the Novakz

Hello there! So it’s been a while since we’ve send out an update and a lot has changed with Bella in that time. As I write this Bella is 15 weeks old. She is 13.9 lbs and 26 inches long. Bella’s been great with sleeping, she crashes at about 9 and sleeps through to 6 or so which has been great for us. Bella has also learned to master the art of smiling and does all the time. She also is learning how to laugh and she thinks Phia is probably the funniest person on Earth. Phia can make her laugh just by asking her repeatedly “whacha doing?”. It cracks her up.

Bella has taken to watching Playhouse Disney most mornings and absolutely loves The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny and Special Agent: OSO (those of you with kids, probably know what I am talking about). There is a song at the end of the Mickey Mouse Club House called the Hot Dog song that she loves. We also bought the MP3 and anytime she hears it she smiles.

Bella seems to have a genuine interest in music. I play my guitar for her all the time and she suffers through my terrible singing voice. She will sit and watch me and smile for 20-30 minutes. She stares intensely at at my hands as I play. It seems to really intrigue her. My friend Gene recently came over and he played for her. He was shocked to find he had an absolute captive audience. She stared and smiled as he played. I could tell he really enjoyed it. Bella will grow up surrounded by music so it wouldn’t surprise either of us if she decided to participate once she’s old enough.

Let’s see what else I can tell you. She is really strong and great at sitting upright. She has a little chair courtesy of Brad and Tracey that she does great it. She kind of hates “Tummy Time” which is where you make them lay on their stomach so they can work the neck muscles which is the first step to crawling. Although she hates it, she’s progressing nicely. She’s very wiggly so she should be rolling over and starting to craw pretty soon.

Bella’s hair continues to get longer and thicker and people are always amazed at how much she has. Have a look at her most recent pics and you’ll see what we mean. Her eye’s unsurprisingly seem to be turning brown, but they’ll be a pretty brown like mommy’s so they’ll suit her nicely.

As for mommy and daddy, nothing too exciting . Phia is back to work and doing great with the transition. I know how hard that was and I’m very proud of her at how well she’s handled it. It helps that we have great daycare and Bella seems really happy there. I have been learning Piano in my spare time and that’s pretty fun but other than that I just spend my time making Phia’s life more difficult and snapping pictures.

Speaking of photos check out these new pics of Bella. I took them just the other day so they are very recent. You should be able to use the slide show below but it’s been buggy so if it gives you trouble, click here to link to the flickr set.