I know, I know...

I do realize that it has been a while since I've posted a blog. Our laptop has been being finicky and has decided that it won't connect to the internet. So I have to use my mom's laptop and that also means that there will be not pictures until I can be more creative with the internet connection. We'll see...

So, we are busy doing nothing in Redding. Dusty has been working hard and bringing home bacon and all that. Bella and I have been making messes and playing in the pools (the big one and the little one in the front yard). It's been fun laying out in the sun and letting Bella be creative with ladles, cups and other odd items in the pool. Hopefully by the time we make it back up to Portland it will be fairly obvious that we are California Girls at heart... I mean, that we will have tans that last throughout the winter. Awesome...

We have been doing some pretty fun stuff since we got here. We spent a week in LA, visiting my sister and her family and going to Disneyland and all that. It was a lot of fun, but a lot of stuff to do in one week. We went to a Giants game in San Francisco. It was Bella's first baseball game and her Papa was very excited to share that experience with her. And they won, so that was pretty cool. Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures of all our adventures up soon.

While we were in LA Bella passed the official 14 month mark (it also happened to coincide with my birthday). We spent the day at Disneyland and had a lot of fun. She sure is becoming a fun little girl. I'm not sure when she became this little person instead of a baby, but I love it. She listens to people and then decides if she wants to do what you're telling her. I know she understands because every once in a while she'll actually do what you tell her. Most of the time she gives you this look that says you can make me do it. It's pretty funny. She is very independent and likes to do her own thing. Once she decides that she wants to do something, there's no stopping her. Here's a little recap on all things Bella:

Her favorite things to do right now are: swim, playing with the dogs and cat, look at the dogs out the window, and play hide and seek. She also likes to color, play on Papa's laptop and read.

She is still wearing size 3 diapers and 12-18 months clothes (some times she can wear 18-24 months, but not very often). This means that she is still small for her age.

She likes to blow people kisses and wave goodbye.

She still takes two naps a day. She was down to one nap before we came down here, but now she's back to two and I think is better off for it.

She loves eating anything that anyone else is eating. She LOVES fruit. She would eat fruit everyday for every meal, if I let her.

She loves monkeys. I tried to make her like pigs, but it didn't stick. So now she adopts any stuffed animal monkey that she can get her hands on. She likes to pick them up and give them kisses. It's very funny.

There are a thousand other things that Bella does that I think are amazing and funny, but I can't list them all. She is a great kid and we love her.