Bella and her updates :)

So I've been slacking on the updates. I worked pretty hard on my last blog entry and there has been so much that has happened in January in regards to Bella's advancement. And I have some really cute pictures and videos to share with everyone as well. Bella has begun "scooting" which is pretty much a precursor to crawling. She will scoot herself forward a little bit, look up and around and then scoot a little bit more. Tramell and I call this her turtle moves. We first realized this when we put her to bed one night, and then went to check on her before we went to sleep and she had done a complete 180! I said outloud "What the hell?!" when I looked into her crib.

She also has begun to wake up happy. From the very beginning, Bella was NOT a happy baby when she woke up; she would be mad as a hornet for atleast 15 minutes before you could get a smile out of her. It was the strangest thing. But now she plays in her crib until I walk in there and see her little head bobbling around. She kicks her legs when I talk to her. It's the most adorable thing. [I was still figuring out my phone, sorry it's sideways haha]

The weather is pretty nice in Atlanta as of late, and Bella, Queenie and I have been to the park quuuiitteee often :) [Trying to work off those last 10 pounds isn't easy, let me tell ya. Arrrrgggg!] We put Bella in her first "big girl" swing. She loved it. I did record a video of this, but for some reason my phone won't link with my computer when I want to upload it. Technology sucks when it wants to. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to our dogs Tux and Marie this month. It has been very hard on all of us. Luckily, Marie has already been adopted by a wonderful family who happened to have another Yorkshire Terrier and I'm told she is extremely happy. Tux is very comfortable in his foster home and is hoping to find his forever home soon. We all miss them dearly. Last but definitely not least, Tramell and I have been (safely) experimenting with foods ... Bella is eating the essentials like a champ, and is a sucker for beta carotene .. Carrots, mangos, sweet potatoes ... you name it, the girl is on it. So far we've had : peas, green beans, prunes, parsnips, sweet potatoes, carrots, mangos, pears, peaches, avocados, bananas, and applesauce. She LOVES eating from a spoon, it's hilarious. :) Sidebar : Bella and I are very excited to know that a dear friend of ours has started a mommy group of young women my age! We have been looking and looking for a group to join where we BOTH would be comfortable around people our own age! Let's keep our fingers crossed that it goes well!

signing off with a smile!