The life of a mom: Meeting Bella

Well, we made it to Colorado and back...again! We were just there in December for an impromptu trip but this one has been planned for about a year. Main goal: To meet baby Bella!! The whole family has been anticipating her arrival and our trip to meet her! When we arrived Bella was 5 weeks old and the little doll we had envisioned! We were able to hold her, cuddle her, soothe her and I even fed her twice (with a bottle people ...no Salma here!) Zachary, staying true to his character, was always asking to "hold baby Bella". He had the same sweet expression when he held her as he did when he held Jacob. What a sweetie! Tyler enjoyed her as well and was happy to help get her paci when she needed it. Jacob...was Jacob. Liked to look at her, held her once, but then was just on the go!

We pretty much spent the week hanging out. We went to the Denver Zoo for a couple of hours to let the boys get some wiggles out! I truly love that Zoo! Everything is so close, easy to see and they have a great variety of animals. Every night we played Settlers of Catan...so much fun! On Wednesday, we went to Fort Collins to spend time with Craig's Mom, Grandma and brother. It was a good day. Thursday Melinda came over as she was in Denver for a conference. It was fun getting the chance for the 3 of us to hang out...we just needed Hillary!

And we ended up staying an extra day due to an impending storm expected to arrive Saturday, our planned date of departure. The boys were super happy about that and kept asking when the blizzard was coming. But, the storm ended up blowing into another state so we didn't even see much snow. The Rockies had gotten dumped on though so it was good we waited it out.

So it was a good trip. I am terribly sad that I won't see my little Bells until she's a much bigger girl though. I wish I could watch her grow from here instead of afar. She is such a beautiful little baby! Mommy needs to keep up on the pictures and I'm hoping for a blog in the near future!=0)

I can't wait to see them again!

Caught her smiling in her sleep right after we got there...happy to see us too!=0)