Where Did December GO??

Well...December has come and is almost gone and I never got a "B 'n Me" post in.  But we had a bit of a distraction for 14 days..and it wasn't about B 'n Me...it was about Bella, Mommy and Daddy. But things are back to normal now...Bella is home, feeling great and Mommy and Daddy can take a step back and relax!

This week Uncle DanDan came home for Christmas and Bella is beyond excited. I am so happy to have everyone home for Christmas!!  We have had a wonderful time with him home and Bella has just loved it!

We saw "Rogue One" together today..great movie! The Christmas decorations will all come down this week and the house will return to normal. Danny gets to stay until January 4th so we will get LOT'S of Danny time in.

So here is my one and only December post.  Thank you for all your love and support during Bella's two week hospital stay. Our goal now is to keep her going in the right direction, healthy and hospital free!!

Home!

Thanksgiving

Just us pie bakers!

Although little Miss was coughing (still fighting her lung congestion) she had a great Thanksgiving. We all had a great Thanksgiving. So much to be thankful for.  Love my family beyond words.

Bella had fun getting ready for the holiday..baking pies, watching her favorite musical (Phantom) and just hanging out. I'm so glad we took her into the Clinic before the long weekend so she could get started on antibiotics (and now steroids). This episode will hopefully pass quickly and she will be back to her normal little self again.

In case no one noticed I finished Bella's Great Strides 2017 campaign video. She selected the song "Human" by Christina Perri. Maybe 2017 will be the year we find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis!


Now we will start really getting serious about Christmas!! Her school Christmas program will be Dec. 6th. I can't wait!! I'm such a mush head that I will probably get all teary-eyed when they sing. Oh well!

Thank you Kathryn for the porch ideas!

Bella and Daddy Date

Today is Bella's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Party and Daddy has taken the day off so he can attend. When I told Bella last week that Daddy was going to be the one coming to her party she almost had tears in her eyes.."I just love my Daddy too much!" (And he loves you Sweet Pea).  

So today Daddy is taking her to school, having lunch at school with her and then checking her out of school for the afternoon and they are going to go see a movie. She is beyond excited!! "Grammy..I remember when I was like 4 or maybe 3 and you painted my toenails and fingernails and curled my hair and I got to put a tiny bit of blush on my cheeks and I got all dressed up and then my Daddy picked me up and we had a movie date! I remember that!! And we are doing it again!! I love my Daddy!"  (You have a very special Daddy! I love him, too!)



Today will be a catch up day for me..I'm going to finish  putting up Christmas decorations outside and start planning our Thanksgiving dinner!

Thumbs UP, MeMe!!!

Carol's surgery went very well! As a matter of fact she is back home already!! We are all so very proud of her and her determination to get back on her feet. YOU ROCK, Carol!!!   Bella (and all of us) loves MeMe so much and was very worried about her.  She was very excited to hear she was going home last night!

Silly Time

Well...I posted so many pictures and videos on FB last week that I thought I had posted my weekly B 'n Me post!  OOPS!!  Grammy is getting old!

Bella and I had a great week...she got to spend the night Friday when Mommy and Daddy went to see Billy Joel. We all went out to eat with our good friends and the kids all had a blast. AND Bella ate like a CHAMP!! Taco meat, beans, queso, chips, cheese, drank a full Pediasure, and ate a chicken tender!!! That is such an accomplishment for her!! Take that CF!!!  Saturday was play with Burkley and boy-howdy did they play!  Watching those two girls come up with ideas is comical!  Of course she and I had to hunt down zombies before Burkley got here!


Bella helped me put up all the inside Christmas decorations..she also went shopping with Papa and me and picked out three more musical/animated toys for the house!  Outside decorations are almost all completed as well! Papa lit the pilot lights and all the fireplaces are up and ready. I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!

Back to Normal

Fun times at the airport!

Mommy and Daddy got back on Wednesday and Bella was way beyond happy! We had such a great time with her while she stayed with us but there is nothing like having Mommy and Daddy home!   I must say though that our house has been very quiet without her!

Just enjoying the day, today!

 Bella came over today so she helped me put away the Halloween and Fall decorations and we started bringing all the Christmas decorations downstairs! She is excited about putting up trees soon! Won't be long!!

Walker Stalker

This has been a crazy and busy week. So this blog is just a few days late!!

This has been a fun week for Bella...lots of activities at school for Red Ribbon Week.

Boot day at school so we both wore
boots!

We had fun playing with her new
make-up!

Neon Color day!

This week also saw us making another doctor run. Bella just hasn't been able to shake her ear infections and we were pretty sure she was having belly issues again. And we were right. So hopefully this round of antibiotics will knock the ear infections out. We are slowly getting her belly problems resolved. She is feeling much better.

More make-up!

Last Christmas we gave Jessica (and of course Bryan) a trip to Atlanta to attend Walker Stalker. Thursday Bryan and Jessica flew down for a week of zombies and fun. Bella is with us for the week. Thursday was hard on her..not only did Mommy and Daddy leave town but her teacher is gone until Monday. She misses all three of them and was a little teary eyed on the way to school.  Friday I picked her up early as her belly was really bothering her...so a little TLC and FaceTime with Mommy and Daddy and she did fine.

She is practicing her Harley Quinn make-up!

Halloween is Monday and it is also 50's day for the Kindergartner's. Bella is ALL ready for it!

We have loved getting all the pictures from Bryan and Jessica. Bella has recognized almost every celeb!! Can't wait to see what other fun things they do while in Atlanta!! Enjoy your trip kids!! Love you!

Orange day!

Report Card

Bella received her very first report card...she is doing so good! We are so very proud of her!  It's hard to believe that the first nine weeks is over already!
She sure loves her school, Mrs. Kornegay, and Ms Ginger.

We made little pumpkin projects...we took floral wire and made them! Of course we had to make one for LOTS of family!  She is so sweet. "Grammy we have to give one to Meme & Pappy, Nanny, Jill, Uncle Tim, Mommy & Daddy, you and Papa and Grandma Betty, too!"  (I hope we made enough! LOL!)

We also painted pumpkins. She created a Bride of Frankenstein and a Scary House pumpkin! (Bath's were required following painting! LOL!)


Bella has been talking a lot about CF lately. She has certain toys that now have CF along with her. Of course they all have to take their Kalydeco, too!  They are very "brave" and "do their treatments", too.


I love her so much.