Bella's Blog

6/19/08 - Picture Day.  I had my pictures taken today.  It was quite fun to run around the studio while people tried to corral me towards a big camera.  I stuck my tongue out at them and they simply laughed and took a picture!  After the 5 minute photo shoot, I found comfort in the continued existence of my belly button (which had been hidden under a pair of short-alls all day).

4/17/08 - My ride home!  Once again, I needed to make sure that people were aware of my presence.  I screamed once again from Chicago back to Appleton.  My mom said something about having a headache.  Maybe it was from the lack of sleep over the last couple days while I had the flu??

4/14/08 - My first plane ride!  I was afraid that people might forget that I was the only pre-2 year old on the plane.  I made sure that my presence was known and screamed for the entire ride from Appleton to Chicago.

7/09/07 - My anti-walking campaign is still in full force.  My mother continues to coax me into standing on my own.  I know better!  I know what walking gets you ... Chores!

7/03/07 - Alright, what's the deal with this!!  Sean gets ONE, count it - ONE shot.  I get THREE!!!  I cried for half a second to let them know my protest.  My cry was worth the effort - I got a huge stuffed bear (which I promptly threw onto the floor)!

6/24/07 - I received gifts for being ME today.  I also received cake and ice cream.  I'll have to figure out what I did to deserve these treats!  My brother sang a song to me - Happy Birthday - whatever that means!

5/27/07 - I used my super-senses today to sense mom's attempt to update my website during naptime.  I woke up screaming at the top of my lungs to challenge her fast update & upload skills!

5/16/07 - Today, I was too tired to eat for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!!!  My babysitter was empathetic enough to feel my exhaustion and whip out the video camera!

5/05/07 - Oh the teeth!  I'm working on 4 teeth at once right now.  It's a record!  I'm waking mom up every 4 hours at night so that she can feel my pain!

4/18/07 - We road a Duck today.  No, not the quacking kind, the Army variety!  I loved it much to my mom's surprise.

4/16/07 - I went on my first official vacation today and had a blast!!  We went to the Wilderness Resorts at Wisconsin Dells.

4/10/07 - I crawled today!!! I just decided it was time to get up on all fours and move!  I'm into everything now!  The kitties have learned to move just slightly faster to dodge my reach.

4/05/07 - I'm starting to get my two top teeth now.  They are both coming in at the same time.

3/20/07 - I slither backwards a bit now.  I can rotate 360 degrees.  I like to try to reach forward and touch my brother's toys.  He tends to frown on this which makes me attempt to do so even more!

2/10/07 - I now have a good start to my two front teeth.

1/31/07 - I'm starting to get my two first teeth - the bottom two front teeth!!!  Daddy saw me roll today!  Mommy still hasn't seen me roll.