Beautiful Baby Girl

It is hard to believe that it was almost 9 months ago that this beautiful creature entered our lives. Don and I are so in love with her and feel so blessed to be her parents

Lots Of Firsts

The last three months have been filled with lots of fun firsts. Anabelle is now able to sit on her own, chew food, feed herself and put a spoon in her mouth, stand with support, and scoot around on the floor on all fours. She is out of her infant carrier and is in a "big girl" car seat and has a hugh chair that she eats her meals in. She still has no teeth but is getting a lot more hair so mommy can finally put bows in her hair. I think that she looks like such a big girl in her high chair.

Swimming Lessons

In January, we enrolled Anabelle in a month long water babies swim class. We had tons of fun and Anabelle really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, though, we only made it to half of the classes since she ended up being sick the last two weeks in January. The important thing is that she looked awfully cute in her swimsuit!

Christmas Morning!!

Anabelle had a wonderful first Christmas with our family in Little Rock. Santa Claus took very good care of her this year, since she had been such a good girl :)

Here are some pictures of her opening her gifts on Christmas morning

The best Christmas gift mommy could have ever hoped for



Her bib says "Who needs Santa, when I have Grandma"...boy was that true!



With Daddy at my Memaw's house

'Twas The Night Before Xmas

As long as I can remember, we have always spent the night of Christmas Eve at my Memaw's house. It is something I look forward to all year long and this year did not disappoint

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Anabelle ready to go pick out her very first Christmas Tree:

All bundled up:

Wow, these things are cool!


Everyone but the cat

Thanksgiving 2009

This year (and every year) we spent Thanksgiving with my family in Little Rock. Don and I were very brave and DROVE to Little Rock with our 6 month old in the backseat. Surprisingly, she did very well and slept almost the entire time both ways. The drive takes about 5 hours, which is a pain. But, I actually thought that it was a lot less stressful than hauling a baby with all of her stuff (car seat, stroller, bag, bottles, etc) through the airport. We had 2 wonderful Thanksgiving meals on Thursday, and got to spend a lot of quality time with the fam. All in all, it was a nice trip.

The happy family


Turkey coma...oops, I mean formula coma

It's Been Awhile...

Things have been busy at the Yates household with work, a baby, 2 pets, and life. I must admit, I have been a terrible blogger lately. So, stay tuned, I will have updates on here very shortly

Happy Halloween

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is my wonderful husband's 40th birthday. As such, Anabelle and I made a wrecktastic birthday cake for him. Here are some pics of Anabelle helping me bake

4 Months Old

Our little Bella Boo turned 4 months old on October 18th. It is hard to believe that it has been that long since I had her. While I loved having a sweet little newborn, I have to admit, this stage is SO much fun. She now recognizes Don and I and is so smiley. She is also doing a hearty laugh now that just melts my heart.

A couple of weeks ago, we went for Bella's check up at her pediatrician's office. She weighed in at a little over 15 pounds and was 25 1/4 inches long. She is healthy and took this 2nd round of immunizations better than the last time. The doctor also confirmed that she is teething. We got to start "solids" so we have been feeding her rice cereal for the last couple of weeks. This weekend, I plan on introducing sweet potatoes....YUM!

I Suck

Okay, so I have really sucked at updating our blog lately. It has just been SO busy! I am about to update it now so hang tight for some new pics

Jump Jump

Don and I put together Anabelle's jumperoo last night. She isn't quite big enough for it yet, but sure does look cute sitting in it!

Anabelle's Baptism

The Yates Family traveled to Arkansas for Anabelle's Baptism last weekend. Even though we are members of Custer Road UMC here, I wanted to take her to Little Rock to be Chistened so that my family could be part of this happy occasion. Here are some pictures of the Blessed event:




On the way home, our plane got delayed, here is a pic of us goofing off at the airport

3 Months Old

Yesterday, our baby girl turned 3 months old. It is very hard to believe that it has already been that long since I had her. I can definitively say that it has been the best 3 months of my life to date. At her last doctors appointment, Anabelle weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces and is continuing to grow more every day.

Several big changes and milestones have been met in the last month. For starters, she got her first ear infection and first round of vaccines. Those clearly were not my favorite events of the last 4 weeks. Some of the neat things that she is now doing include tracking objects, smiling, giggling, cooing, holding her head up, reaching for objects, and turning to the sound of mom/dad's voices. She has also slept through the night one time and is now sleeping on her back in her crib (a milestone I never thought would happen). Additionally, I went back to work this week and have been so impressed with how well she has adapted to being with a nanny 3 afternoons a week and being in a daycare 2 afternoons a week. She is just a joy and we are so proud to have her as our daughter.