Spring

Bella turns three this summer, and she still loves her binkie. As someone who loved their binkie and still reflexively moves their mouth as if working on a binkie, I have been holding back in taking it away from her. Bella decided that she wanted to give her binkies to the Binkie Fairy so that she could redistribute them to the new babies in area hospitals. So far so good.



Binkies waiting on the threshold


Bella lifted up the box left by the Binkie Fairy to look for her binkies; they were gone.



Thanks to Darlybird, the transition has been relatively smooth. The Binkie Fairy brought earrings, a frog, lip gloss, and games to Bella. She loves her new items. The night of the exchange, Bella told Becca that she wanted the Binkie Fairy to come back with her binkies but that she would not return the Darly items.


Bella in flight.


Misty afternoon.


Peter loves solid foods. He enjoys rice cereal, bread, bananas, and prunes. He is a great eater.


Bella loves the sandbox on our playground. Recently, I have been helping her to build "Doggie Houses" and "Doggie Castles."

Peter's First Visit to the Sea

While in Anaheim, we drove down to Laguna Niguel on Sunday night to watch the sunset. It was a beautiful time.

Disneyland

We went to Disneyland last weekend. Bella loved Cinderella, Dumbo, Minnie Mouse, and Chip and Dale's Treehouse. Peter sat in his carseat for a couple of days and Becca and I ate a punch of expensive pizza. All in all, it was a great trip.

Beautiful Bella

Bella has adjusted nicely to being a big sister. She sings songs to him, dances for him, and tells anybody who approaches him that he is her baby brother. She as silly as ever.

Sweet Boy

Peter is a good baby. He is mild, sleeps well, and loves to smile. He was sick for three weeks and finally on our third visit to the doctor, they gave us a nebulizer with instructions to administer albuterol to him. Things cleared up quickly. He submitted to treatment without much of a fight. He is a sweetheart.

Temple Square Christmas Lights

We stayed at our house and opted not to go to the Harmon home at 1760 on Christmas because Bella had symptoms of pink eye. Christmas wasn't quite the same without all of our family. Becca decided that we needed to get out of the house and go to Temple Square. I thought that it was too cold, but she was determined to go. It was FREEZING! We got out of our car, took a couple of pictures, and got back into the car as soon as we could.

We ended the evening by enjoying a dinner at a PACKED Denny's Restaurant; lots of lonely people there that night.

Fall Time Fun

October and November have been very fun months around our house. Peter is growing, Bella is a doll, Halloween came and went, and we've taken a few trips to the zoo. All in all, things are great.

Beauty

Sometimes when i go in to check on Bella i find her in different positions on her bed. This is one that we just had to document.

Peter Middleton Harmon blessing

On Sunday, we blessed Peter. It was wonderful! He was an angel all day. Later, we went to the Middleton home for good food and great company.

To Canada, from Utah with Love!!

This one goes out to our Canadian Middletons!!