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New Jammies that I got for her while at the Mall of America

In the winter jammies while feeding Little Bit his breakfast.

Where to begin?

After Bella and I hit up the Zoo, we went to my sister’s house. Hung out there for a bit with Andy and Drew, before they left and we left to go meet my friends Stacy for supper. We had a nice Dinner and Bella was really good. She even blew Stacy and her husband(who meet up with us a bit later) kisses. Once we arrived back at my sister’s the rest of the clan showed up. Bella was so happy to see her Aunt Tracey.

Friday morning Everyone was up early! Bella had to get up to get ready to hang out with her Aunt Tracey and Me to head out to meet up with my mom and aunt. We were headed up to the Mall of America.  I can’t say for sure all that Bella did, but I know that our trip up the mall was a good one.

I didn’t getting scrapbook while i was up there, but my heart just wasn’t in it anyhow. I did manage to shop for me!! I got some jeans, and shirts. I also started some of my December birthdays/xmas shopping :) Bella did get a bunch of stuff too. Everything was pretty much on sale or a good deal. I enjoyed my creaps while i was there too! We also hit up IKEA and got stuff for our Basement and kitchen. I wish that store was closer. Our time there was fun, and did a lot of walking around, but I was totally ready to come home Sunday morning. We left the hotel at 6:30am.  We stopped in Black River falls for breakfast at Perkins before arriving back in Watertown.

My sister brought Bella too me in Watertown, so while we waited for her, I loaded up my car with everything from the mall and stuff waiting around at my mom’s for me to take. Once Tracey arrived, I got all of Bella’s stuff, and the car was loaded down. Bella apparently didn’t miss me, as she ran to my mom first and was more worried about Nana and Aunt Tracey leaving her than me. LOL Tracey also brought Elly along, so we all had a little lunch together, before Bella and I headed home.  Once we got home Bella  had a great time seeing all the animal and toys that she has been without.

We only ran into one problem..Bella woke up at 3am..she climbed out of her crib, found her book, and brought it to the night light outside our bedroom! So yeah that was not fun to wake up too. But she quickly went back to bed and stayed in bed. This started a new trend for us. It seems Bella listen when told not to climb out of her crib, unless we don’t hear her right away and then she takes matters into her own hands. Our days are number with the crib:(

The rest of our week was pretty laid back. We hung out mostly at home, other than Storytime. I was nice to just be home and hang out with Bella and part of the time with Josh too!

Friday we took off again, this time to Madison. Bella spent the day with her Aunt Diane and I with my buddy Katie. Though i just had some baby free time, it was nice to take another little break and enjoy the mall and lunch without worrying about Bella. After we hit up Madison, we headed to Watertown to visit with my mom. 

We hung out with her Friday night and Saturday morning, while she had a rummage sale. Then we went over to visit Tori and Dylan for a bit. It was nice to see Dylan again and meet their new puppy Buddy.  I have only one picture from that visit. Apparently I've not been good on taking pictures.

Once we got home from there, we continued to help my mom with her rummage sale. after it was done, we went to my old elementary school and let Bella play before heading to Wal-Mart, where one spoiled little girl, got the new TinkerBell movie. we also got a pizza to make before heading home to sit down and enjoy the movie and supper.

Sunday, we went to green house and got to see what they have set up for pumpkins and Halloween. We aren’t doing pumpkin patch photos again this year, since I set up my own little patch and we are trick or treating with my sister’s kids again this year.  Bella didn’t do very well there, but i got some plants for the yard. slowly but surely I'll get my flower beds to look nice all year round. From there we went to Kmart and Goodwill before stopping off for lunch.

After lunch and a short nap, Bella and I took off to meet up wtih some friends at the park. IT was great to see them. Bella had a good time and was wore out after playing around. We headed home and back to our normal days until the weekend. :)

 

Look for Pictures from the last couple weeks to come soon

A morning at the park

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Bella had a bit of a cold and i didn’t want to risk her passing on germs to the little babies in playgroup, so I took her to the park where no one else was.  She had a great time climb up everything, since the playground is designed for 2-5 year olds. I think we might have to visit the park again soon!

Bella and Ella at the Zoo

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Bella and I met up with Hannah and Ella to go to the zoo. It was a cloudy day, but that meant less people. We had a good time even thought some of our favorite animals were not on display.

These are some of the pictures that I took. I hope to see some of Hannah’s soon as I know she got some shots of me and good ones of the two girls together.

Vacation time

So Bella and I  were on vacation and should be getting home tonight. Bella got the joy of spending some time with her aunt, uncle and cousins, while I was up at the Mall of America with my mom and aunt for Scrapfest. There should be a lot of blogging when next week with lots to tell you about.. hopefully anyhow!

I hope you haven’t missed us and make sure you check out all the post that have been posted in the last few days!!

Family Pictures

I know most of you have already seen the family pictures we had taken, but I thought I would post a couple here. I can’t wait to see them all!

 

  

 

Happy Birthday Dylan!

Today is Josh’s and Mine Godson, Dylan’s 8th Birthday!!!

I can’t believe it’s been 8 years already.

 

Weekly post

 

So our last week was pretty quiet. Bella is dealing with one of her top 2 year molar coming in, so she’s not really be herself. So we spend a lot of time just hanging at home. In this time we also spend a lot of time outside.

here’s a bunch of pictures from last week

Our pumpkins are all orange and ready to be picked

 

Sitting up on Hershey. We moved her and Bella finally seemed ok with her again.

 

 

Bella at all the butter off hte bread

 

She refused to have her picture taken with us.. a meltdown followed

Munching on apples…they were tasty!

Park and Uncle Greg

On Sunday, Bella and I went to the park in Fennimore. The park is nice, but some of the people and the kids there were so rude. Bella did have a good time and we also met up with Great Grandma, so it was nice to see her, too.

  

 

 

After fun at the park and fighing off sleep Bella took a 2.5 hour nap. Once she woke up, Uncle Greg had come over. He and Daddy visited out in the barn while Daddy milked. Once they were all done, Bella was eager to visit.

  

 

 

He even put a pony tail in Bella’s hair.

It was nice visit and we are very grateful he was able to come over for Dinner before he leave again for Rome.

PJ’s

 

Black in White…

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A little morning typing before getting dressed

 

WE <3 this jammies! IT seems every time she picks them she goes to be late.

Sara Elly Drew and Bella Mom don’t look

Another slideshow by Smilebox

 

a few weeks back, Tracey and I took the kids to Penny’s to get a shot of all of them together. Tracey also wanted pictures of her two cheerleaders.

Sara: 12.5

Elly 10

Drew 7

Bella 2

Happy Grandparent’s Day

To all the Grandparents out there!

 

Walking Around

So three weeks ago I started a Couch to 5K walking program. It’s been going really well. I have a week left before I start with running. Bella has been coming with me on most of my walks and really enjoys “backpack walks”  It’s also nice to check out the farm and chat with Bella. She’s a real chatterbox these days. I swear she knows more words that we have taught her.

Here’s a just a couple pictures from our walks

 

Coon tracks

 

Can you tell she is happy?

A tired baby. These walks are normally before her nap, fresh air to tire her out :)

Cole always comes with us too. Normally a cat or two, too

I found a cob of corn for her. It kept her interested for about 15 mins

2 teeth left

IT’s been a long time since i’ve blogged about teeth. We have been waiting on 2 year molars for a few months now.  Well yesterday i found out that the bottom two are half way in, and probably not bother her much. There does look like one of the top ones is about to break through but the other one didnt’ seem to want to show any whites yet. :(

So that means I only have 2 teeth left to worry about and then we are done for a few years.  After those two top molars pop in…nukkers is gone!!!

PJ’s

She was saying Cat, since i asked her to show me her jammies.

They say so cute it’s scary

 

Same jammies next day.. we went outside to wait for Daddy. Probably our last day of doing that

Love footie jammies, but those days are coming to end once we are potty trained

Labor Day at the Farm

At tradion seems to hold true, Josh, Bella and I went up to Green Bay to visit Bucia and the other Green Bay area family.

The drive up wasn’t too bad. We got on the road at 7:50, which is about 20 mins later than planned. We stopped in Barnveld before we thought Bella would go to sleep, we stopped again in Fond du Lac to get Bella to sleep. She fell asleep outside of Denmark, about 10 mins from the farm.

But inspite no nap, Bella did great. She took a bit to warm up to everyone, but once she did she had a blast playing with her cousins, aunts and uncles. It was a nice day too, not to warm, not too cold, a little bit of wind and only a few bugs. Josh was able to go and talk with his uncle and see his uncle’s farm. I was able to talk to Tori and the family to catch up with them.

Our time there was too short as always, but great memories were made.

She came all the way up to see me ;)

 

The bird that I don’t remember what type it was

Setting up lunch

 

Cousins playing..i have a pic from New Years 2009 much like this

 

the swingset is lots of fun. Bella had more fun with kids to play with

 

To a 2 year old and a 3 year what could be better than sand

  

Fun with two of her great Aunts….Aunt Jeannie(l) and Aunt Francie ( R )

 

with Bucia. She was playing with a toy lizard and “sharing” it with everyone

Mitchell was being cute!

My little family!!

    

Just missed a shot of Tori with Josh. :(

 

last minute Watermelon before we left

 

 

On our way home from Green Bay we met up with Granna, Tim, Ben and Livie. Bella was excited to see them. She might not have shown it right away, but she warmed up quickly and was a little chatterbox while we ate supper.