It is the start of 2012, and after the suggestion of starting a blog while I was pregnant, I'm finally doing it!
Our baby girl, Bellamy Reese Wade was born September 27, 2011.
She has brought some much joy and happiness to our lives I cannot even begin to explain it! So I cry tears of joy, all the time- well not all the time, but in my eyes everything she does is amazing, so I cry about it. It's only been 3 months, so I'm allowed. But I have a feeling this will last her entire life. To say that Whitcomb and I are obsessed would be an understatement. I can't imagine our lives without her; she's the peas to our carrots, white to our rice, ying to our yang...ok I'll stop.
The first month of her life was a complete blur, and then the Holidays hit. Which were also a blur.
Halloween
For Halloween we celebrated by going to my Aunt & Uncle's Halloween Party.
We dressed up as the 3 blind mice:
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| We're blind.. |
Thanksgiving
My Aunt & Uncle hosted a dessert first party the night before Thanksgiving, we had a blast! Everyone brought a dessert and we all voted on best taste, most creative, etc. Chocolate dipped bacon is what is standing out in my head right now-yummy!
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| dessert first party @ the Beery's |
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| Bellamy did not want her picture taken |
We hosted Thanksgiving at our home; which we love to do! It was a quiet bunch this year with just my family and a few friends that stopped by- we missed all of Whitcomb's family though.
We obviously have so much to be thankful for this year; our baby girl, health, jobs, and family.
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| My wonderful husband and chef! |
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| Shaylynn & Bellamy |
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| Crystal & Devinee |
Christmas
Christmas is by far my favorite time of year! Whitcomb always gets in the mood to decorate, which started on Thanksgiving this year. He started a new tradition by setting up the village with my sister Cambri and niece Shay. I'm sure Bellamy will love doing this with her Daddy when she is old enough to help! Whitcomb has added some new additions to our village, it is growing....
Whitcomb's brother and wife, who live in South Carolina, stayed with us for a few days. It's always great to see them, we really wish they lived back here in Colorado (same for his brother, Stirling- hint, hint). It was their first time meeting Bellamy, she was full of smiles for both of them. Very cool! I love seeing Bellamy interact with all of her extended family, it melts my heart =)
We hosted Christmas Eve at our house with both of our families and then some! Everyone brought a white elephant gift and the exchange was a lot of fun, not very vicious- but we'll see how that goes next year.
Since it was Bellamy's first Christmas, I cried. I cried when she opened her first present, I know it sounds crazy, but the whole idea of her first present on her first Christmas really made me emotional.
On Christmas day we went to my two sister's; Cayla & Crystal's house and watched all of the cousins open their presents. Shaylynn, the oldest cousin, was very patient waiting for her 2 new cousins, Devinee and Bellamy, then Trent to open their gifts before her. We always go in a circle youngest to oldest, with 2 new additions this year- she went from 2nd to open to 4th.
After leaving their house, we made a quick stop to visit my Grandma at her nursing home. It always makes me sad to think that she is not celebrating with us. But, I'm also thankful for all the wonderful memories I have from when we used to celebrate at my Grandparents house.
We then spent the afternoon at Whitcomb's parents house with all of his brothers and sister-in-law, Beth. We all enjoyed a wonderful meal his mom cooked, and then spent the time watching Bellamy open & play with her presents. She was such a good trooper all weekend!
So far you've got the brief version of all the big things that have happened since little Miss Bellamy has entered our lives. My goal is to post a few times a month- we'll see how this goes!
Lots of Love
Courtney
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