Daddy Kisses

Caught on camera! This is Dave and Bella's cute little goodbye routine... love her little giggles!

Swimmer Girl!

Arabella is finally confident and happy in the water! She can swim on her own (with the help of her little floaty swimsuit) and is LOVING swimming more and more! Here's a short video of her swimming at the Y with me yesterday.

I have so much more to blog about (my sister's wedding and all the celebrations that go with it)... but I don't have any pictures from it yet, so you'll have to be patient with me. I'll get them up as soon as I can.

Miss Arabella

Scenario: Dave is at work, Bella is playing quietly in her room, I get in the shower. I get out of the shower and she is still playing quietly in her room... I think, "oh no, she must be getting into something... she's being too quiet!" So I get my phone ready to take a picture of the huge mess so I can show Dave... and I walk into her room and here's what I see:

When I ask why she has all her friends lined up, she says with a sweet smile... "I'm playing school and I'm the teacher (which sounds more like cheecher). I'm teaching them how to say their ABCs." I leave to go get dressed and I can here her telling her friends, "My mommy is a teacher just like me." :)

Arabella the Dare-devil!

Arabella and I took advantage of a beautiful Saturday and went to the park near our house. It's actually a playground for an elementary school, so the playground equipment is meant for kids over five... Bella hasn't really been able to do a lot of it because it's so big... until today! :) She finally mastered the rock climbing wall and can do it BY HERSELF!!!! She's so daring! Here are a few pictures of my little dare-devil today.

"I did it! I did it all by myself!"