Christmas Party
Daddy was invited to a Christmas party with all of his friends from work. We brought our two little princesses along in their new matching Christmas dresses to show them off...
Merry Christmas!
Gabi demonstrates how her "princess dress" is swishy.
Gabi loves her baby sister Bella!
You might remember Madeline from the lake party or the pool party.
Gabi and Madeline always play with each other at Daddy's work parties.
Baby Kyle and her mommy Jen pose with Bella and her mommy.
Kyle was born about a month before little Annabelle.
Poor Bella
Our little one has not been feeling well. We've all been passing around a cold for the past few weeks, but Bella baby got hit pretty hard with it. After she developed a pretty persistent cough last week, Daddy said she had bronchiolitis. He was a little worried about her cough and was wondering if she might need some breathing treatments. So Mommy took her to see Dr. Tim last Saturday, and we found out she has RSV, which is a nasty little virus that causes bronchiolitis in little babies, but just a bad cold in older sisters and parents. Really, Bella is just fine between her coughing fits, but they can last for upwards of five minutes, which is distressing for both her and her parents. She's 4 or 5 days into this illness and is starting to get better without needing any breathing treatments.
A content Bella between coughing fits, sticking her tongue out at Mommy.
Daddy and Bella snuggle in the rocking chair at home. (Go Zags!)
Like her big sister, Bella always seems to be deep in thought.
We're starting to get a few more smiles, but we usually get this look.
One of the aforementioned cute baby smiles.
Bella blows kisses for Daddy while Mommy hugs her.
Bella discovered her thumb a few weeks back.
It's her best friend now, and she misses it when it's not in her mouth.
Christmas Preparations
Annabelle thinks its funny to wear Daddy's hat.
Big sister Gabi helped put ornaments on the tree this year.
She started out decorating the lower branches with this angel...
...and this jingly snowman!
Uh oh! It's not nice to snatch ornaments out of Daddy's hand.
Sometimes our two-year-old doesn't listen and needs a time out.
Surprisingly, she will actually stand in the corner on her own.
Afterwards she says "I'm sorry" and then gives us a hug.
She makes it so difficult to be mad at her for very long.
Mommy helps Gabi hang ornaments higher up than 2 1/2 feet off the ground.
Daddy helps out too. Gabi loves to ride on Daddy's shoulders.
Daddy and his two girls, taking a break from decorating.
Fun at the Park
It was unseasonably warm last week, so we all went to the park.
Gabi wanted to make sure her baby doll Ella got to come along.
People often walk up to Mommy and tell her that Bella looks like a baby doll.
The slide is Gabi's favorite part of the playground...
...as long as she doesn't have to go down too fast.
Daddy pushes his girls on the swings.
Gabi doesn't really like the swings...
...but Bella really enjoyed her first swing-ride,...
...though some would argue she was just smiling because Mommy was talking to her.
Gabi thought it was more fun to share Bella's swing. Bella disagreed.
Silly Daddy acts like a monkey.
Lunch with John
Remember Daddy's friend John from high school, and his baby Wesley?
They came over for lunch (sans mommy Lisa, who wasn't feeling well).
After lunch, Daddy and John did their "cool guy pose" with their cool babies.
One more big hug with Daddy and his two little princesses.
1 comment:
Merry Christmas, you four! The girls look adorable in their little red dresses! Soooo cute.
I hope Bella is feeling better.
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