Adoption:) It is wonderful!

Dec. 17, 2011: I thought these pictures were adorable:) Enjoy! Merry Christmas.

Celebrating Birthday/Christmas with Kevin & Jelly (Birth Parents) and Karen, Jelly's Mom.

Dec. 17, 2011: Had a nice visit at Buzz Inn with Kevin, Jelly, and Karen! While opening presents, Bella warmed up and started giving kisses, played, and snuggled! How cute! Thanks for all the gifts....Bella loves them.

Bella's new cape

Dec. 21. 2011: Thanks Mot for this fabulous present! I took away her bottle to get a picture, but as you can see she did not like that. Isn"t it cute mom?

Cake Fun

She devoured this whole piece. Look at that smile. She loves playing with all her cousins and they give her tons of attention.

Dec 16th, 2011: Bella is 1!! Bella loves rice and beans so that is what she started out with. Then we went over to my parents where Bella tried her first ice-cream cake. SHE LOVES SWEETS! She is such a character. Always waving and laughing. She is so much fun to play with. She makes me laugh all the time. A great time. This is her 2nd party. I will be posting pics of the party on Dec 10th tomorrow.

La Jolla

The kids loved watching the seals and birds. In one picture you see us chasing a bird. This is what we do at every beach. Bella starts getting super excited then starts making noises and points to the birds. She doesn't stop until we chase every bird off the beach! Great fun.

Hiking the hills in Loma Linda

Sunday afternoon we went to a nice park and took a hike in the hills-super hot. Afterwards we took some pictures of Bella in the Gazebo in this adorable dress. Doesn't she look beautiful!! I love little girls!

Hiking at Lake Forest

Josh and the boys built a dam and Bella met new friends while hiking. There was even snow!

USS Midway Aircraft carrier

We LOVED this tour. There were lots of veterans who could tell you anything you wanted to know. The kids loved playing in the planes. The picture with Brien and Bella, Bella is fascinated by all the birds. This whole vacation she has wanted to chase the birds. I remember Josh doing the same thing at her age. I had no problem chasing away the seagulls!

Luxury for a night

So we went on price line and ended up with this hotel! As we pulled up in our civic, the valet didn't even ask if we wanted his service and sent us on to self park. I guess you can assume that if there was a maserati right in front of us! We enjoyed the luxury of the hotel for a cheap price! They put us on the 21st floor overlooking the bay. I loved the exercise room-it looked directly over the water. Definitely want to go back!

San Diego-swimming at the hotel and lego land

Nov. 2011: We spent the night in San Diego. While Josh and Brien went to lego land Bella and I went to the beaches at Carlsbad and Oceanside.

Joy

At the beach in San Diego. This was adorable. Bella just loves to say the word Hi. She plays this game all the time.

Surfing

It was WAY to cold to get into the water, but Uncle Tim and Tod showed us their newly acquired surfing skills. Bella and Josh played in the sand. It was not warm!