~ May 2008 ~
Memorial Day ~ Monday, May 26th
Heading
to the water park and getting ready to shoot off some fireworks with Dad:
May 27th ~ Heading to the final
dance class of the season.
2008 Dance Photos!
~ June 2008 ~
June 1st ~ Hanging
out with a neighbor kiddo in the pool
Recital Day! ~ Monday, June 2nd
5:30 p.m. ~ Heading to the Performing Arts theater
7 p.m. ~ the show begins!! (These poor kiddos had the curtain drop right down on them!)
"Easter Bonnet" cuties
This is the class Bella would have been in if we'd opted
to place her in the 6 p.m. class
YAY!! Bella's class is finally up!! (Bella is the fifth
from the left)
"Hey, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'? "
"How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby, Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Watch Bella's performance! (Turn your volume up!!)
It's over ... and we are so proud of Bella!!
"I did it, Nay Nay! It was so much fun!!"
Looking at photos and watching the video while waiting on
dinner at Applebee's
June 8th ~ Yep.
It's hot down here! Bella cools off with a chocolate milkshake and some heavy air conditioning in the car on this humid 103-degree
afternoon.
June 10th ~ Bella
and I head back home to the Upstate to attend the funeral services for Fr. Chris' mother. The Requiem Mass was held Tuesday
evening at Prince of Peace in Taylors. (The parish at which Bella was baptized in 2004.) And yeah, I know,
I'm getting big!
Before Mass
Bella loved the "big doors" and the "cool" statue of the
Blessed Mother
Father Chris was the celebrant at the Requiem (in the purple)
June 11th ~ Bella and I attended the
funeral mass at St. Mary's in downtown Greenville before heading back home. (Mommy had to be at work later
that night)
Father Chris (left, in purple) and Father Newman (right,
in purple)
Father Chris prepares the Eucharist
Bella had to "go potty" during mass ... Again, yes, I know
... I'm getting big!
Bella loved the school building!
"The Mass has ended ... go in peace."
And may Mamma Smith rest in peace!!
Heading back home because I had to be a work later that
evening ... phew! Gas was $4.09 a gallon!
We grabbed some lunch before heading back home. Thanks,
Bella ... you made Pop Pop's and my day ...
June 12th ~ Bella and Daddy
play catch ... and admire the little "garden" that Bella planted and grew all by herself. Mommy calls it "Bella's jungle."
June 14th ~ We spent the day
at the beach for Father's Day
June 17th ~ Bella's other sunflowers
are blooming, too! We also painted her bedroom.
June 21st - 24th ~ We were back in the
Upstate to celebrate a belated Father's Day weekend with Pop Pop!
Swimming on Saturday (21st) ~ It's hot, so Aunt Terri and Bella play
around in the little pool
Shopping on Sunday (22nd) ~ We ate lunch at Perkins and
hit the Haywood Mall where Bella got a couple of new things from Macy's (She is really into Hello Kitty now). She
also found out that escalators don't stop moving ... even when you want them to!
Sleepy kiddo
Future meteorologist?
Loving the wildlife ... and posing like some of the exhibits,
too!
Human cells, shadows, and more
Di-no-saurs! (You have to say it like the guy from
"Jurassic Park"!)
"Here they are, Mom!!!"
Digging for real mini fossils (teeth, shell, and bone fragments)
in the Paleolab ... the dirt was recently excavated from Aurora, N.C. in conjunction with the Aurora Fossil Museum. (And she got to keep her findings!)
The Rainforest, a quick lunch, and the Kid's Play
Place
Alas ... it's time to head back to Greenville ...
Blowing bubbles with Aunt Terri before dinner
Telling Pop Pop all about the bubbles while playing with a
popper Terri bought at the Discovery Place.
Tuesday (24th) ~ Blowing bubbles before leaving the Upstate
Posing with with out gift bag and photos after the 3D ultrasound
Back home. Sleepy girl and sleepy kitten cuddle up after
a long day.
June 26th ~ Bella woke up with Tebow
cuddled in her arm ... again. After lunch, she made a collage with photos and her fossils from The Discovery Place.
She absolutely loves the shark teeth! (That's my girl!!)
June 27th ~ Bella and Andy head to
the movie theater to see "WALL-E" after the meeting at the Montessori school. Mommy took a nap ... which Bella photographed
upon coming home.
June 30th ~ Heading to Daddy's office
so that we can head to the Riverdogs game
Bella got her face painted!
~ July 2008 ~
July 1st ~ "ROAR!"
T-Rex Bella terrorizes the household ... and viking Andy tries to defend it.
Playing with glow sticks before bed
July 3, 2008 ~ Waiting at the pediatrician's
office to get shots (look at mommy's belly!)
All up to date and ready for school!
Look! Daddy was in the paper today after he helped out during
a wreck on Wednesday! (Can you spot him?)
We went to see "Kung Fu Panda" after the doctor's appointment.
It was really cute!
July 4, 2008 ~ Hanging out of the
"Red, White, and Blue on the Green" festival (Bella even got to ride her decorated bike in the kid's parade!)
July 5th ~ Bella and the kittens
snuggled together.
Peter Pan later watches himself in the vanity mirror
and plays with Bella's night light.
July 6th ~ Bella's "Big Girl" room
is 99% done! She loves this room ... she picked out most of the things in it and even helped paint the walls lavender
(her choice!).
July 7th ~ Hanging out with Daddy
in the afternoon and eating fruit with Mommy at night
July 8th ~ Mommy / Bella day!! We
went to see "WALL-E". Bella absolutely LOVES that little robot! We then went to Michael's craft store and
to Home Depot where we bought a ton of stuff. We made her lamp into a "flower" before bedtime.
July 13th ~ Hitting an afternoon
Riverdogs game and meeting Dora the Explorer
July 17th ~ The aquarium's turtle
rescue hospital released a loggerhead turtle at Folly Beach. Thanks to taking odd directions from Dad's new toy instead of taking my own route, we just missed the
release ... the turtle was entering the water as we got to the beach. Ah, well ... Bella got to play in the sand until the
rains came.
July 19th ~ Making "fairy doors"
with Indya, a friend from down the street.
July 20th ~ Since Andy was sick and
in bed, I took Bella and Indya to see "WALL-E" ... later on, Andy finished reading James Howe's "Bunnicula" to Bella.
July 21st ~ Surgery day! A surly
Andy recovers from having some bad lymph nodes removed while Mommy and Bella get groceries, pick up prescriptions and items
to care for the Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain, and wait patiently in the waiting area. Afterewards, despite the drain, Andy rests
in the bedroom and plays on the net.
Approx. 10cc (two teaspoonsful) of blood and serum from Andy's JP
Drain.
July 22nd ~ Indya and Bella had a
fun day! I took them out to lunch, then to my pharmacy to get a couple of things (where they made fun of my belly), then
to my routine OB visit where they played "baby doctor," and then back home where I let them make cupcakes. Later on,
both Peter Pan and Tinkerbell cuddled up with Bella to sleep.
July 24th ~ Indya came over and the girls
made scrapbooky collages before going to see Andy's surgeon and my obstetrician. Bella's personalized scrubs came in mail,
too. (She will be wearing them to the hospital when Anna is born since she'll be my little birth assistant ... she'll do a
much better job than a doula would!) Later that night, we got the uber-cool Sit-N-Stand LX Galaxy stroller that I'd *really*
been wanting. Bella thinks that it's just "too cool!" too!!
July 25th ~ We had to go to the hospital
for a second injection of Celestone (which the nurse let Bella give to me!) as well as fetal monitoring, which proved my theory
that Bella gets Anna all wound up and Andy calms her back down.
July 26th ~ Andy wonders why
he keeps waking up at night ... this is what I found when I got up to go to the bathroom for the 50th time:
The duo must've gotten tired of bothering Andy because they
retired to the bathroom to snooze in the towels.
Later on, Bella goes to her first gymnastics class at The
Little Gym. She had a freaking ball! Looks like we'll be doing gymnatics this fall ...
July 29th ~ Bella relaxes on
the bed before lunch. It was nasty and stormy outside, so there wasn't much to do.
Daddy must be tired! He and Peter Pan snooze on the
sofa ... then heads to Bella's room where he falls asleep again!
July 30th ~ Daddy and Bella
play Megablocks in the nursery before bed. Bella is so goofy!
July 31st ~ Bella flosses her
teeth before bed while "Shark Week" plays in the background
~ August 2008 ~
Aug. 2nd ~ Daddy gives
Mommy some much needed sleep time and takes Bella to The Children's Museum for the afternoon. Bella LOVES this place!
Water play
Grocery shopping
Back home, Bella took some photos of her room ... she loves
her "place"
Good night time! Andy continues to read the "Bunnicula"
series to Bella... tonight, the book was "Howliday Inn" ... even the kitties love story time!
Aug. 4th ~ Bella and Indya have
a blast at The House of Bounce!
Aug. 5th ~ Bella fixes a yummy
afternoon snack!
Aug. 9th ~ Bella had a blast
at Indya's 7th birthday party at a local roller skating rink.
After the party, Daddy and Peter Pan take a nap together!
Aug. 10th ~ Bella hangs out
and watches a movie in her room
Aug. 11th ~ Daddy happily relaxes
on the sofa with the Kitlens
Aug. 13th ~ Bella playing in
the rain while waiting to be called back for her dentist appointment.
Later on Bella
plays in her new Eagles jersey (she and Dad now have matching jerseys!) ... she is showing her "touchdown dance" in the second
one.
Aug. 14th ~ Watching the Eagles
vs. Panthers game with Daddy ... before it was forced into a weather delay.
Practicing her Heisman pose ~ (Silly girl! You're
wearing a pro football jersey! The Heisman is a collegiate award!)
Aug. 16th ~ Hitting the over-crowded
Animal Planet Expo
Back home, Daddy, Bella, and the cats take a nap
Bella works on her states before bed
Aug. 19th ~ Playing in the rain,
grass trimmings, and dirt.
Aug. 25th ~ FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
