Bella's First Trampoline Experience

We spent yesterday at Whitney and Trey's house; I didn't watch Camryn, so I packed up Bella and Rex around 9:00 and didn't get home until 5:00! They have a big trampoline in their backyard, and Madeline (7) and Sean (4) helped her experience the joys of bouncing. They were very gentle with her - I'm sure Bella would've loved to bounce higher, but that was definitely a "first-time mom" moment for me where I could just see us heading back to urgent care. No injuries, though, and she had an absolute blast!

She's all thugged out in David's clothes after trying to bathe in her yogurt at lunchtime.

It took some serious coaxing on my part to get her off the trampoline without me having to climb on to get her!

Our Goodies From Goodwill

Mel was home today, so we decided to take Rex and Bella to Goodwill this morning. Our original goal was to look for big hats and pretty gloves to wear to a tea party this weekend that we're taking Bella to, but there was only one hat and it was just too hideous...even for Goodwill.

I love wreaths! Love them! I am a total sucker for "seasonal" wreaths that I can put on my door at the appropriate time of year. One of my finds at Goodwill today was a "Summer" wreath. I don't have one yet and I've been drooling over one at Target, but I actually like my Goodwill wreath MUCH better! And it cost me less than $2.00!

I found these two old, wooden placemats with Colonial scenes on them. I don't think they're actually antiques, but I love the old pictures! I'm going to try and find some frames for them at WalMart.

Another item I'm a complete sucker for...baskets! I love things organized and in their place, and baskets make me very happy! I found this at Goodwill for $2.50 - such a bargain! There's something so cozy about a basket of books sitting near the fireplace.

Getting Ready...

We have some fun activities coming up this weekend, so yesterday and today were our "get ready" days. Sunday is Mother's Day and we've been making aprons for the ladies in our family. They turned out really cute!

I made an apron for myself, too. If it includes Bella's handprints, I couldn't resist! I do not find cooking effortless, so I thought it'd be cute to put a food on there that doesn't require a lot of skill.

Mel LOVES to cook and spent a year in Italy, so this apron is perfect for her! She spends enough time with Bella that she deserves a "Mother's Day" gift.

I haven't added the handprints to this one yet, but it's for my mom - Bella's Gramma Meyer. It will include Bella's handprints and handprints of the three sisters. We have a special surprise for Bella's Grandma Wires, but she reads this blog frequently, so I won't put pictures up until after Mother's Day.

We weren't getting ready for anything in this picture...except getting ready to swing on the swings! I don't know who she gets her big bottom lip from, but I like it!

I'm going to a girlfriend's baby shower this weekend and couldn't resist this adorable set of pacifiers! Aren't they cute? I love the little dragon and the bottom one is a knight in armor!
Steve and I would love to have a boy next and I can't help but wander by the "boy" items when I'm in the store to get something for Bella.

(I'll have to go back and edit this post if we have a girl next!) :)

You Know It's A Friday...

Whew! Wednesday night, we had tornado warnings, so we cleared out everything from the hall closet, piled it on the dining room table, and gathered all of our emergency supplies. It didn't take that long, but having to put everything back together again on Thursday morning after there was no tornado (thankfully!) made me wish I had a basement!

I've been up early with the babies this week, so on Friday morning, I couldn't resist turning on the royal wedding. Bella will look back on this post and roll her eyes, but being American, it was fun to watch all the royalty. Sometimes it's just fun to get girly and silly over a wedding!

Yep, walking around with a bucket on her head. Looking forward to our much-needed Date Night tomorrow!

Kissing "Cousins"

Bella and Rex are getting much friendlier these days! Aren't they cute? Rex has been giving his mom kisses on request for awhile now, but Bella is much more reserved with hers. He must have caught her on a good day!

Swingin' In The Rain

Our swing set was given to us last Fall by our neighbors, but there was only one infant swing that was getting too small for Bella. The new ones came in the mail today!

All red and shiny - Summer can officially start anytime now!

Bella loved her new toddler swing! She was all bathed and dressed for bed in her nightgown, but Steve and I couldn't' resist letting her check it out!

Easter Sunday

It was an incredible, blessed, inspirational worship service at Eastside this morning!!! I have never seen our church this full - looking out from the choir loft was amazing - people were having to sit on folding chairs in the aisles because there were literally no seats empty in the pews. Pastor Chauncey delivered a wonderful sermon on the fact that as believers we are raised again with Christ to walk, but so many of us choose to stay "in the grave" in our Christian walk.

After church, we had a great dinner with Mel and her friend, Brittani, our friends Ben and Carolyn, and a fairly new couple at church, Daniel and Shay and Shay's son, Connor. We were a little too crazy to actually remember to take pictures, but it was a lovely meal with lots of delicious food!

Once everyone left and we got cleaned up, we took Bella outside for her Easter basket and family pictures. She's still young enough that we don't really make a production of Easter baskets...we just hand it over.

The whole family...

Just the three of us. We used bubbles to keep Bella's attention.

Bella was really excited to see her Easter basket!

I put some coloring books and stickers in her Easter basket, but the best gift by far was the Cinderella lip gloss! She loved it! It was so cute...she kept putting it on and smiling up at us!

Sharing her lip gloss with Mommy!

Daddy had to have some, too! She kept putting it on our chins instead of our lips!

The hubby and wife picture...don't we look handsome?

This is what happens when we act natural. Our kids are going to think we're the coolest!