July 2008

July has been a busy month! I feel like Ana Bella has gone from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds! She is a super crawler, is pulling up, feeding herself and talking all the time! She is so much fun, but quite a handful! I just love watching her discover new things! Here are a few pictures from the last month!


Just hanging out
Self feeding

Happy 4th of July (I couldn't get her to look at me, she's a bit hard headed like that)
Going for a swim at Lake DeGray. Todd and Grant got Ana Bella her mode of transportation for the weekend!!

Hello.....is anyone out there???

Adventures in Self Feeding....she LOVED the spaghetti!!! Maybe she just LOVED playing with it!

I just love this picutre!!!

One of her favorite places to pull up!!

9 Months Old!!

Ana Bella turned nine months on the 14th! I can't believe how fast it has gone by! She is starting to act and look like a little girl instead of a baby! Kind of sad, but this age is so much fun! We went today for Ana Bella's nine month check up and it went great! Here are a few stats on her:
-she weighs 19 lbs
-she is 27 inches long
-she started crawling last week and is already a pro!
-she can say her d's, m's, b's, g's and working on t's
-she is pulling to her knees, but not standing up yet
-she will go to anyone that wants to hold her and is a big flirt with the guys!
-she has 2 teeth on the bottom and seems to be working on a few more
-she loves the water! every time I have to get her out of the bath she throws the biggest fit and she loves swimming in the pool!
We are having so much fun watching her discover new things and developing her little personality!

Doing the splits! Maybe she will be a gymnast??
Fake crying!
This is what happens when we go to Todd's house!
Not wanting to sleep in the pack and play!

Ana Bella

Ana Bella hasn't started crawling yet, but she moves around in circles to get where she wants and what she wants!!

Before Ana Bella's first swim
Swimming! She LOVED it!!
I left Ana Bella in the living room playing with a few toys while I was cleaning around her. After a short while she had pulled almost every toy out of the basket!
She is trying so hard to get up on her hands and knees to crawl! I am sure that she will get it down soon!

#1 DAD

Here are a few pictures of Ana Bella w/Daddy! They are so in love with each other and I love watching them together!!

It has been a while!

We have been super busy lately! I started a new job!! Alejandro has been working non-stop!! And Ana Bella is growing and growing and growing!!

Ana Bella is 8 months old!! She is doing so much now! She is a little rolling queen and is working on crawling, but tends to only move in a circle or backwards! She has two teeth on the bottom and as always is so active!! We are just amazed daily by the things she does and "says"!!

We are so excited for the summer!! Alejandro's sister and her husband have a pool and I can't wait for Ana Bella to take her first swim!! Plus Ana Bella will have several new friends this summer....Addelyn Harrison, Baylee Busch, and Baby Smith, so we can't wait for their arrivals and to meet them! And Alejandro is going to Honduras with our church on a mission trip at the end of June! Besides that we are planning a pretty low key summer!!

Here are a few pictures from the last few months.....


Jax's 1st Birthday Party....I think he said something funny!!!


Ana Bella LOVES bathtime! She gets so upset when I have to take her out!


Trying to get a picture of her teeth, but all she would do is grab for the camera or stick out her tounge!


Being silly and playing!


Finally a picture of the teeth!


Pretty girl! Somehow she inherited all the recessive genes in the family...blue eyes and light hair. But one thing she did inherit is her daddy's ear that sticks out! Ana Bella's left ear sticks out and Alejandro's right ear sticks out, so there is no denying her!!!!

Trying jello. Of course she loved it! First time in a restaurant high chair
She wanted to order something from the menu, she chose applesauce..
My first Mother's Day

What a difference

3 months can make!! This is just proof they grow up to fast!!


This was taken the day after Christmas...note the blanket propping her up and the pillow so her feet could touch...

Taken the end of March...

She kinda has a big head.....

Ana Bella went Friday for her 6 month check-up! The doctor said she looks great! She weighed 17lbs 9oz (90th percentile), is 25 3/4 in long (50th percentile) and her head, I can't remember the exact measurement, but it did prompt the doctor to make the "she kinda has a big head" comment!!! But she gets it honest!! She is still only rolling from her back to her belly (which the doctor said was kinda strange) and she is starting to sit up pretty good by herself! Ana Bella has two meals of cereal or oatmeal and either a fruit or veggie! She eats like a champ and doesn't turn down anything! I really hope this continues! And she has said her first word!!! DaDa! We can't figure out if she knows what she is saying or not, but Alejandro loves it!!! Here is Ana Bella sitting up and playing like a big girl!