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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.

She’s got a really cute smile so I’m pleased to share the pics with you.

the first set is all Black and White and only has a few pics. the second is a color set and has a lot more pics. Enjoy!

Let’s see what else, Bella is starting to “coo” and so in the morning when she’s smiling she’ll also sort of talk a little. I don’t think it’s what most people would call completely cooing. it’s mostly little noises, but she’s trying to say something. It was funny, today I was holding her in my left arm and playing chords with my right on the piano. I was singing her a song and she was kind of singing with me. She was just making long sounds kind of soft and drawn out and lets just say it was mega cute.

So that’s about it, things are going great. We’re really looking forward to the holidays and a great new year. We hope all is well with everyone and hope to talk to and see you all soon.

Here are some new pics of Bella, mostly of her playing on the bed and on her fun mat. Enjoy!

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