A weekend with Papa and Grandma - April 29 - May 1

Isabella spent the weekend with us so that her Mommy could go to Myrtle Beach for Angela's bachelorette weekend celebration.  We had a great time visiting a carnival - Bella even got to ride a horse twice!.  She loved it!  We also went to the zoo, and had a yummy Icee during the weekend.

April 21, 2011 - Bella is 20 months old!

Easter egg hunt - April 15, 2011

This afternoon, we joined the Rosenfelds' at their church for a fun Easter egg hunt. Bella had a great time finding her eggs and found one of the gold eggs! She got a wonderful book for the golden egg, as well as yummy candy inside the egg.

Isabella is 19 months old - March 21, 2011

Isabella turned 19 months old on March 21st. This month, she was way too busy to sit still for pictures so I had to catch what I could! In just a couple of short weeks, she'll be 20 months. It's so hard to believe how quickly she is growing up.

A blast from the past...

Earlier this week, while looking through old photographs in order to find my senior picture (I needed it for an activity that's coming up at work), I came across this picture of my Grandma Resler, Mom, Angela and me.  I couldn't have been older than 24 and Angie was probable just a few months old.

Isabella is 18 months old!

How can it be that a year and a half have already passed since Bella was born?  She is such a big girl now - she goes to school (Little People's Learning Center), she helps out around the house, and loves playing with her dolls.  She is Papa's little "poop" scout, helping him to find the dog poop in our backyard.  She points them out to him and yells "Poop!" so he knows where to pick them up.  (It's actually pretty comical to watch.) 

On February 23rd, we found out that Jenny and Tim are expecting baby #2 in October!  Bella is going to make a great big sister!



Bella helps Papa scout out the dog poop in the backyard.



There is another one, Papa!

Hmmm.  Now what?

Isabella is going to be a Big Sister in October!

Guess how old I am now!

You're right!  I'm 18 months old!

A trip to the zoo on February 21, 2011

On February 21st, Ray, Tim and I were off of work for the President's Day holiday.  After Jenny finished work at 3, we all met at the zoo to enjoy the pretty weather and walk around the zoo.  We snapped several pictures of Bella and some of the bronze animal statues at the zoo.  She had a great time!

What fun to snuggle and play on the lioness and the cub!

Time to snuggle with the papa lion...

The real giant tortoises weren't out, so the tortoise statue will have to do.

Over the years, Jen and Alex have also had their picture taken on this little elephant when they were younger.  The picture of Jen is in our foyer, while the picture of Alex is on our hall shelf.

Apparently, Mr. Orangutan has a cowlick that Isabella is trying to tame.  (She's giving it the "spit" treatment.)

Isabella turned 17 months on January 21, 2011

Boy, am I running behind!  It's almost time for her to turn 18 months - a year and a half already!  She's such a big girl playing with her "baby" and other fun toys.  We bought her a stove set from Ikea this past weekend.  Of course, we also needed the kitchen table and chairs.  Oh, and let's not forget the dishes and plastic food!  I'm not sure who is having more fun with the stuff, Bella or Papa and I.  (I guess that I need to say at this point that we only play with the stuff when Bella is here.)

Stay tuned for more pictures in the near future.  It's time to take the 18 month pictures.