Playing with some toys

Look how nice I can sit up now! Thanks to Aunt Dee, Uncle Frank, and Brit for my cool outfit. And thank you to Grammy and PaPa for my fun tea set. Time for a nap.

Our morning

Testing out the new iPhones this morning. This post was made on the blogger app!

Tickles

I guess she is ticklish.

This was earlier this evening.

An older video I never got around to posting

This video is a little over a month old (when Bella was 5 months old).  This was when she first started solids.  This, I think, was day #3 on solid foods.   It was the first time Bella really seemed to understand how the whole eating off a spoon thing is supposed to work!  

Christmas 2011

Pictures from our journey up North this holiday season:

New clothes from Grammy & PaPa

Bella meets Sophie G. Raffe

Our little Pens fan

Hanging out with Papa on Christmas Eve

All smiles in case Santa is watching

PaPa is funny

At Gram's house for Christmas Eve

Sitting with Lauren

Still smiling

Amy & Bella (with her new teether from Uncle Corey! Thanks Uncle Corey!)

Happy People

Hanging with Pappy Eric at Uncle Josh & Aunt Brandi's House in Columbus

With Uncle Tracy

With Uncle Tracy and Cousin Gabby

Unwrapping presents with Aunt Jill and Aunt Brandi

Josh and Ethan partake in Wii MarioKart

Smiley Bella with Pappy Eric

Cohen, Bella, & Ethan  - Cousins!

Laughing at Aunt Brandi

Trying to get one last picture, but Bella is sooo sleepy.

Day After Christmas at Grammy's House in Pittsburgh... with Nicky

Bella & Erin

More Bella & Erin

Aunt Dee & Uncle Frank with Bella

Amy, Resa, Bella & Jonah

Annie & Bella

So glad we got to see so many people on our 6 day journey!  We had a very Merry Christmas with our Pittsburgh & Columbus family.  Now we are enjoying some time at home together before we go back to work (and daycare...) in 2012!

Merry (belated) Christmas!

Gabby and Bella in Ohio

These pictures of my cousin, Gabrielle, and Bella were taken in Ohio by my Aunt Jill.  She got some good ones so I'm posting them here until I have time to upload the rest of my Christmas pictures!

We made it home today around 4 and the baby is already in bed.  She was POOPED and couldn't keep her eyes open.  Time for Chipotle!

Photo Credits:  Jill Furgiuele

6 month appointment

Bella had her 6 month appointment this morning.  Her stats:

27.5 inches (97%)
17 lbs. and 13.5 oz. (80%)   <--- I corrected a typo that was there earlier.  Oops!

She got 2 shots which she was not very happy about, but she fell asleep on the way home and is still sleeping now.  No more shots for 6 months!  Her next appointment will be when she is 9 months.

6 months (already?)

I can't believe she is already 6 months old!  These are pictures from after she woke up from her morning nap.  She was in a pretty pleasant... and exploratory.... mood.

I only got 3 pictures in with an "intact" sign.

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And then this happened:

Look how proud she looks:

I thought I moved it "out of reach" but...

And of course, we must taste everything.

With her Santa hat and crinkled sign:

I finally just did away with the sign after I was pulling little wet pieces of paper out of her mouth.

That's a yawn:

Showing off her 2 chompers:

Happy Half-Year Birthday, Bella!