Okay so here are more pictures from Christmas. Some of the pictures are duplicates that I just touched up to make "pop" a little more. They aren't in any real order I just wanted to get them up as fast as possible to let everyone enjoy. I made most of the retouched ones 5X7 if you want to download them and print them out. As usual enjoy and Happy Holidays!

I call this one, "The Thinker"

A retouch of a previous post. (One of my favorites.)

Very ethereal

At least she get's a great nights sleep!

My Nan. (My dad's mom)

Grandma and Bells

Still judging.

Dyno wanted to be Santa this year.

But Bella wanted to be Amish.

Bells maxin and relaxin

Momma baby time

How cute is that!

An afternoon nap

Stillll judging.

The lovely Dyno

Boom Boom as a Christmas gift.

My artsy shot

Yees Smithers.

My all time favorite.

Feel free to comment and tell me your favorites.

Getting through the trials and tribulations of week 3!

Well Bella is doing great and we are in week three now. Our daughter is almost a month old! I have to admit this has been a really hard road. It seems every step of the way has been a little rougher than expected. But on a whole we are good and we will get through all this in one piece. Everyone has been amazing with all their help. My mom was here for three weeks and we don't know what we would have done without her. Kristen was out for a week and kept our spirits high. I turned 38 on the 10th and it was great eating cake and watching "UP" with my ladies. All in all life seems to be rolling along. Here are more pictures for your viewing pleasure.

(these shots are in reverse order over the course of a week.)


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Neat shot from our house. The buildings in the distance just look like rocks. I love the rain.


Kristen practicing her baby story for everyone back east.
"It was thiiis big."

The lovely Kristen

My birthday cake!

Her favorite sleeping pose.

The ballerina at her rehearsal.

She's judging you right now.

Grandma and Bella enjoying some quality time.

Rach and her mini-me

Rach and Bells just foolin around.

My grandmother Erna, she's 93 sharp as a whip and a real fire cracker.
She doesn't even take any medication!
Let's hope Bella got some of those genes.

And another shot of Grandma Gerry and the baby.

WE'RE ALMOST AT TWO WEEKS!

So we are almost at her two week birthday and it's astounding to see how much she has grown. Already some of her infant clothes are tight on her.

She's feeding away and growing pretty fast, we are just starting to get into the swing of the feeding cycle and getting some sleep here and there. It's not an exact science but close enough.

We went to see the Pediatrician last Friday and I am happy to say Bella-button is a happy, healthy little girl. She has almost gotten back all of her baby weight and there is no problem with Jaundice. Mom has been an invaluable help being here and helping with the baby and Ron and Per are keep us well fed with their weekly food drops. All in all everyone has been really amazing and we really appreciate it.

Well enough about all that how about some pictures!!

I think I'm already embarrassing her.