According to all the text written on 0-3 month old babies, Bella is one of two things : extremely advanced, or an alien. She is already pretty much holding herself up while she's having tummy time, she has control of her head, pulls up on her OWN while we hold her fingers and she has already giggled. Two full fledged, real giggles. Ahh, the magic of the Lay and Clark genes. (I kid, I kid.)
We have finally been able to get Bella on a very good sleeping schedule, which has afforded me the opportunity to finally catch up on 4 months of missed sleep. (I didn't sleep well in my last two months of pregnancy.) I think she is a much happier baby now that she is sleeping better. She is changing and growing more and more everyday. I'm lucky I have the chance to stay home and witness her milestones.
The support system that was created in the midst of my pregnancy is the best. My wonderful fiance, my AMAZING mother, my oh so sweet aunt & grandmother, my mother in law and my father, a gaggle of uncles and pack of aunts make life so much easier. To all of you, thank you. (Oh and a very special thank you to my great cousin Rachel. Thanks for everything. Love you shug.) I would not have understood the importance of so many things if it weren't for all of you.
A few more photos and I'm off!
My angel :)
I'm elated. Bella's attention span has clearly lengthened and she can keep herself occupied for about 30 minutes at a time in her play gym. She has figured out to kick the bars of her play gym in order to get things on it to jingle and move. Smart? I think so. She is just an amazing baby. She is sleeping through the night, she is happy most of the day, bath time is her favorite activity and I couldn't ask for a more precious little girl. 
She adores her uncles, she really does. She has so much fun with her uncle Gabe & Joseph. She's warming up to Sam, it's taking a while. :) She loves both of her aunts, too. She just likes to flirt with her uncles lol. 
coming home from the hospital.
