Last weekend we went up to Dillon to hang out with Danelle, BC, Noah, and Will. We don't get to see them much so it is always nice when they are in town and Belle gets so excited when she gets to play with Noah! Danelle was helping out with the Tubbs annual snowshoe race that raises money for breast cancer. On Saturday we took the kids to watch the event and Belle even got to test out some snowshoes!
However, the highlight was not walking in the snowshoes. The Tubbs dog was pretty much the greatest thing on earth to her. She ran up to it and gave it the biggest hug I have ever seen, then had it chase her for about 10 minutes straight. She kept swinging her arm and saying "C'mon on dog, c'mon!" We finally had to part ways (with a few tears) by telling her the dog needed to go spend time with other kids.
This is her having the dog follow her all over the place. Seriously, she has no fear of anything. I don't think she even checked to see if we were still close by.
Belle got to spend some quality time with her cousins and still can't stop talking about them. Belle got to see how much Noah loves his baby brother, Will. We can't wait for her to meet her new baby brother or sister and especially can't wait to see her be as sweet as Noah is with Will.
And here we have the cutest member of the family right now...
Their last night together. I couldn't resist getting a photo of the cousins in the tub. Noah preferred to stand and stay as dry as possible while Belle preferred to get as wet as possible and show off her swimming and blowing bubbles talent.
I'm hoping our next post will be displaying the newest member in our family. We are still chugging along waiting for this baby to present itself to the world. He/she originally got us eager for an early arrival, however, that has all changed and apparently he/she is content staying in the cooker as long as possible and making mom very uncomfortable. So, here is one last photo of our sweet little girl ready to be a big sister!
Mark's very first visitors. His Nana and Papa and Grammy and Pepe and, of course, his sweet, loving sister!
When Belle walked through the door it brought tears to my eyes. She had the biggest smile ever and had a present for baby Mark. She ran right up to him and was so proud to see her new brother. She has been so sweet to him and loves to just stare at him and his little toes and fingers. She claims he is "too heavy" to hold for more than 20 seconds, but we have been able to capture a few shots of her holding him. I guess considering he is about one third her weight, he could be heavy to her.
Here is Mark settled at home in his first week of life. He is getting cuter by the minute and we are so excited to watch him grow and change in the next month. This has been one happy week for us as a family of four, well, really five with our sweet dog, Sierra! Welcome to the world, Mark! We love you!
