Ear infections...and a cold...

Poor Bella has been so sick...first it was teething (yep the molars are in!!), then it turned into a cold...then on Sunday morning I realized it was more than that b/c she was still so not herself! So we took her into Emergecy and she has a full blown ear infection! Oh my...I had no idea and I feel so bad for not catching it sooner. We are on day 3 of antibotics and so far so good...she seems to be doing far better! Man, when it rains it really freakin pours!!

On a more positive note...we FINALLY finished Bella's nursery! Let me tell you the LONG story: Ever since I first fell pregnant, I envisioned the nursery. I wanted pink walls with cream wainscotting and dark furniture to accent it. In our townhouse, Mason would NOT let me even touch the walls...we put up a few pictures and that was it! I did get my dark furniture however, and the most amazing pink french toile bedding ever!! When we moved to our new house, I brought up the wainscotting idea again...this was the reaction: "Ummmm...Simone? Do you not notice the dark stained baseboards and trim??" me: "yes...so? we can just paint it cream!!" mason: "ARE YOU CRAZY??!! There is no way you are touching that trim!!" Okay...so...new plan!! (you don't mess with a pro painter,let me tell you!) We, I mean Mase, painted the walls cream and pink with a pink polka dot border dividing the 2 colors. I LOVE IT!! It is so cute, and finally looks like the little girls room I have dreamed of! All I need now is a chandalier and some cute curtains...ideas anyone?? Here are some pics of Princess Bella's new palace!!









This is looking into the room...the little ballet picture is from when I was a little girl. My mom bought it for me when we were living in Zimbabwe, so it has literally travelled the world!

Some of the latest...

It has been a while...and not much has happened! Bella is getting bigger and smarter by the minute, it is so fun watching her grow, more than I ever thought! My parents and little sister (Rachel, she is 10 and loves being an "auntie"!!) came to visit last weekend and we went to the zoo to check out the koalas. Bella LOVED the elephants, we could barely get her away! This makes me happy because they are my FAVOURITE animal...I really miss seeing them in the wild.

We have been going to playgroup every week (I'm so proud of us...we are actually getting out there more instead of going to the store every day!!!) and I love it...Bella has made the cutest friend (little Sadie: I say little b/c she is a couple months older than Bella but the same size!) and I love having a little "me" time and chatting with other moms. The church is so fabulous for that - all the little programs they have going really help with keeping active and keeping in touch with those around you. Like our RS party last week...it was AMAZING...the girls did such an awesome job (I can't wait to be part of the planning now...I just got called into Enrichment!!) and the speaker was wonderful. She really made me think about how I rush things all the time...like how I always look into the future (like "one day when we live here..."etc. ) and I don't live in the now and take each opportunity as it comes. Her general message seemed to be that there is plenty of time for all opportunities, we just have to take them as they come and FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. So of course I evaluated our decision to buy the store, but I came to the conclusion that doing it now while Bella is so young is GENIOUS...hopefully next year I will barely have to go in at all and I can concentrate on just growing it and growing our little fam!!
Okay, enough ramblings, here are some pics of the latest...