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

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

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!