Family in Town

We had such a great week with family in town.

Lessley and her fam came to visit from Oregon.

It's been almost a year since we've seen them (and this was the first time they've seen Bella!).

Everyone soaked each other up.

We played lots and lots over the past week.

On Friday the guys went shooting while the girls entertained the kids, and we all met back up for a BBQ. (I don't think we could've asked for better weather.)

(That's Rick blabbering at me to stop being the paparazzi, even though he secretly loves it.)

It was fun having the whole Sanford family all together. 

Hopefully it'll happen again this summer!

Cousins

Bella and Oakley
cousins and best buds

Baba's Birthday

Celebrated Baba's/HaHa's birthday at Brick Oven with the fam. This has become her birthday tradition and I kinda love it. It's been awhile since we've all been together at once, so it was extra special.
Her birthday is on St. Patrick's Day, but I didn't have anything green for Bella and I to wear! Horrible, I know. Next year I'll be better about that. At least daddy had a green shirt on.

 

Bella was attached to her Uncle Rick for the night. She sat in his lap and happily shared his pasta with him (extremely rare)! I think we might need to have him come with us every time we wanna go out to eat ;)

Weekend Fun

Stephanie and her girls came over to play with us and helped us break in our new playroom (it's still a work in progress to make it look cute). Right now it's just our spare room with all the toys in it, since our living room was becoming filled with toys. Oakley was so excited, "I didn't know they had a playroom! I love this playroom!"

 Bella looooves her car my parents got her for Christmas. She has discovered it has many uses (like acting as a step stool to climb up onto things, or a storage space for her snacks, or using it to crash into all her toys). 

This last picture makes me laugh. The girls were playing with the constellation ladybug that evening, and Oakley wanted it to be completely dark in the room so she closed the door-- which Bella quickly picked up on. This picture is Bella running towards the door to shut it. Every day since then when Bella is in the playroom by herself, she runs and grabs the ladybug and shuts the door (even though it's daytime so it's super bright in the room). It's so funny to me.

Christmas

Christmas was SO much fun this year with Bella! Trevor and I stayed up late Christmas Eve wrapping all her presents (reminded me of my own parents), and we were just so excited for her to see them in the morning. I even had a hard time falling asleep because I was so anxious/excited to see how she'd react.

 

We spent Christmas evening at Mom and Dad Sanford's house.

Bella was such a happy little bug all day. It was a great Christmas-- so fun for us as parents to see our baby girl get so excited (and I know it's only going to get more fun!)

Sanford Christmas

We celebrated Christmas early with Trevor's family since all his siblings were going to be out of town on Christmas day. We had a delicious ham dinner with all the fixin's, opened presents, and then played with our new presents. It's been awhile since all of us have been together at once, it was fun.

We facetimed with Trevor's sister, Lessley, and her family (in Oregon) so we technically really were all together. We got to see their new dog too! Trev is just a little jealous.

The girls were hiding in the corner, going through all the hymn books

(I love their faces in that second photo-- caught in the act..)

Bella loves her cousins, and she absolutely adores Oakley. Every time Oakley even just says hi to her, she lights up and is all smiles and laughs. I think it's because Oaks is the cool older cousin-- she gave her millions of hugs.

Oakley's Christmas Program

Oakley was our little star in a cute Christmas program. I loved watching her be all excited to perform for us. She lined up before any of the kids were there and stayed on her spot-- so cute. Bella had fun running around with all the kids before the program started, and didn't understand why we had to hold her once it began. 

The babies kinda steal the show these days, so it was nice to have something dedicated to Oakley where she was in the spotlight. 

(Her belly kept showing every time she'd raise her arms up, haha. I just love her.)