Friday, November 12, 2010

Birthday pics: Number 3 - An ode to the dads

Y'all know how much I adore the men in my life - my husband, my dad, and my father-in-love. So, it does my heart so good when I see them all interacting and loving little Bella to pieces. The final installment of birthday pics mainly consists of the dads and Bella!

If you know Mike, you know he loves soccer! So, he's starting to teach Bella early.
However, Bella would rather sit on the ball and roll off of it. Oh well, one day she'll get it.
Bella was giving her Granddad a lesson in anatomy. "Nose", "eyes"...
Then Granddad would reiterate what she said. This was usually accompanied by tickling too!
Oops, a little too hard Bella.
And, a little "honk honk" to the nose.
She finally got the "two" down and was showing her Granddad how old her was.
While Granddad was getting nose "honks", PawPaw was getting major tickle-laughter action. Notice Mike in the background sneaking up to tickle? Yes, she's already laughing.
Uh, oh. He got her.
And, once again - Daddy pretending to simple "walk" in Bella's direction.
Oh, got her again!
PawPaw then got in on the action to lift her up. She would say "two, fhree, GO" before he would lift her up. We're still working on "one, two, three". For now, she can just say GO and i'm sure her PawPaw would do whatever she wants.
Yep, I think she's happy.

After LOTS of fajita consumption, it was time for the cake. She wasn't sure what to do with the candles on her cake.
She needed a little help in blowing them out.
That's ok. Remember this picture from last year? At least she didn't scream the ENTIRE birthday party this year. Bella received some great gifts - lots and lots of clothes, books, a couple of toys, a tricycle, and a donkey teaccup from Aunt Alli and Uncle Brad (they bought it on their honeymoon in Spain). As a side note, I thought it was a llama toothbrush holder. oops! Sister of the year, right here people!
And, she LOVES her Elmo from Christie and Joey. "Melmo!"
Ok, everyone. There's her second year birthday in three blog posts. Thanks to all of our family for coming to celebrate.
Happy Birthday sweet Bella! You are loved by us all! (Notice Bella's face in both of these pictures? She had no idea what her family was doing...)

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