iBella on the iPad

This one is our tech guru.  Baby Bella showing off her iPad prowess.   Baby Bella learned how to unlock our iPhones very early on.  Now she's mastering the iPad.

She can unlock it, scroll through icons and scroll through the animal images on google.  The iPad has become a wonderfully distracting tool for keep her calm in the car.   I like to sit back there with her and show her all of the various animal pictures on the Internet.

Who said the Internet has outlived it's usefulness?

T-Shirts Lie

Baby Bella showing her "Never Crabby" T-Shirt that Nana and Papa brought back from Baltimore.  Should it be illegal to sell these shirts in sizes that fit a two year old?

On second thought, they shouldn't make them in my size either.

The Next Ellen?

I really hate to repeat myself, but some days she really reminds of Red Skeleton.

Baby Bella found Skyler's jeans on the stairs and decided to try to them on for size.  She tickled herself and the rest of the family at the same time.

And she was completely confused about that suspicious hole in the front of this jeans.  Whatever is that for anyway?

We never know. We never know what's in store for us when we wake up in the morning. This one keeps us in stitches.

Park Place

Baby Bella enjoying her first see-saw ride at the park.   She had made new friends and had a great time sliding, swinging and running.

Long Day..Ends Well

You just love coming home when you are greeted like this.   Skyler and Baby Bella wanted Daddy to join in on some crazy guitar (Eagles blaring in the background.)  Then Baby Bella wanted to remove my tie and give me a kiss.

And who is the hot blonde in the kitchen making pasta?  Can't wait to go to work again - just so I can come home again.

Salad Spinner

Baby Bella loves cooking with Mommy.   Today, Mommy had a great time showing Baby Bella how to use the lettuce spinner.

And what a priceless ticket - a front row seat to watch these two having fun.

Surgeon...

...in Training.  We hope.

As parents, you always look for the best in your child.  We immediately thought surgeon in training when we discovered Baby Bella carving on her baby doll with a knife. 

Somethings parents just weren't meant to see.  But then again, a surgeon isn't a bad aspriation for a two year old. Right?

Daily Bread

Baby Bella doing what she does best - eating while in action.  It is getting more and more difficult to get her to sit down and eat.  More often than not, she is eating while multi-tasking.

Today, she eating while being down right cute.  And that is something else she does really well - being cute.

Super Women

Sometimes you just don't know how strong you really are. In this case, I had no idea how strong Baby Bella was.

I handed her a bottle of water to cool her down on the drove home.   How shocked was I when I turned around to find that she had mutilated the bottle.

Move over Hulk Hogan.  Hulk Hostess in the new muscle in town.

Stuck Up

Baby Bella enjoying her Kroger stickers.  They say you pay for your raisin'.  Yep. In more ways than one.

Bella has a super sized obsession with stickers.  Something she inherited from her Daddy.  And like her Daddy when he was a little tike - she isn't the least bit concerned about where she puts her stickers. No car or furniture are exempt from her sticker passion.

For Daddy, it's a constant case of sticker shock.

Date Night

I love my kids.  And I sho' do love their Momma too.

Mommy surprised me with a date night.  An evening together on Old Hickory Lake.  Good food, live music, nice view and the most beautiful date in the world.

BB King anyone?

Thanks, Abigail,  for making it possible.

Friday Fish Fry

Friday lunch could only mean one thing if Grandpa is around - Catfish.  Baby Bella was delighted to meet Grandpa and Grandma for their traditional Friday fish dinner.  She was caught in between them and proud to be.

Parenting Class

Back to the house for some time with the Grand kids, Grandma was conducting a parenting class with one of her favorite pupils - Baby Bella.

Grandpa All Wrapped Up

Rumor has it, Baby Bella can get Grandpa to do almost anything.  Need further proof?

Grandpa was a good sport helping Baby Bella take care of her Baby doll.

1,000

This the one thousandth blog post on the Baby Bella Blog.  Who knew? 

I love you, Baby Bella.  It has been the honor of my life to watch you and Skyler develop and grow. What an amazing journey.

Who knew  a blog could take on a life of it's own.  The blog has become an intrical part of our family. I look forward to sitting on the front porch and looking back on our life - through the eyes of the Baby Bella Blog.

Senator Barry Goldwater wrote "Your memory can't be trusted with your memories.  Write them down." Looking back at my 47 years - he's right.

So here's to you Isabella Reagan Blythe Cain. This is your life.  (Pausing for a prayer of Thanksgiving.)

Sign Patrol...

Or,  a sign of the times.  

Baby Bella was up running around Subway and discovered the "Floor Wet" sign leaning against the wall.
She took it upon herself to move it from place to place in the store.

It truly is a sign of the times.  We have had to cut back on our ventures out to restaurants because she has become something of a wild child when in public dining establishments.  The sign should have said: "Danger.  Isabella Reagan in the House."

Market Square

The family enjoyed a farewell lunch with Aunt Judy.

Daddy & the Girls

Every man should be so lucky.