The World According to Bella: 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

Happy Hanukkah!

Bella had a great Hanukkah. We celebrated every night with candles and a gift for Bella. The first several nights, Aunt Bess and Uncle Nate came over and lit the candles with us and spoiled Bella a little. One night, Bella celebrated with her friends Alexa and Shane. Another night, we had Hanukkah dinner at our neighbor (and good friend's) house, the Harr family. The last couple of nights, Mimi and Zayde, Nana and Papa and Nonnie and Poppy came to town to celebrate Aunt Bess's graduation from UNT. It was a fun holiday and a great weekend with family. Here are some pictures!

Love,
The Singleton Family

Monday, November 30, 2009

Gobble, Gobble!

Bella and I spent the week of Thanksgiving in El Paso with Mommy's family. It was such a fun trip. We spent lots of t

ime with family and friends.

Bella and Papa

Megan, Bess, Amy & Bella

The highlight of the trip was Thanksgiving. Mimi and Zayde had everyone over to their house for dinner. Bella had her first Thanksgiving meal and really loved it. Another highlight of Thursday was the Texas game. Zayde made sure Bella was properly decked out for the game.

Friday was a very eventful day for Ms. Bella. She went to the famous Chico's Tacos and had her first taste of the tacos. Afterward, she had her first real haircut. She hated the haircut, but looked so cute!

Bella tasting Chico's and liking it!

Amy & Bella outside of Chico's

Prepping for the haircut

Hating the haircut, but check out the cute bangs!

The final product!

It was such a great trip and it was great to see the El Paso family!

Love,
The Singleton Family

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Although this was not Bella's first Halloween, it was the first one we celebrated! Bella had a very eventful Halloween season. The weekend before Halloween, she went to a party at our good friends the Rubensteins. We also went to a Fall Festival with her friends Jolie & James and carved pumpkins!

On Halloween, we went to a fun party at our neighbor's (the Dillard's) house. It was complete with a potluck dinner and bounce house! After dinner, the kids in the neighborhood went trick or treating together. After a few houses, we decided to go trick or treating at Aunt Bess and Uncle Nate's house.

After all of the fun, Bella was excited and exhausted!

Love,

The Singletons

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Bella!

Bella celebrated her 1st birthday in style - with 3 birthday parties! The first one was at her daycare. Auntie Manju threw a nice party with ice cream cake, Indian treats and presents.
Here are some p

ictures from that:

The second party came on her actual birthday. She had cake and ice cream for the first time! Lots of her friend

s came out to cele

brate.

Her third and final party was on Saturday at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve. Lots of friends and family came out to enjoy bagels, coffee, cupcakes, the playground and beautiful weather.

Many thanks to our friends and family for coming out to celebrate Bella's big day. It was a lot of fun! Special hugs to Mimi, Zayde, Nana, Papa, Aunt Amy & Uncle Paddy for coming all the way from El Paso!

Love,
The Singleton Family

Monday, October 12, 2009

One Year Old!

Bella had her one year old check up today. She is holding steady in the 25th percentile. She weighs 19 pounds, 7 ounces and is 28 inches long. She has 6 shots, but took it like a champ!

A few weeks ago, our friend Mindi Sue (who happens to be a very talented photographer) took Bella's one year old pictures.

Below are some of our favorites. To see all of them, go to:

www.mindisuephotos.com

Click on the album: Bella Singleton - 1 year

The password is patsy

Love,
The Singleton Family

Monday, October 5, 2009

Poppy's 90th Birthday Party!

This past weekend, we went to San Diego to celebrate Bella's great-grandfather Poppy's 90th Birthday. Bella did really well on the flights to and from Dallas. We got there on Thursday and spent

some time wandering around the city and had dinner as a family. Bella really loved the bread.

On Friday, we picked up Mimi & Zayde, Aunt Amy & Paddy and cousins Kelly & Sofia from the airport and then had lunch. We got to see the rest of the Given family at a barbecue at Aunt Liz & Uncle Wayne's house.

On Saturday, we all had breakfast and then went down to the beach. It was Bella's first experience with the beach and she was not really sure what to think. Afte

r a while, she started to

like it

Saturday night

was Poppy's birthday party. Bella got to wear a beautiful party dress (thanks

Davina!). It was a wonderful party.

Here are a few more

pictures from the party:

On Sunday, we had breakfast with the family. Bella had her first pastry and LOVED it. Afterward, we went to Aunt Liz and Uncle Wayne's house before heading to the airport.