Exciting!

Well Isabella has had a very adventurous weekend!!! She has a whole new bag of tricks. She surprised us by going from her stomach to a sitting position. It first happened at day care and although I was sad to miss it I was happy to see her hit a new milestone. So that made for an exciting week, but wait there is more.....she started crawling last night!!

6 months old

Bellerina

Stop and smell the flowers...

Angel Baby

Here are some adorable pics from Isabella's 6 month photo shot. She is a cutie-pie! It was sweet to see her in my dress from when I was a baby. Good thing my Mom held onto it. Isabella eas a great model and we had a very hard time narrowing down pictures. They were all so sweet! Enjoy.

So big!

Our sweet daughter will be 6 months old in a few days. Half a year, Wow! Time sure does fly when you are having fun. She is trying so hard to crawl these days. Bell gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth, goes in circles and can crawl backwards. We are eagerly anticipating her taking off full speed ahead.
Her little personality is emerging and we LOVE it! She loves when Mommy and Daddy read to her and that has become a daily ritual we all enjoy. Isabella now weighs 15 1/2 lbs and is enjoying exploring the world of solid foods. So far she has enjoyed rice cereal, applesauce, avocado, sweet potatoes and pears. She still enjoys munching on her toes! Pure cuteness.

Sweet Dreams

The past few nights we have been able to catch some uninterrupted Z's. I enjoyed a solid 8 hours of glorious sleep!!! But even more exciting was Isabella's ability to sleep though the night. Hopefully this trend will continue for a while. If not, I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Friends

Evelynne & Isabella Notice the adorable matching attire Another fun filled weekend at the Schaefer abode. Saturday our friends Dave & Jenny came over with their daughter Evelynne. Isabella and Evelynne took a quick dip in the pool and enjoyed sharing their toys. Its was interesting to see them react to each other.

Rice & Apples

With much anticipation and excitement Bell started solids today. Isabella dined at the Schaefer Chateau where her menu was gourment rice cereal and organic applesauce. She seemed to enjoy the rice cereal (which looked more like rice soup) but not so much the applesauce. I think it was too tart for her. We all had a great time and the expressions Isabella made were priceless! There was a bit of a mess for the maitre d' (aka Mom) to clean up so its was spa/bath (aka Dad) time for Isabella.

First Foods: Applesauce & Rice Cereal

This seems interesting so far...
Making raspberries while eating cereal = a mess

Applesauce - NO thank you

yuk, too sour

All done, that was fun!

Pretty much adorable

The past few weeks have been busy so I have not had a chance to post. But I will make up for lost time with a bunch of adorable pictures of Isabella. Enjoy!!

Bell LOVES bath time!

Sitting pretty

Happiness
I can crawl backwards...so silly

I can even hold my own bottle!

A nice rest after a long day

Daddy Loves Me

Mommy Loves Me