8 months old..

..so our Bananbelle is 8 months old!

Its funny, at every age so far I think to myself "this is my favorite age" until I get to the next month and I think the same thing of that age. Par for the coarse, I like this age the best!

Her personality is coming out. The girl smiles constantly and laughs at the dogs. Her new thing is the blow raspberries with her lips. Its particularity funny when she does it when she is nursing. You laugh at her and she laughs back and does it again. She is just all around awesome!

Oh, and adorable!

I told her not to grow up...

...but she's not listening!

Remember this photo of Ty ready Belle a story?
Well, its now become THIS!


We've created a monster:)

Boo!

I have LOTS to catch up on up I want to be sure to get all of the current stuff down so we will start there and work our ways back.

Halloween 2011!

She laughed so hard I cried...

..Ty and I went out in the backyard with Annabelle to talk to the guy fixing our air conditioner and of coarse the dogs followed. The proceeded to play/fight just like they always so when anyone is around to show off too.


I heard Belle start to wine and then cry.....or what I thought was crying! I looked over at the little person on my arm to comfort her and realize that she is full out belly laughing! Not just the little giggles she had been doing lately, but full out busting a gut! She laughed for a good 5 minutes watching those dogs. That was probably one of my top 10 moments ever with our little girl!

fastest 4 months of my life...

..Annabelle turned 4 months and I can't believe that just 5 months earlier I was dreaming about if I was going to have a boy or girl and imagining how my life was about to change. Now...I can't remember what my life was before this amazing little person came into my life.

So, as of 4 months...our Belle is perfectly healthy and growing steadily!

birth:
10 lbs 9 oz
22 in long

4 months:
15 lbs 4 oz
25 ins

Is is in the 65th percentile and just perfect!

What isn't so perfect was the shots Annabelle's poor little thighs took! It was a sad but adorable sight to see!!

Dear Annabelle...

In the last week or so, you have discovered your voice. You coo and yell and make all sorts of sounds that resemble a velseloraptor. Your dad and I love when you 'talk' to us, it makes us laugh and we find ourselves dropping everything to talk to you. There is nothing else now that makes us laugh as much or is as fun.

I have realized that the joy that I feel when we are 'talking' to us, it so far beyond anything I have ever felt. Watching you grow and learn makes me so happy that I tear up sometimes thinking that you are really mine. You are already an amazing little girl and I can't wait to see all of the things you learn as you grow up.

We love you, baby! Keep on 'yapping'.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Belle loves her daddy!!!!

I think you always believe that your husband will be a good dad. Ty has lived up to that belief. Every night when he comes home and says hi to Annabelle, she gives him a huge smile because she recognizes that this is her daddy. Every night he reads her a story, she listens intently because he is that good.

So for all of that, Annabelle loves her daddy!