Birthday Parties Galore!

This past weekend, we went to 3 birthday parties! The first one was on Friday night and was for me (Leah), Aunt Ali and Uncle Shaun's birthdays. Bella had a blast, especially with her boyfriend Shane. After months of dating (hahaha), they had their first kiss.



On Saturday, we went to the splash park to celebrate our friend Holden's first birthday with our good pals from the neighborhood. We had never been to the splash park and will be back for sure.


Later that afternoon, we went to a Sip and See for our new friend Elliott (ok, so it isn't a birthday party, but is close enough). Bella got to go swimming and play with her friends Grayson, LD, Eli and Briley.

More soon!

Love,
The Singletons

Mimi's Visit!

This week, Mimi came to visit! We had so much fun. She came in on Wednesday afternoon. That night, we had dinner with Aunt Bess and Uncle Nate. On Thursday, Mimi bought a needlepoint pattern that she is going to make for Bella's room. We can't wait to see it! Then we had lunch with Aunt Bess and shopped all afternoon.

On Friday, we went to the Farmer's Market, visited Bess & Daddy at work, had lunch with Daddy and then ran errands in the afternoon. That night, we took Mimi out to dinner for her birthday!

On Saturday, we had brunch and then went shopping for Aunt Bess & Uncle Nate's new house. We had dinner at their house that night (yummy spaghetti!).

This morning, we had lunch together before taking Mimi to the airport. It was so fun spending time with her. Bella (and everyone else) will miss her!!

I took too many pictures to post them all here, so click this link to see more: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141284&id=753217278&l=60391fd9ff

Love,
The Singleton Family

Yummy in the Tummy

This week Bella had her 9 month doctor appointment. She is doing great. She is 27 1/4 inches long (50th percentile) and 18 pounds (49th percentile). She is right on track for everything, from crawling to pulling up to stand. She still has no signs of teeth, but the doctor says that we have nothing to worry about.

One thing that Dr. D said is that we need to start feeding her more "adult" food. So far, we are on day 3 and here are the results:

Meatballs - Yuck! She spit them right out
Chicken - Yummy!
Olives - Delish!
Tomatoes - Okay in a pinch
Bread- Her favorite!
Eggs - Not so much...
Cheese - Patsy is thankful we fed her that!

More soon!

Love,
The Singleton Family

Happy Fourth of July!

We had a very eventful 4th of July weekend! On Friday night, we went to a Kaboom Town tailgate party. We had lots of fun and Bella loved the fireworks. Here are some pictures:


Bella and Daddy

Bella and Shane chatting

Bella and Daddy watching the fireworks

Bella in her 4th of July dress

On Saturday, we went to a BBQ and swim party with friends and then we went swimming at Aunt Bess and Uncle Nate's house with cousins Kelly and Sofia.

Bella and Mommy

Bella swimming with Aunt Bess and Uncle Nate

Bella and Daddy in the pool

Just catching some sun!

Have a great week!

Love,
The Singleton Family

What a weekend!

Bella had quite the eventful weekend! On Saturday, we headed (in our brand new big girl convertible carseat!) to North Richland Hills for Tracy & Chad's Baby Bash BBQ. There, Bella got to play with her friends Grayson, LD & Catie. Here are some pictures from that:

Bella and Grayson swimming in the pool!

Bella, Grayson & Catie playing

LD (1 month) and Bella (almost 9 months) have the same size feet!

Bella loves to swing!

On Sunday, we went to the baby naming for Bella's new friend, Alexa. There, she got to play with her friends Edie and Shane. Here are a few pictures from that:

Bella and Edie playing on the floor

Bella has gotten so big!

Bella and Shane love each other.

Bella, Michelle, Alexa & Edie

Love,
The Singletons

Crawling...what??

Today when I dropped Bella off at daycare, Manju (or Auntie as all the kids call her) told me that Bella sure crawls fast. I turned to her and said, "What? Bella doesn't crawl yet!" She responded, "Oh yes she does!" I then turned to look at Bella, who had army crawled her way across the floor. It turns out she does in fact move pretty fast! She does not get on her knees, but scooches along amazingly fast. Jay and I are going to redo the living room layout tonight to create more room for her to move around.

Anyways...it has been a while since the last update and a lot has happened!

Last week, on Thursday we had a doctor's appointment to check her ears since her last ear infection. The doctor said she is all clear! She weighed 18 pounds but has grown in length...tall and skinny! That night, we were able to meet up with Tina and Catie for dinner. Bella was not in the most social mood, so there was not much interaction there! On Friday, we went to Watauga to hang out with her friends Grayson and LD and then we all went to meet baby Briley. Bella has so many new friends! We also can't wait to meet the 2 other friends born last week, Isaac & Henry!

Sunday was Father's Day and Bella and I went to cheer Jay on at his softball game. She was the hit of the dugout! Grandy and Grandpa came up for lunch and to spend the afternoon with Bella. As you can see, they wore each other out!

We have an exciting couple of days coming up...Thursday is Henry Litt's bris, Saturday is a BBQ at the Sones' and Sunday is Alexa's baby naming. I am sure we will have more pictures to share next week!

Love,
The Singleton Family

Summer Fun!

We bought Bella a baby pool, which she absolutely adores! The first time she was in it, we couldn't get her out for 45 minutes! She will be a water baby for sure. This week, we also had a playdate at the park with Bella's new friends Elana & Shoshana. She loved the swings and we are looking forward to spending more time with them!

This weekend, we went to Bridgeport for the annual Singleton Family Reunion. She spent some time with her cousin Jonathan, who 3 months old. Bella spent the night with Grandpa & Grandy. Here are some pictures from that as well as a some from her trip to Bridgeport a few weeks ago.


She is eight months old this week and is growing leaps and bounds! She is on the brink of crawling. She gets up on her knees but hasn't yet figured out what to do next. We are expecting it to happen any day now!

Love,
The Singleton Family