My sweet little Bella turned one last week, so I'm a little slow in getting this post up! By the third child, sad as it is, this first birthday wasn't quite the big deal it was with the first two. Still, I made the effort to make a cake and we celebrated with a party. Lily "helped" Bella open all of her presents. She seemed to enjoy her piece of cake at first, but once she spotted the box of crackers on the table, she wanted them instead. I took several videos at the party, but realized I only took only a few pictures.
My beautiful blue-eyed baby, on her birthday, eating a messy sucker
Bella isn't walking yet (my kids don't seem to be very early walkers), but loves to pull herself up to furniture and walk around that way. She is still sleeping like a champ- 11 hours a night with no waking. At her 1-year appointment, she was 19 lbs. 14 oz. and right on track with growth patterns. She doesn't like when strangers look at her, or even when someone she knows looks at her when she doesn't want them to, so the doctor's visit was quite tearful. She is a very sensitive soul, which drives me a little crazy sometimes. Her favorite people are her mom and dad, Grandpa, and Uncle Braden.
Bella is really into animals these days and gets so excited when the neighborhood cat comes around. Her favorite toys are the ones that make animals sounds. She is loving the warm weather we've been enjoying in Roosevelt lately so we can play outside and Mom can push her around on a tractor. Her 7th tooth broke through today, and it looks like she has more on the way. She doesn't have a lot of hair, but definitely more than Lily did at this age, so I can't complain!
Everyone comments to me about Bella's big, bright-blue eyes she inherited from her dad. She smiles a lot, but my camera usually isn't fast enough to get very good pictures of her. Or, maybe it's the photographer that's the problem!
Bella out at our land...Grandpa's llamas in the background
At Chuck-E-Cheese in Las Vegas over Easter weekend....doesn't look too thrilled!
This is a common occurrence at our house, unless I remember to keep all the bathroom doors shut!
Not the greatest picture of all the kids, but I think it's kind of funny!
