2009 in Review

I borrowed the following from our Christmas card newsletter, figure it's a good recap of our busy year! (and thank goodness for blogger - I couldn't think of one thing we did each month for at least half of them and had to reference my blog to see how we spent all our time.)

January: Bella started crawling. Life got exhausting! February: Our first family outing to a Cavs game. Bella met Cleveland Browns player Josh Cribbs, turned out to be a bigger moment for Justin than Bella, but that’s to be expected. March: Cleveland tempted Bella with blue skies and she quickly developed a love for playing outside! April: The first project Justin worked on at NASA went up in space! It’s official, he’s a Rocket Scientist! May: Happy 1st Birthday to Bella! One year flew by, this girl rocks our world! Cavs playoff fever took over our lives for one of the craziest busy months we experienced. June: Dana went to Colorado Springs for work and brought Bella to spend some time with her Colorado cousins! July: A trip to Riviera Maya with Dana's family and all the free food and drink turned out to be a little less fun for Dana - WE’RE PREGNANT!! August: Full of trips to the zoo, outdoor concerts and cheesecake for Dana's birthday. September: Our first long family vacation! Joined up with Dana’s sister and kids for a week-long trip to Seattle and Idaho to visit family. October: Bella’s first time trick or treating! Dana bit off more than she could chew sewing the costume, but with some help, Bell was the cutest Alice in Wonderland. no bias. at. all. J ran his first marathon, we're so proud of him! November: our first ultrasound and we managed to refrain from finding out the gender of Baby Bail #2 (B2) it’s going to be such an awesome surprise in March! December: Looking forward to Christmas with Justin’s family in Orlando - Bella's frist trip to Disney World!

One Piece at a Time

More to come on Christmas and our trip to Orlando for the holidays... but we did enjoy a sunny Christmas day in Florida and a Cavs win over the Lakers! I had to share this video of Bella opening one of her presents from my parents - her concentration cracks me up!

Holly Jolly

We took Bella to visit Santa over the weekend - she did great! She walked right up to him and waved hello before talking a little gibberish... turns out that even in the midst of testing every boundry, she is in fact a very good little girl that continues to steal our hearts and expects some quality results from Santa this year and he reassured her he'll find her in Florida!

Bell with Santa last year

...and for the sake of making your hearts nearly as happy as mine - check out this old post with pictures of baking with Bella and J's family last year. this girl. love her.