she is such a little ham. one of my favorite things to do with bella is to go run errands between her morning and afternoon naps. wherever we go, she makes new "friends". constantly saying "hi hi hi HI" and waving, a giant smile lighting up her sweet little face. the other day on our trek back out to the car in the home depot parking lot, she waved incessantly; not even stopping as i put her in the car. i couldn't help but laugh as i buckled into her car seat and kissed those chubby cheeks, her tiny hand still waving through the air.
what a nut :)
she also looooves to get into things that she knows she shouldn't. just this week i was busy cooking dinner, and turned to find bel in an off-limit-cupboard. knowing i was about to stop her, she grabbed an object she wanted and took off--running--around the kitchen island, squealing with laughter as i chased her to take away whatever she had found. we do this on a daily basis. she looooves to run away from me when she's trying to escape through a gate that's been left open, see if she can go play in the toilet or grab a remote control. always laughing... that's the best part.
some random things about our bella grace:
- after starting at 4 months teaching her how to sign "all done" and "more", she's finally signing "more". i don't even know what clicked all of a sudden, but it's the cutest thing.
- she has started having a hard time when we leave her in the church nursery... we have been doing so since she was about 4 months old and it has never been a problem; she hardly noticed. now, she does and it's so sad :(
- she looooves to dance. she does this foot-stomping-move. it's awesome.
- she is obsessed with elmo. she points to everything he's on and says: "elma!"
- she will not... i repeat, WILL NOT drink milk out of a sippy cup. i don't even get it. we are trying everything; even something we said we never would: adding a little bit of chocolate syrup to lure her. nope. doesn't work (somewhere jamie oliver is sighing in relief). she will only drink milk from a bottle and it has to be warm. sighhhhh. i have no clue what to do.
- her cousin, jude, is her best bud. it took her a while to win him over, but she finally did :) now they LOVE each other. on a day we are going to go visit, i'll say "bel, wanna go see jude?!" her little face will just light right up, eyes big she'll say "ju! ju!" adorable.
- she has a baby doll that her uncle jim gave her. when you press the doll's belly, it will talk. one day when i was putting bella down for a nap, i gave her the doll. when i went to check on her a while later, she was sound asleep holding a plastic box. when i looked in the crib, i found the poor baby doll, chest ripped open, voice box gone. and there bella was, sound asleep cuddling with the doll's voice box. once she woke up, the rest of the day she carried that voice box around, pressing it to hear baby giggles or chatter... what a strange toy of choice.
- she looooves her blankie. and it's so cute :)
lastly, here are a couple of videos to document recent bella-action.
lunchtime with mama: making faces, being a nut and signing "more"
getting into trouble with jude... i found the two of them sitting in a pile of wipes; they had pulled half of a box of wipes out and were throwing them alllll over the kitchen. we couldn't help but laugh.
i am reminded more and more every day how fleeting these moments are. trying to treasure and savor each one, enjoying every step of the journey.
How precious!! It's reading things like this that make me excited for when my husband and I start having babies :)
ReplyDeleteOh my word! That face is HILARIOUS!!! What a goof.
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem with Rems and milk...and I had it with Lila, too. I will give Remy a bottle of warm milk during the day just to get her to drink it. With Lila, I had to do the same thing until she could understand that she had to drink it out of a cup or mommy was NOT going to be happy :)