So I know it's already the weekend, but we did do something fun last weekend and I just haven't had time to post. Despite the cold, rainy weather I was determined to do something California-y since it has been awhile. Our number of weekends left here are quickly dwindling away so I am set on making the most of them. There is a gorgeous open space preserve near where we live with wonderful hiking trails, great picnic site, and overall spectacular views. At the end of one of the trails is a little farm that is a huge hit with the kids. The downside is having to hike the mile there and the mile back...we all know how opposed I am to exercise (unless it means walking around Disney for 14 hours a day!!). Bella loved the ducks and the goats the most but there was also a cow, two huge pigs, and some bunnies that we couldn't see as they were hiding in their warm little home.
I did mention it was cold and rainy, right? So while there one of Bella's shoes pops off, I don't notice, and so she is walking around in the wet mud....so we take her socks off, put her shoes back on but on the hike back to the car we take her shoes off (since they are so muddy) and wrap her legs in her blanket, which then proceeds to get stuck/pulled off in the wheels of her stroller.....ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh...what a MESS!!!! Makes the whole not having a washer/dryer in your apartment thing a whole lot more inconvenient. Thankfully the pictures below capture the happy part of our trip and not my scowling the whole way home!
I realized the pictures don't show the beauty of the place at all....as usual I just got pictures of Bella!
This way pre shoe falling off!
Look...goats!
I think Bella would have stayed there all day if we let her!
These next few pictures are just random. I look at them and am reminded how much joy Bella brings to my life!
Bella wants to help wrap Christmas presents.
She is becoming quite an explorer!
Great, my kid finds the trash can in the two seconds I'm not watching!
So apparently I am a horrible child-proofer. Thank goodness for video monitors and being able to see what the little rascal is up to. She now finds jumping in her bed more exciting than napping and a lot of days she jumps instead of sleeping for her whole morning nap! At least she is perfectly happy in her crib.
This is truly my favorite thing Bella does right now....we got these Mickey ears at a Christmas party and I put them on the other day to see if Bella thought I was funny. She ripped them right off my head and tried to put them on her own head. I put them on for her and she proceeded to wear them for the next 30 minutes. Ever since, she wears them throughout much of the day!!! She's a true Disney fanatic at heart like her mama!!
Being such a good little shopper while we try on clothes.
Family begins to arrive tomorrow so posting will be on hold for the next 2 weeks. Bella will be one year old in less than a week....a tear!! After Christmas we (and my family) head to Yosemite, Sequoia, and Disney....YIPPEE!!! Bella is cutting 4 top teeth, ran fever of 102 yesterday and has the sniffles....praying she feels better before our whirlwind trip. Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!!
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