Bella loves the Joyners

Last week I took Bella over to play with Claire and Ava! They LOVED her. I stole this picture from their blog (thanks Jen)! The girls were both very good with her and I just love this picture of them all together! My favorite part of the visit is when Jason played his mandolin for her and she fell asleep! Check out their blog to see more pictures of the visit.

Thanks again Joyners for having Bella and I over! We want to play again soon!

bella boo

my sleeping baby!

Here are some pictures of Bella over the past few weeks! She has grown so much and I am sad that she isn't that super small puppy anymore. She is definitely still cute and has very many puppy like qualities. She can now jump onto my bed and all the other furniture. But I have already trained her to sit and lay down! We are working on 'off' and 'shake.' She has her wild times but she is a very good puppy! I also get stopped everywhere I go! Last night Ashley, Camden and I went on a walk around the block and we got stopped at 4 times with her! I am very thankful that so many people thinks she is the 'cutest puppy ever.' I agree!!! Enjoy the pictures! There are only a few of the very many I have taken in the last month.

This is her in my car. One day I was coming home from my dad's and I had my car full of stuff. She crawled on the floor in the back and laid there like this the whole way home. Too cute!

This is my friend Heather. Yes, Bella is in her purse and YES, we did take her into Harris Teeter. She is way too big for this now!

I was not very happy when she woke me up at 3am doing laps around my room but I couldn't stay mad when she was walking around with her tongue hanging out like this!

Not a very good picture but I think it looks like she is a hard core cowboy or something. It makes me laugh.

So pretty with the sun on her face!

This is how she sleeps most nights.... I have lots of pillows on my bed and where my head it, she is directly behind it on the stack of pillows.... probably very comfortable. I love it.

"Pecan Pie" - If my aunt Ilona would have met her, she definitely would have said the words 'pecan pie' to her. My aunt always said this with her dogs and they would tilt their heads. Bella does it too!!!!!

This is Oliver...... an overwight dachshund that lives below us. He is Bella's best friend and maybe boyfriend. SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH! She gets so excited when she sees him and they play so well together.

I feel like she is saying 'HeeeEEEEEyyyyy" or 'uh OHHHH' in this picture.

One of my very favorite pictures of my pup!

Tennessee

I went to Tennessee for Easter Weekend. My mom and cousin Alison also came up from Kentucky. I stayed with my aunt Bianca. She is married to Shannon and her children are Matthew and Jordan. My cousin Eli is temporarily living with them as he is in transition. That is Eli and Jordan in the picture. It was a good visit but it went by way too fast. I was able to take Bella and she got to play with their dogs, Katie and Jake. It is only 6 hours away so I am going to have to start visiting more often!

john john

I haven't been updating my blog like normal so i have several things to catch up on. Here is a recent picture of john that Donna and Leonard (his mommy and daddy) shared with me. This is after he got out of the bath one night!

After I got back from Kentucky it took me a few days to get back into the swing of things. John is thriving though! He is now crawling and he has a tooth! Plus, he has grown so much!!! It is strange to think that just in a few months he will be walking and talking!!!

i was tagged

Thanks for tagging me Ashley! I didn't think I was going to get tagged but I did so it hear goes:

Three Jobs I've Had:
1. Nanny
2. After-school counselor
3. Camp Cheerio Kitchen Attendant... haha

Three Movies I've Seen More than Once
1. Harry Potter - any of them
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. Lord of the Rings (i have so many more that i have seen more than once)

Three Places I've Lived:
1. Lexington, KY
2. Raleigh, NC
3. Glade Valley, NC (just for the summer)

Three TV Shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. Lost (Jen - I DID watch the ones I missed online! tell Jay!)
3. America's Next Top Model

Three Places I've been:
1. Belize
2. Kenya
3. Italy

Three People I'd Like to Meet (Living or Not)
1. Emma Thompson
2. John Krasinski
3. my grandmother (Oma)

Three Favorite Foods:
1. Steak
2. Chicken Piccata
3. Rasberries

Three Places I'd Like to Visit:
1. Portland, Oregon
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Spain

Three Things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:
1. the summer - going to the beach, swimming, emerald pointe, etc.
2. getting my new puppy fully trained!
3. the birth of my friends' babies!

Three People I'm Tagging:
1. Jen Joyner
2. Chelsea Le Chatelier
3. Alison Dance

bella baby

I love my puppy SO much! She is such a good little puppy too! She went to the vet yesterday and had some puppy shots. She has an ear infection though and I have to put this medicine in her ears everyday. She is on her way to being potty trained. If she can't make it outside then she always goes on her puppy pad. I love my little puppy and she is so sweet! Oh, I am trying to crate train her too but so far she does not like it!

ilona's art

i am putting some of my aunt ilona's artwork on here. these are the pictures that we hung around at her funeral. i took pictures of them with my camera so they are way better in real life, though i think the pictures turned out good!

make sure also to read my other two new posts below!!

many people think that this was her best painting. this is my cousin jordan that she painted. i love it.

this is my other favorite

the beatles! she LOVED them.

i also love this sunflower!

and a lot of people think this is her best too. it is very good!