An Ode to our sweet Bella!!

Happy Happy Birthday Bella dear.... (*warning really long post*)
Bella turned 2 years old yesterday! Where has the time gone! What a blurr this last year has been. She's gone from our sweet, quiet, calm little baby to our destructo girl, loud, hair pulling yet still sweet toddler. It's been such a transformation from baby to toddler, one that may have resulted a little differently if she hadn't been the youngest of 4. She is so good natured yet she knows how to hold her own, she can make all 3 older kids cry with a quick handful of hair yanking, or jab of the eye. I never would've imagined that she would be capable of some of the things that she does now when she was just a few months old but she has had to defend herself and let her presence be known. With all that said here's a list of just a few of our favorite Bella-isms:
1. She's SUPER cuddly- the cuddliest one yet- it just feels good to hold her.
2. She laughs out loud when ever she hears the word funny.
3. She wakes up happy, she goes to bed happy- She almost always has a smile on her face- even when she's hitting you.
4. She loves to dance and her moves beat all of our uncoordinated moves.
5. She's a big copy cat! She colors laying on her tummy with her feet flopping in the air, just like her big sister.
6. She has to hug and kiss each person every night before she goes to bed, Josh is always the last one, she hugs him a little longer than everyone else. Then she will wave and say good night 20 times before we make it to the crib. Then she literally leaps into her crib.
7. She loves her momma more than anyone- and prefers her to anyone even Daddy (yeah- that's right! finally I get one that picks me)
8. She's loving not just to her family but loves others and makes them feel good with her cuddles. She especially loves Ellie's mom and Sister Lush.
9. She's our first thumb sucker! and she has the cutest crooked teeth I've ever seen because of it.
10.She has the BEST high pitched squealy giggle that we've ever heard.
11. She has everyone in this family wrapped around her little finger and gets away with way too much stuff!
12.Everywhere we go, people remember Bella and always comment on how good and sweet she is- she really is lovable.



We love you Bella!!! Thank you for blessing our family with your sweet and feisty presence!
Bella through the years....

two minutes before the delivery... seriously, she was the quickest!

She's here!!!


4 months old

8 months


10 months


11 months


1 year birthday


Halloween- 13 months

15 mths



18 months


20mths



21 mthscan't remember how old she is here?


23 months


23 1/2 months...



2 years old!!
This is Bella stylin today- a few of her favorite things, ducky, book, purse (w/my phone inside), and her trend setting mismatched shoes , no pants, crazy hair and dirty smiley face. That's our girl.


* We celebrated her b-day Sunday- haven't downloaded pics yet due to a really inconvenient bout of strep throat for me, so party pictures to follow- though I didn't do too good on taking pictures because of annoying strep, hence the compensation with this really LONG post*