Everyone was up by 8:30am on Sunday due to Bella, well Drew and Elly got up on their own, Bella woke up Sara. I got Everyone to eat and get dressed, before we headed downstairs to play. All of us including Bella played Rock Band. We had a great time.
We stopped playing when my mom and Aunt Dar got to Tracey’s. By the time Mom got unloaded, said hi to the kids and Dar headed back home, Tracey and Andy arrived. IT was a crazy time when everyone was there. WE were attempting to get lunch started, catch up, keep Bella out of trouble, keep the other kids from being bored. We had a yummy lunch of Ham, Cheesy potatoes, strawberries, rolls, carrots and of course a cake. :) But it’s wasn’t a normal cake, it was a giant cookie cake! It was so yummy! Bella even enjoyed it. She tried to eat it with her spoon, but was not successful. LOL
After we eat and were stuffed, we open presents or I should say Bella opened my presents. She wasn’t having so much fun doing it, I just let her. She also passed out my presents. :) I got a new waffle maker, veggie scrubber, yummy smelling bath and body stuff, new pancake flipper and rechargeable batteries.
Then we headed off to Sam’s club, well Tracey, Mom, Drew and I. Andy stayed back with Sara,Elly and Bella. Oh my gosh that store is HUGE. I haven’t been there in at leas 5 years and it has really changed. I managed to stock up on a ton of food! Mostly the items that we cook a lot with. There were some other great items too, but i keep to my list and budget.
Once we got back to my sister’s it was time to load up and head towards the Watertown way. Bella fell asleep about 5 mins after we left my sister’s so I went to Target. I needed to get a few things and so mom stayed in the car with a sleeping baby for me. I miss Target! I did mange to find a lot that i needed and fairly quickly but I wished i had more time to look around. I got Bella’s Easter basket started and Easter shoes for her!
After Target, I headed to Watertown to Drop my mom off and then Bella and I headed to Tori and Dylan’s. WE had a good visit and Dylan and Bella got to play for a bit. everything was great until Bella fell off a chair and bit her tongue, but i think i was more shook up than she was. We said our good byes and then it was back to my mom’s.
I dropped off Bella, so mom could feed her and went to Schuett’s drive in. Ok so now it’s a park and walk to the window, but whatever. I got there, placed my order and then 2 mins later they put up the closed sign. I was the last order of the day,,,,so happy i was able to make it. The pizza burgers and blue raspberry slushies are the best! Its the same that I always get. SO I got our food home, and got Bella ready for bed. She only managed to have time to watch “the year without a santa clause” twice.
Once she was down, I headed off to Court’s to catch up with her. I got to hear about her really cool trip to Vegas and see the pictures. I wish i would have had more time, but as I was thinking of getting ready to leave, i was paged home.
Monday was a lot simpler day. We woke up around 7am. Bella slept in her crib all night long!!!! Then woke up just talking. It was great.
We had breakfast and then mom decided that she would go get my coat that I left at my sister’s . I was going to wait til i see mom again to get it, but she decided to go get it. She took Bella with, so that Bella would get at least a bit of a nap for the day. I stayed behind and cleaned up, got myself cleaned up, reorganized the car, and then relaxed in front of the open window and read “the diary of a wimpy kid” Really good book btw.
Once they returned back, it was time for mom to go to work, and then Bella and I hung out until we got the call from Hannah to come on over.
We arrived over to Hannah’s around lunch time. The girls had quite a bit of fun together. They defiantly both know how to interact with each other. They were climb up everything, running around, crawling into the cozy coupe,playing with babies, sharing, then taking away. It was almost like they were play “ if you can do it, i can do it better”. I had a great time talking to Hannah. The girls might be 4 months apart, but it seems as they are getting older that difference is less and less. The girls ate lunch together, Bella in a booster chair (first time ;( and she did great ;) ) and Ella next to her in the high chair. We played until Hannah had to leave and John came home. Both John and I were hoping the girls tired each other out and they would both nap.
Bella and I hit up St. Vinny’s and then the car wash before heading back to mom’s. Bella did nap, matter of fact she took a two hour nap!
Once she was up, we went to Shopko, to walk around a bit before my mom got done with work. Bella enjoyed walking in the store with my mom. Ok any store she can walk in she enjoys. Then we went to McDonald’s for supper, and even got Ice cream. Bella did good at eating her supper, so she got ice cream too. She loved both my shamrock shake and my mom’s hot fudge sundae. Before heading back to mom’s for hte night, we hit up the new Pick n Save. It’s huge and a bit too big. Maybe it seems big since i have a little store here in Lancaster to go too, but it’s like double the size of the old Pick N Save.
Tuesday morning was another good morning of Bella sleeping in her crib all night long! This time Mom had to leave for work at 8am, so it was up to me and Bella to get all packed up. Bella got to watch her Santa while I did all the packing and loading. Then we headed out for Madison.
Oh i need to mention, for me anyhow, that Bella is now a master of Stairs at my mom’s house. I even left the gate down and she did really well. She knows to get on her tummy before going down.
In true Bella fashion, She fell asleep as i hit the Beltline. So I called up Diane and asked if she would come along for the two stores i wanted to visit. She was a good sport and say yes. So Diane sat in the car with a sleeping Bella while I got to run into Nicki’s diapers, a great cloth diaper store, and Achiever's, the scrapbook store i can only go to once in every blue moon. I spent a bit to much at each place, but oh well. I got some of the cloth diaper stuff i needed and scrapbook stuff that i kind of wanted. LOL
We all went back to Diane’s where Bella got to play and get into a whole new house full of stuff! Bella knows where the phone is, her cupboard in the kitchen is and how easy it is to climb up on the fireplace. (she also knows at my sister’s and my mom’s where all the special Bella places are) This time Bella figured out how to open the doors to the fireplace. that was a big shock to both Diane and I. we had a yummy lunch of Pineapple, mac n cheese, green beans (for Bella) and peanut butter cookies! Bella ate pretty well too! But after much talking and playing we decided it was time to head home, Both Bella and I missed Josh and our house.
We got home around 3, unloaded the car and then it was time to do chores. It was a great trip and it was so nice to see everyone! Pictures to come later, i promise!
