Saturday, May 15, 2010

may 2010 pics

catching some smiles from bella












melanie and ethan holding puppies


ethan and melanie love playing play-doh togetherso nice to see melanie in regular clothes, even blue this day!




ethan giving bella kisses at mother's day tea at his preschool


mother's day tea at ethan's preschool


stretch!

first time meeting great-grandma!



at brandon's track and field day



Saturday, May 1, 2010

blood transfusion and nickelodean live!

melanie, bella, and i at nickelodean live!

melanie and bella at the hospital before melanie's blood tranfusion
melanie sleeping through the blood transfusion

melanie and bella sleeping through melanie's blood transfusion

thank you blood donors!!!
bella wide awake at 3 a.m.






melanie and brandon roasting hot dogs
bella helping daddy trim his beard--bella was asleep but had a tight grip!

practicing hold her head up and working on a smile








Saturday, April 24, 2010

happy birthday melanie! and more pics

the first pictures are from today, 4/24; we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in the fire pit . . .

ethan picked me some "flowers"

brandon and ethan enjoying roasted hot dogs

it was windy out; bella laying under her pink "blanket tent"

the boys roasting their hot dogs
brandon roasting a hot dog
ethan giving his hot dog a thumbs up
bella snuggled up in ethan's bean bag chair

brandon admiring bella
brandon loves her so much!
bella 4/24--7 weeks old
bella 7 weeks old
bella 4/24brandon and ethan after their hair cuts

brandon likes to help get bella dressed--putting her jammies on here

holding hands
everyone wants to hold bella's hands!

melanie and bella on melanie's birthday
melanie's birthday
bella 4/18--6 weeks old
bella sleeping during melanie's birthday party
sleeping beauty bella
melanie with her birthday cake--thank you shari!!
grandpa finished building the swing set and the kids are LOVING it!
melanie by her locker at school--she loves to go visit her friends at school!