Ana Bella's First Christmas

Uncle Grant and his gift for Ana Bella
Big Enough with Uncle Grant
Ana Bella's First Christmas
Hanging in the floor nanny
All of Ana Bella's goodies!

Christmas this year was the best! Although Ana Bella didn't know what was going on, she made it so much fun! We were able to spend time with both sides of the family and Ana Bella got so much great stuff!! Here are a few pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! And yes, the horse is for Ana Bella from my dad!!!

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad

We hope that everyone has a great holiday season!

Life is Good

Since we have been out of the hospital, Ana Bella has continued to get better and is getting so active! Tomorrow she will be three months and I can't believe how fast time has gone by! At three months Ana Bella is:

-holding her head up for longer periods of time and loves to "sit up"

-starting to really "talk"

-give the biggest smile when we talk to her

-in love with her hands and tries to consume them constantly

-so wonderful and amazing and the joy of her mommy's heart!

AR Children's Hospital

As always, the past few weeks have been crazy! The first weekend this month we had to take Ana Bella to the hospital. She became very congested, had a horrible cough, was sleeping so much we had to wake her up to feed her (and everyone that knows Ana Bella, knows she doesn't miss a feeding!!) and had a fever. After two visits to the emergency room we were admitted and stayed 3 nights at the hospital. The first night we were there they ran a catheter for a urine sample, started an IV and did a spinal tap. There is nothing worse in the world than seeing your child in pain and not being able to do anything! Then it was just a waiting game from there to make sure all the cultures and tests came back normal....and they did!! This is something I hope we never have to go through again!!

Gutierrez Family

More Pictures

We have had a busy holiday season so far! We went to Camden to spend Thanksgiving with my family and then headed back to Little Rock to welcome one of Alejandro's cousins visiting from Mexico!

Ana Bella is growing so much! She had her first shots a few weeks ago! She was such a trooper! She is really starting to interact with us and is so alert! I just can't get enough of her!

Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks....her first taste of Tylenol, showing off her camo with Papa, hanging with her Todd at work (my dad, he refuses to be called grandpa or anything like that), Thanksgiving with her cousins on my side........

Two Months Old!!

Ana Bella is two months old today! I can't believe how fast it has gone by! She is getting so big and is so much fun!! She started sucking her thumb today! She has been putting her hand in her mouth, but today was the first day she just sucked her thumb! I guess she was trying to show out for Aunt Ally (thanks for having us over)!!! Here are a few pictures of her today....

We went to Camden over the weekend for opening weekend of deer season! Alejandro killed his first deer, a doe on Sunday! Very exciting!! He was the only one to get a deer!!!

Ana Bella had her picture taken with Santa, she did great! I was just so excited that she was awake during the pictures!! I can't wait to see them!!

We also got to spend some time with the Crowders! Camille is so cute and fun!!! And it was great to see Tom and Kristin!

Here are a few pictures of Alejandro and his deer! And also a picture of Ana Bella and Uncle Grant!

Lately....

Here are some recent pictures of Ana Bella. She is getting so big! We had to go to the doctor Wednesday, we thought she had a cold, but luckily it is just a little congestion. They weighed her while we were there and much to my surprise she already weighs 12lbs! She has almost doubled in size since birth!! Ana Bella seems to have a new "trick" everyday! Her hand is slowly finding its way to her mouth! At times it seems like she is concentrating and trying so hard to get her hand in her mouth, but it normally only stays there for a few seconds! And she loves sticking her tongue out! She is so much fun and I am enjoying every minute with her!

Happy Halloween

Another try....

I am still new at posting and it was really late last night when I tried to add pictures...so here they are.....

Past Few Weeks

A lot has been going on over the past few weeks. Ana Bella and I made a trip to Memphis to let Grandma take care of us while I recovered from having my gall bladder removed. We had a great time! We also made another trip to Camden and celebrated Halloween!



Ana Bella is growing so fast. I can't believe that she will be 7 weeks on Friday!! She is becoming more alert and responsive and is starting to smile and keep her head up for longer periods of time. I just fall in love more and more everyday!



Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks!