Princess Bellah

Bellah got some dresses for Christmas... this is her favorite one.... the Cinderella dress.

She loves to twirl!!

Christmas 2009

So, this past Christmas was David's first Christmas in our new home since he was in Iraq for the previous two Christmases. It was fun getting the house decorated with him here and I had been looking forward to having him here for Christmas since the summer!! :D

At Bellah's school, they made some reindeer antlers and she wore them for three days! She was upset when daddy washed off her Rudolf nose. :*(

Santa brought Bellah a bike for Christmas, which she really liked.

Bellah was great about opening gifts... she seemed to like opening the presents more than getting them! :D

More hairbands for Bellah! :D

Ooooooo... daddy got some nice shirts for work since he no longer has to wear his ACU's!! (First time in 4 years~!)

Daddy showing Bellah how her nifty blanket cover up works... so pretty! ;o)

Some necklaces for Bellah!

I think this is a video for Bellah.

Oooo... a book! :D

Safety gear for Bellah's new bike.

Gigi's new DVD player.... ooooooo! :D

Bellah playing with her new princess case (thanks Ginger!)

Bellah's Princess bike!

So, Gigi came over for Christmas, which Bellah really enjoyed! We spent the rest of the day hanging out, playing with toys and washing baby clothes in preparation of Will's arrival. :D It was awesome to have David home and we are definitely enjoying having him around more! :D

Bellah's First Nutcracker (and mine!)

We went to visit Gigi in December and while we visited, Gigi treated Bellah and me to the Victoria Ballet production of The Nutcracker. (David stayed home to work on his school work.)

We got all dressed up and headed out!

Here we are before the production! I wasn't sure how long Bellah would last since we had never gone to anything like that.

Smiling for the camera! :D

Gigi let Bellah borrow her scrunchie which matched her dress PERFECTLY! It was BEAUTIFUL!! :D

Bellah actually did very, very well! She enjoying watching the dancing and was thoroughly entranced by the ballarinas! She did get mad a few times at me for clapping... she apparently didn't think it was appropriate! lol!

A great time was had by all and I now feel confident to take Bellah to more of these types of performing arts events - she'll love it! :D

Dining Out

On December 5, David had his first Dining Out as an Army Reservist. It was fun to get dressed up (though it's hard to find a flattering dress when you're 8 months preggo!) Our friend Syndee watched Bellah for us (and took this picture) while we had a night out on the town in Austin!

Bellah's Cow

Well, at the beginning of December, Bellah was playing with her cow flash light and ended up getting it stuck in her teeth!

It's a little hard to see, but the silver ring was stuck between her teeth!

We tried gently pulling on it, hoping it would come out, but it wouldn't budge! So, rather than risk pulling out her teeth and the cow, we got a pair of wire cutters and cut the silver ring to get the cow out.

Hopefully, Bellah will think twice before chewing on her toys!!