And we are having....(drumroll please)...

A BOY! We all knew it (except Bella, who wanted a sister, but is now okay with having a brother).
We just found out this week, and so far I have gone out and bought some boy clothes, boy crib bedding, in the process of buying a sweet sleeper recliner (we learned the first time how important comfort in one of those is!), and some bedroom accessories! I knew it was a boy so much that I already had everything planned and picked out! Now we just need to finish the basement so that we can move the toy room downstairs and put in the baby's room! :) Fun stuff!
Now I have to go and learn all things boy....plus come up with a boy name, which is HARD!

Orchard

Me and my sister in law went to stake out a new spot today...This was my favorite shot from it...there are more on my website if you want to check them out! :)
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I am finally loving the spring weather...

Bella was being the hugest goof today, and with the wind being as crazy as it was I was lucky to get these three cute keepers! Also Bella is sporting her cute new haircut...I didn't go too drastic on the length since I enjoy being able to put her hair up...but I was SO tempted to so more of a short bob! Maybe next time! That is a tree in our front yard behind her! I love it in the spring...hate it in the summer...plus it was planted crooked before we moved in..so it is unsavable! Also we find out in 2 weeks what gender of baby we will be having! :)

Guess What!?

Remember this little bundle of joy!?

Well we are finally getting another one! September 20th, 2010! Hooray! :)

Christmas Day 2009!

So we had a really great Christmas this year! It was Ryan and my first Christmas since we got married that we have spent in our own home Christmas morning! It was just magical! :) Really we just had a really great year, and this was a great way to end it! Santa brought mom the studio lights that she has been wanting since she graduated three years ago! Dad got the new dress clothes he was wanting, but forbade any other purchases on his behalf...And Bella was just tickled at all the princess stuff she got from Santa this year! Especially her Cinderella movie she asked Santa for many times! She remembered too! Good thing he was able to find a pirated version since Cinderella isn't out again for another 5 years or so!
Anyway I didn't get any pictures of the "Santa" part. That was all video taped, pretty much the whole thing, but I got a few from the aftermath! We had a fun time this year.


I just love this girl in this coat and hat combo! So cute!


Apparently I am SO excited about these soft cushy socks I got...nevermind the new studio lights towering over my head...


I just loved this face! It's like a chubby kid cheese!


Yay! The bum gets to dress up!


Bella helping dad open his present from HER!


The occasional picture of me does get taken...keep in mind this was early Christmas morning! No time for showers, makeup and hair!


We were a little worried about how long Christmas morning would last the first time we saw her open a present this year. SLOW and teenie tiny peices at a time! However on Christmas morning it was a different story! She went to TOWN! She was just tearing through the presents! We hardly had time to process her gifts ourselves, and we were the one's who gave them!


Something that will never happen again...using moms new softbox as a tent!


This is her 'show mom' face!


Bella yelling "I a princess! I a princess!" while jumping up and down in her new nighty!


Bella and Ryan's cousin Emmy, watching The Little Mermaid, at the family dinner at his grandparents that night! I thought it was cute!


Casey looks about how we all feel right about now...

Bella got to sit on Santa's lap!

I wrote a bunch about this on my 365blog, The color turned out much better on that blog...at least on my screen it did! :)
I tried to add a link for it under here but it isn't working, so just look at my web links on the right and it's the first one there.

Bella plays in the snow with dad...

...but not with mom, because mom's a pansy and hates the snow! So mom takes pictures from the sidelines!
Bella and dad start to form a snowman, and get into a little snowball fight along the way...something I didn't capture very well...I captured it better than these pics show, but not well enough to post...

















































This is how Ryan looked after being hit with a snowball by Bella....I die laughing every time I see this pic!





























Ryan told Bella to eat some snow and she said "it's like ice cream?"

























































making snow angels...




























Bella's first snowman! We couldn't get eyes or a nose to go in it because the snow was so packed it was like ice!















Lost the gloves! It's all over, she is now SO done with the snow!

Bella's favorite new pastime..

This was from my 365 blog from yesterday and I thought it was so cute I had to post it!
She is constantly getting into this tree and it is driving us nuts! lol!

BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP

This was cracking me and my mom up, so we had to take pictures. It's Bella and my grandma both playing games on me and Ryan's iphones. The best part was my grandma was so into the game on Ryan's phone that she didn't even notice us taking pictures of her!

























































Grandma was so excited when she finally won the game! It was Animatch for those with iphones! So she held up the phone to show us her score!

Princess Blella on Halloween...

Here is a MUCH better picture of Bella in her costume! I literally had like two mins with my camera and she posed SO perfectly for me! Thank you Bella! My day yesterday was so stressful and you made that part of it so much easier! :)