Bella and her sister.

Now this might sound strange to those of you who don't know the situation, but Bella met her sister for the first time this weekend. Tramell has a four year old daughter named Keyshira, who is from a previous relationship. Throughout Tramell and I's friendship and through our relationship, I've formed a very strong bond with Keyshira and love her very deeply.

Bella is very timid around people that she doesn't know, and tends to cry if someone unfamiliar is holding her. This was not the case with her sister. From the moment that she saw her face, she was smiling, cooing and giggling at Keyshira. I know it sounds corny, but it seemed like one of those innate connections that no one can really understand between siblings. Though the two sisters have different mothers, they understood that they were indeed sisters. I was a nervous wreck before Keyshira came from Augusta! (Mel's home town) I thought "Well, what if she's jealous of the attention Bella is getting from her daddy?" and "What if she shuns her completely?" or "What if her mother has given her the idea that Bella is here as her enemy?" ... It was quite the nerve racking event for me, emotionally and mentally.
Little did I know that I should have had no worries. Keyshira was a little mommy and a huge helper. She was so excited to see Bella smile and talk to her, and even more so when Bella would smile and talk to her daddy. She was VERY protective and when Tramell's mother held her, and Bella started crying, she said "YOU MADE MY SISTER CRY! NOW GIVE HER TO ME!" ... The minute Bella was in Keyshira's arms (with my help, of course) Bella stopped crying. It was great.

I hope that there are many more good times to come between the two sisters and now that Keyshira has seen Bella, she will be able to come spend more time in Atlanta.

Bella and the "Nice" list.

Bella met her Santa this past weekend. She refused to take her pacifer out of her mouth, but we still got some cute shots anyways. Her Santa just so happens to be my God Father, Johnny Lawler. He said "No picture I take this year is going to mean as much as this picture right here." That meant alot to me, and I'm sure later in life it will mean alot to Bella. We had a great time seeing the Lawler family, taking pictures with Santa and listening to the piano students play their music. We had to hurry off because it was my grandfather's (PaPa) 79th birthday and my cousins had prepared a slideshow of photos. We had a great time there as well. Daddy was sick and missed out on all the festivities. He's recovering from a pretty bad case of food poisoning (we suspect) and is starting to feel alot better! We love you Daddy!

Bella and her Bing.

Bella met her cousin Daniel Bing a few days before Thanksgiving. It was quite the playdate. :) She rolled over for the very first time while Marni (my sister-in-law's sister), Daniel and I were all playing and it was the cutest thing ever! Though we have yet to see another roll, I expect some soon ! The two babies bonded and had such a great time. Daniel has the most BEAUTIFUL blue eyes I have seen and looks like a miniature version of his daddy. It is soo adorable. Bella was loving the chance to hang out with someone her own age ! Haha. She played with his toys, talked to him and they cried to eachother. It was great. She also got to see her Aunt Andi, Uncle Gabe and got to see Daniel's grandparents, Max and Gary Rosen.

While Bella rolled over for the first time, Daniel (who is a month and a half older than Bella) sat up on his own for the first time! (I think they bring out the best in eachother. :) ) We hope to see Daniel again soon when he and his parents make another trip to Atlanta.