Bella's 1st Thanksgiving

I'm a week late writing this but better late than never! I have a good excuse though...baby Bella has been sick for the past week with congestion and a stomach bug and unfortunately it all started on Thanksgiving day :( We woke up Thursday so excited that she was going to experience her 1st Thanksgiving with all her family, but as soon as we got her out of the crib she threw up. From that point on she got sick after each bottle. She is, however, a good sick baby. She doesn't cry or fuss too much..just clingy! She continued this way through the weekend and on Monday we took her to the doctor. Dr said she has a stomach bug which she gave to daddy and me as well. Poor baby, a week later she is still recovering. Anyway....we managed to have a GREAT Thanksgiving. We got to see and spend time with Luana, Mikey, Niko, Nathaniel, Tio Danny, Tia Suzie and Lamar! Grandpa David Tish made us a delicious Thanksgiving meal (thank goodness since we were busy with a sick baby!) Later on that afternoon Tio Isaac, Tia Diana, Marcus, Tio Eli, Nana, Jody, Great Grandpa Mario, Great Grandma Chila, Tio Alex, Tia Martha, Tia Maryann, Gabriel, and Alexandra all came to visit as well! Lots of laughs, hugs, and memories created! Its such a great feeling to see everyone so happy and enjoying themselves. Seeing them all is bitter sweet, we love to spend time with them but we hate having to say good bye. Time flies so fast that we hardly get to see them. Well I will let the pictures explain the day! We pray you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Blessings!

Nine months with Bella!

Bella has reached her 9 month birthday! She now weighs 18 lbs and 2 oz and is the healthiest and happiest baby we could have ever asked for. She has her four top teeth coming in which will make 6 total teeth and she is cruise walking around the furniture! What a big girl! She loves to wave  bye-bye and say mama and dada. She talks gremlin when she has a lot to say and shouts when she is upset. She is eating much more solid foods...she loves mashed potatoes, carrots, cheerios, daddy's sopa, cheese, and beans. She finally holds her own bottle..but only when she wants to! We love watching her grow into her own personality, and when we explain things to her she says "huh?" She loves to read books and be read to. She turns the pages and gets upset if we don't re-read a book she likes. Her new thing is dancing..to anything! You clap, she dances, your phone rings, she dances, a commercial comes on, she dances, and of course if you put music on, she will bob her head and bounce her body! She knows the meaning of "come here", "besito", "ball", "down", "milk", "mama", "dada", and her name! Its so amazing how fast her brain is leaning things. Her laugh makes us laugh no matter the day we've had, and when you hear her patter down the hall its like music to our ears. I enjoy watching her play in her play room and figure things out and my heart melts when she spots me and gives me a big smile! I have to say this past month has been by far the most enjoyable one for me and I am looking forward to this next month. Her Dr is betting that she will be walking before her 1st birthday, we shall see!
This past month has been a different exciting adventure every day. She likes to be chased by me crawling after her, she gets very excited and can't crawl fast enough to get away because she is laughing at the same time. She has really become more attached to her best friend Hope (one of our dogs), constantly following her. Hope, however, is constantly on the move because when Bella catches up to her she pulls on her tail. It's hilarious to us, but apparently not to Hope. The walker has become another new toy to her. She has this huge smile when she starts to walk fast in it. Oh and bath time now has become a little bit harder because she pulls herself up in the tub and stands up with support with the bathtub edge. She also lets me know when she does not want to get out of the tub. When she gives me her hands to lift her up, she stands up half way then forces herself to sit back down in the tub and then looks up at me and smiles while she continues to splash. This month was also her first Halloween, she was a chick, we took her trick-or-treating and got lots of candy. Since she couldn't eat any of it, mommy and daddy didn't want it to go to waste so we ate it all. She also went to her first pumpkin patch. Every day when I come home from work I get excited to find out what else she has learned.