Play Days

Now that Mom is done teaching for summer vacation, Bella has been getting lots of quality time with her. We have really started to enjoy all the fun toys around the house that we have otherwise ignored. Not really sure why they've been ignored, but just lately Bella has been getting interested in everything. Making her interest in exploring the world has started to light up - and I couldn't be more thrilled! Bella recently got a new pool - just a simple small pool for the backyard. She has been less than pleased about taking baths and seems scared of bigger pools of water beyond the sink water for dishes, so I was a little apprehensive about how she'd respond to the pool. Although it took a couple of tries for her to get inside, today we put on her suit and actually sat down. She also was given a bubble machine from her Aunt Iris yesterday, which of course she loves! Bubbles are the best! Of course, I'm not too sure that the bubble machine needs to be dunked in the water. Bella also used her Daddy as a climbing object yesterday and I couldn't resist displaying that picture. So as the summer continues, we look forward to many more days of play!

Uncle Overload

Bella finally got to meet some of her Uncles. OK not her biological uncles but definitely her daddy's true brothers. They came to town over Memorial Day weekend for a long-awaited get-together. It was great to see Uncle Jason and Uncle Barry! Bella had to warm up to them but she had no trouble warming up to Jason's girlfriend, Rhinelle, and Aunt Natalie.

In addition to spending good ol' quality time with them, we were able to take Bella on her first jet ski ride. Although she screamed the whole time she was on, as soon as we got off, she said "Fun." Needless to say we didn't take her back out there. But we had fun while she spent time with everyone else. Too bad that Uncle Jason got pulled over on the jet ski and Uncle Barry and Aunt Natalie fell off the jet skis. Good times, good times, as her daddy would say. We only wish her Uncle Chris and Uncle Gary could have been with us too. We miss you guys!