More Presents

One day when we got home from school there was a package on the front door.  Bellamy immediately got excited because she thought it was for her!  And it was good she did, because it was for her!  It was her birthday present from Chickie, Terah, and Duncan!  She tore it open and was so excited!

They got her a new backpack and lunch box for school!  She loved it!  Drew had to work that night, so we had to go shopping without him...darn!  But we did send him some fun pictures when we got home later that night!

I love the action shots!  Those are so typical Bellamy!

Bahama Breeze

Later that night we decided to go to Bahama Breeze.  I love this place!  But the closest one to us used to be in Orlando...now we have one about five minutes from the house!  That's good and bad...you can figure out why!  Anyway, we went to Bahama Breeze and had a grand ol' time!

She thought it was so funny putting her face in the display frame thing they had on the table!  She is just the funniest little thing!

Park Fun

Bellamy loves the park!  And I don't mind it as much now because we are so much closer to everything down here, so it almost feels like we have more hours in the day!  Here we are playing at the park in our place!

She is such a mess!  We didn't even have her bike anywhere near us, but she was determined to wear her helmet!  What a silly girl!

Miss You Daddy

With Drew's new job, there is quite a bit of opportunity for him to work overtime.  There is good and bad with this.  Good because it means more money, but bad because that means less family time.  But we survive...especially when he gets a fun picture like this...

We do miss him when he's not here, but again, it's a double edged sword...so we just make do!

First Day of School

Now that we are in Ft. Myers and away from family, we have had to enroll Bellamy in school.  Yes, it's technically day care, but it makes her feel like a big girl, so we call it school!  Anyway, the day before she started, we laid out her clothes, she got a Father's Blessing, and picked her stuff out for lunch.

When the morning came, she was pretty excited!  We got dressed, ate some breakfast, and then it was picture time!

Drew and I both decided to take her to her first day. Once we got there she was still pretty excited, which was a good sign!  We took a family shot in her classroom and she was still cheesing away!

 After we put her down, she walked right over and started playing with her new friends.  Drew turned around and caught this shot...

She's growing up way too fast!  But we love her new school and her teachers, so we feel good about our decision!  After we got home, she wanted to go ride her bike, so outside we went!  She still hasn't mastered the pedals, so usually she just "walks sitting down", if that even makes sense at all!

What a sweet little girl!  Hopefully she'll be this happy every morning I have to drop her off!  Even when she smiles when I leave, it still doesn't make it any easier!  But it's what we got to do for now...hopefully not always though!

Christmas Tree

After we celebrated Bellamy's birthday, we finally went and got us a Christmas tree!  Bellamy loved it!  But I think she was more excited for the lights!

Yes, I know I shouldn't have let her plug in and unplug the lights, but she was so proud of herself, so I just decided to sit back and snap away!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Today is the official day of my sweet girl's third birthday!  Oh.my.goodness.  Did i just type "third"?  Where has the time gone?  Just yesterday we were leaving the hospital with her screaming and shortly thereafter pulling into the K-Mart parking lot so I could climb in the back of the car with her.  This is crazy!

So anyway, we start our day off with some yummy cereal for breakfast!  Next, it was presents!  She was beyond excited!  Her presents (Christmas and birthday) have been sitting ever so patiently on the floor and now they were about to get busted in to...the birthday ones, at least! :)

Unfortunately those presents that she opened wasn't quite enough, so we had a meltdown...which, also unfortunately, I didn't document!  Oh well, we got that cleaned up, then it was off to see Santa!  We were wondering how she would do this year because last year she didn't like him at all!  So off we went traipsing through the Edison Mall...carrying Bellamy because for some unknown reason we took the stroller out of the car.  Not smart.  Not that this is a huge mall, but it is quite large when you are hauling around a three year old!  Once we finally found Santa, she was so excited!

 She did so good!  She gave him a kiss, shook his hand, high fives...you name it!  So after Santa, we took our annual trip to the Great American Cookie Company for her birthday cookie!  Again, very excited!

We sure had a fun day spoiling this little kid more rotten than she already is!  Who cares?!  At the end of the day she's mine and I know how to handle her and all her rottenness!

We love you sweet princess!  We hope you enjoyed your birthday and that you know how much mommy and daddy love you and are so grateful for the sweet little girl you are.  Happy Birthday and many, many, many more!