Bella photo dump...

Playing around with some B&W photography. Loved these first two photos (with a special nod to Tracy and Sean, for letting us borrow their Bumbo, which is an amazing item for baby):







This was Friday night, with my parents and Trish's too. We had buffalo steaks from Lone Star Lake Bison (catch them at the farmer's market!) which were super delicious. The sexy cook/photographer was behind the lens here, which explains the overall quality of the photo:



Lunch at Free State on Sunday, before softball:



Dad's "two Free State beers" smile:




Often times, people ask me what Bella and I do all day. Well, lately we've been taking photos. Some are silly, others more artsy and a few are form our recent weekend with my parents. Hope you enjoy!

Susan and Max!

We recently made a connection with our old friend Susan and her dear son Max. Here's a few photos from the day:

Doctor's apointment Update

On Wednesday we had our four month Dr's appointment and Isabella is doing great! She's still average in head size and height, while itsy bitsy on weight weighing in at 11 pounds 10oz. The Doctor and us parents aren't worried though because she is growing and developing great. Dr. Murphy tested out her motor skills and was really impressed to hear that she is rolling over already. We have the world's best baby! Bella also got her four months shots which were a little more difficult to handle this time around. She didn't cry much at the Dr's office but was much fussier last night then after her two month shots. I hope this isn't a trend that each set of shots will be more difficult than the last!

We are still keeping up with a busy and exciting schedule. We got to see Susan and her new baby Max on Tuesday (pictures to follow soon) and the Neutebooms are coming to town this weekend. On Saturday we're taking Bella to her FIRST ROYALS GAME!!!! We are so excited to see our boys in blue and the improved stadium features. I'll post with pics after all our weekend adventures come to a close.

Bye for Now!

Trish

4 Months Old!

Hey All, Bella turned 4 months old on the 14th but it's been such a hectic couple of weeks that I've only just now had the chance to blog. We have her four month appointment and shots this Wednesday so I'll post an update soon. but for now we're excited about Bella's progress, this past week she started rolling over, no more Tummy Time for our girl, as soon as you put her on her stomach she just rolls right back over to her back.

Last week I put up the spring production at Southwest and it went great. We had two stellar shows Thursday and Friday night. The kids did a fantastic job and with some parental help we were able to strike the set in a half an hour it was amazing. It also made for a pretty long week for mom but Bella was a trooper. She came to the show all three nights and was a pretty good audience member. I also had Friday off and we met up with Jaq and Joe for lunch at Free State After lunch we headed over to check out our future Daycare. It is a really nice home daycare where we know a lot of the parents and kids. Although I can't imagine having to take my baby to daycare I'm really happy with our choice and looking forward to Bella making some new friends in August. Then we got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather walking downtown.

Saturday we headed to the Farmer's Market for a stroll in between the rain. It was Bella's first trip to the market and we met up with Nanna and Poppie for some sausage biscuits and fresh produce. Eric and I enjoyed a Bison Steak dinner Sunday night. We are planning to head to the market on a weekly basis, It's good exercise for all of us.
That evening Eric and I headed out for a much needed date night. We got dressed up (in 20's gear) and headed over to the Jones house for a murder mystery party. We were so lucky to have Tracy come over to hang with Bella for the evening.

Sunday: Softball Season has begun! The Bad News Bears are back and better than ever (well maybe not better....) We had our first game this Sunday and although we lost it was great to hang with friends. I was exhausted from such a crazy week (many 13-14hour days)that I didn't make it out to the Ballpark until the end of the game. Bella and I went over to Nanna's and she got to cuddle with her Grandma while I got a nap. I'm so lucky to have my folks so close by, I feel gratefully spoiled! After we were both well rested, Bella and I headed out to the ballpark to see the team, we caught the end of the game and a bit of parking lot time until it got too cold and we headed home. It was a fantastic weekend. Come cheer us on sometime here's a link to our schedule http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/_adultsports/schedules/softball/spring09/coedsundaycred

See you next week.

Trish

Neuteboom Madness

March Madness has quickly made way for Neuteboom Madness. We have been crazy busy since spring break with a wide variety of events.

Our Spring Break came to a close with the Colorado Neutebooms and sadly we didn't get many fun pictures of that weekend. It was a lovely weekend spent fixing up the condo, eating great meals and hanging out Mimi and Pappa Boom. One exciting event was our epic fight with Bedmart. Reasons to boycott Bedmart will follow in a later post.

Mommy went back to work on Monday which Bella was not too happy about. Poor Daddy needed a break when I got home that day! However, Bella and Daddy have been having a blast hanging out together during the day. Here are a few shots of their daily lives.



As we all know, our boys in Crimson and Blue lost to Michigan St. But we had a blast watching the game over at Grandma and Grandpa Averill's. Eric made a mean french onion soup and we enjoyed the fire and basketball.


We kicked off last weekend with a Family Dinner. I have recently graduated from the Teaching Program I have been in for the past three years, so we went out to dinner with our Friend Family, the Jones Fam and the Dernings. We have lots of great friends but something about this group really clicked. It was truly like having a family dinner and a total blast. I'm pushing for family dinners once a month! Evey got a kick out of hanging with Bella, but wasn't too sure about Keegan flirting with her. I loved getting to cuddle with my buddy Keegan. Somehow Tracy, Sean and Eric got out of getting their picture taken. We'll get them next time!






Well that about sums up the current adventures. We have many more to come with Softball season beginning, family dinners (the real kind in Topeka) and much, much more.

As Mr. Doper would say "See Ya Later Kids"