Our little BIG girl

Bella went in for her 2 month check up yesterday. She weighs 12 lbs 1 oz and is 23 3/4 inches long. She is in the 95th percentile on her weight and height. She is VERY healthy. She also had to get the horrible shots. I hate them, I always cry. She just looked at me like why are you letting them hurt me.

Bella is such a happy baby. She wakes up at 4:00 every morning. When I go into feed her I get the biggest smile, it melts my heart. I love that time together when it is just the 2 of us.

Here are a few things Bella loves:

She loves the sound of her dad voice

She loves to watch Emma and Brad play the WII

She loves to watch the fan in the living room

She loves the dogs

And she loves to watch and play with the butterflies in her crib

Over the hill

Well Tommy is officially over the hill! He turns 40 today. I normally don't get all emotional on my blog but what the heck. It is a great day to tell Tommy what a great husband and dad he is. He is truly the best. Everything he does is for me and the kids. He works harder than anyone I know to provide for us and never complains. We have a great home and everything we need. He loves his kids so much and they adore him. I know he loves me no matter what. Who else could put up with me for this long! I hope you have a great day! Love ya

Our Christmas

We had a great Christmas! Tommy's sister Michelle was able to come this year. It was great to see her. We started off with Christmas eve at my mom and dads house. We had dinner and opened our jammies. Christmas morning the kids where up bright and early. Emma got a camcorder, trampoline, and a new bright pink 22 gun. Brad got a motorbike, a new bb gun , and a pogo stick. Just to name a few ( the Mather kids got SPOILED this year!) Bella got a Leap frog activity table, and a Johnny jump up. For our family gift we got a WII with a ton of games to go with it including fit. The kids have done nothing but play.

Gingerbread houses

We made gingerbread houses last night. Brad is really proud of his. They both did a great job.

Beautiful Bella

Bella Michelle Mather is finally here!! She was a little late and we are so happy she is here. She was born on November 10th at 2:39 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 20 in long. She is amazing. She is one little girl that already has the whole family wrapped around her tiny little finger. Brad and Emma are just gah gah about her, it is so fun to watch them with her. She woke up this morning just as I got the kids up to get them ready for school. I went into find them both leaned over the crib giving her kisses. It was so cute. Tommy has turned into super dad, he has taken vacation days and it has been so nice to have him here to help and give him some great time to bond with his little Bella (he picked the name).

Cute cousins

We went hunting last weekend and this is a cute

picture of all of the cousins watching a movie in

our camper.

Homework

This is what our evenings look like. I can not believe how much homework my kids do! I am just grateful that I am able to be home when they get home from school so I can help them get it all done.