Happy Birthday Bella

Yes, its true. Our sweet Isabella just turned TWO! We spent the entire day celebrating. Shortly after breakfast Isabella found her birthday stash. We thought she would tear through all the gifts but she wanted to saver each one. Her first comment was not about the trike but rather the monkey balloon. It was fun to watch her open gifts and she even responded "Awesome" and "Wow" to a few. Obviously the trike is her favorite gift because she wanted to sit on it to open her other gifts.

Isabella had a pottery painting birthday party with a few friends. It was fun and all the painted plates looked neat. Sophia even made a plate with her footprints. The artist at work

Enjoying the festivities

After a nice nap we continued the celebration at home with another round of happy birthday and ice cream cone cupcakes.

Hat by Mommy. Card by
Mommy.

and this is how the birthday girl ends her special day.

L.O.V.E.

Valentines day was low key and fun! Will and Isabella made green eggs and ham for breakfast. It was the perfect way to start the day. We spent the day lounging around the house just enjoying each others company.
My sweethearts

This smile melts my heart

The desert turned out perfect and was easy to make. They were delicious!

Our little taste tester approved

Stay tuned for the photos from Isabella's 2nd birthday!

3 months

Sophia is 3 months old now so it was time for a photo shoot. My normally happy baby had no smiles for Mommy during the shoot but we still managed to get a few great shots. At 3 months old Sophie has discovered her hands and can grasp a toy. Sophia has even laughed out loud a few times!

I just had to get some images of Sophia smiles. All smiles and coos. Love it!

My 2 little rock stars

Our bigger baby Isabella is turning two this weekend but you might not guess that from the image below. She likes to try Sophie's stuff out.

Daddy's girl

As I mentioned in a previous post, Isabella likes to hold two strollers at the same time to make it a double stroller. Will taped them together so she can enjoy it with out hassle. Notices the 2 purses on her arms. She is ready to go.

We are still getting snow here and its a beautiful sight. We love to watch the birds in our yard. This morning I was able to snap a shot of a bird on the window in the kitchen. She was enjoying her breakfast with us.

Isabella made ice cream out of snow!

Yummy!

I think we are getting cabin fever with the snow. Isabella has resorted to sitting in Sophia's Bumbo. Who ever said this was an infant chair has not seen my daughter in it. Silly Bellerina.

Snow Angels

This winter season is turning out to be a snowy one for Richmond. Saturday it snowed all day and it was a beautiful sight but it was down right cold. We stayed inside to decorate cupcakes and enjoy a nice cozy fire. Sunday was a great day to play in the snow. Isabella took a bit to warm up to the snow but she had fun eating snow, making snow angels, shoveling and throwing snowballs.

There was around 10 inches of snow which made it pretty hard for Isabella to walk in the snow. "Pick me up Mommy"
Thank you to Will, Eddie and Mary who did an amazing job shoveling. Perhaps we have the cleanest driveway on the street.

Yup. Snow angels.

Isabella loved rolling around in the snow and of coarse eating it!

My little snow bunny

Is there a better way to warm up than with a warm cup of hot chocolate? Isabella says yes...she prefers to dip her hand in to retrieve the nice warm soft marshmallows. It warms up her hands and her tummy.

Sophia stayed inside where it was nice and warm.

Some people prefer soft pillows but Sophia prefers her warm, fuzzy and purring.

She really is such a happy, content baby.

Sophia's crib arrived this weekend and Sophia gave her sign of approval... a sweet smile.