Bella and her baby Emma, one of her favorite little outside activities. Poor Emma is an outside only baby and has been carried all over, so she is not the prettiest baby anymore. She gets to go on stroller rides, down the slide, have picnics...

And Bella likes to sit and sing to her of course.

She discovered how to go down the slide on her belly- obviously it was enjoyed!

I even broke out her little pool during some especially hot days! I'm on a mission to find a bigger plastic pool, but this little baby one suited her just fine.

Miss Bella loves the water no matter what!

Plus she has fun princesses and animals to play with!

Bella also got a new water table for her birthday, so she has even more water choices now!