Well, life has been crazy this past month, to say the least. Steve and I had interviews in CA on our anniversary, were offered jobs 2 days later, and I flew back the next day on a Thursday only to have a day to pack the car and spend the next two driving to CA, landing Bella and I here on Sunday, with her starting a new day care full time Monday and a new job for me the same day. We spent some time living at my friend Ashley’s house while she was on vacation, then at an Extended Stay, then, after a lot of drama, we were finally in our rental. It all happened so fast, I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to anyone in Idaho other than my parents. (As a matter of fact, may friends in California don’t even know I am here yet, so this blog will be news to them.)Steve arrived a week later and started his new job. I have been without internet for the past month and finally got it this past Saturday (I am blocked at work from most sites, including all email- try turning on utilities without internet or a phone book!.) With all that said, we seem to have good jobs and Bella has a day care that I really like, and hopefully in 6 months we will be in a place of our own working toward feeling settled. And my parents will hopefully be here sooner rather than later, and then everything will be just the way it should be…
Bella had a rough time at first with teething troubles accompanied by missing her Daddy and us being so unstable. She constantly asked for her binky and would just melt down at nothing. Now she is better and is more back to normal. Her teachers tell me all the time they are amazed by how much she knows (me too!) especially with her being the youngest in her class. She has started making small sentences like “Mama, sit, lap” and my favorite “Bear, sit, bum” (we tell her to sit on her bum, so she made sure her bear followed the rules too.) She started a gym class at My Gym and had a blast- she is so active, she can get some of her wiggles out. One of her favorite things to do is sit in her chair her Papa (my dad) made and watch shows on Noggin. She also likes to pretend things are certain objects (like she will make something a car or airplane with sounds and motion) and she likes to say “Sleep. Night night” and lay down and pretend to sleep. She has a bear that her Mimi got her (Papa and Mimi were the names she chose to call my parents) and they have the same bear at day care and that is her buddy there during the day.
Hope you are all doing well. Please keep us posted on how things are going in your lives! :)
Tammy, Steve and Bella
Here are some fun pix and videos since the last post:
Bella's first ponytail
Feeding the ducks
If one binky is good, two must be better! :)
Feeding the birds with Daddy at the Wild Animal Park
After enjoying a fun afternoon at the Reno Circus Circus midway on the stopover driving from Idaho, Bella rode her first ride with all of her souvenirs in tow
Bella being as patient as she could at the airport with a delayed flight
Bella playing Dance Dance Revolution- it was hilarous watching her. She had a blast making the program beep, it wasn't even in the dance mode, it was just the menu selection, but that didn't stop her!
Bella and her Build a Bear turtle, "Turtle"
Bella at her first concert- Sawyer Brown at the Canyon County Fair in Idaho.
Bella at the Wild Animal Park
