Thanksgiving and Games

Games have always been the theme of my family. We get together with as much family as we can to have game night. This Thanksgiving, we went to my parents place and had my family, my Aunt, Uncle, and some cousins. Bella gets a chance to play with her cousins and we just had a great time. Lately, Bella loves to play Candyland and Chutes and Ladders. Well normally, my Dad would rather watch TV then play games, but he just can't resist Bella tilting her head and saying "Please Grandpa".

Bella beating Grandpa (I think he might have let her win)


Playing 5 crowns with the rest of the family left to play

Bella getting her bedtime story....SO CUTE!!!

Princess Bella

After Bella telling me that she wanted to be a different princess every week, then be a ladybug, then back to Tinkerbell, Snow White, and an animal, she finally decided that she wanted to be Cinderella for Halloween. We got her all dressed up to go to the ward party and see all of her other friends that would no doubt be princesses as well. She was so excited that she got to wear make-up. She has been asking to wear some every single day since then. She loves blush and lip gloss. So cute! We of course couldn't forget about her Prince Charming!

Bella and her Prince Charming

Pumpkins and Snow

I guess that it is time that I finally catch up on the life of the Lowe's, so here it goes.... Here is a picture of the first snow fall of the year(Oct - conference weekend) It was so funny because Bella couldn't wait to get her snow gear on and go outside. I talked Dan into getting his stuff on and help her build a snoman. She said she wanted one as tall as her. The funny thing was that all the snow melted the next day, but we had a snowman slowly melting for another week. I was telling Dan that growing up, there were very few Halloweens that I didn't have sweats, gloves, and boots that went under my costume.
After the snow melted and the house was decorated for Halloween, we went out to get pumpkins. Bella's job was helping to clean the pumpkins....she loved it, can't you tell.

ER visit...

Sicily...this post is for you. Now that I am finally able to get out of bed I will let you know all about my exciting last weekend. Last Wednesday, I was feeling nauseous but just thought pregnancy and nothing else. Then Thursday I woke up puking...still thinking pregnancy...then when everything started working, I knew that this was stomach flu and not pregnancy. I was sick all day and night and also Friday. I couldn't keep anything down. I called Craig and he said that if I was still losing lots of fluids on Saturday, that I needed to go into the hospital and get an IV. He talked about me going to Idaho Falls and he would check me into the hospital there overnight. After having only 5 saltines, 10 ounces of water in 3 days, and being 13 weeks pregnant, I went into the ER Saturday afternoon. We finally got called back after 2 hours, the doctor took one look and at me and said, "Let's get this girl an IV." They did blood work and all that stuff. They tried 3 times before they finally got an IV in (mom asked why I didn't just do it myself :) ) and got me started on some fluids. Then they gave me some zofran so I would stop throwing up and some potassium since it was so low in my blood. Then the potassium made me sick......MORE ZOFRAN PLEASE! The doctor wanted to be generous with my pregnancy so he gave me some more fluids. While they switched from the 2 bag to the 3rd, my IV blew and I needed another one. So 4 IVS later, 3 Liters of fluids, zofran(which makes you sleepy too) I was finally discharged to go at midnight. Luckily Dan had sun, mon, and tues off of work, so I was able to rest and recover. So today was my first good day. I actually got out of bed! Anyway, that is the story of the never ending stomach flu....I hope I never have to have this story again! :)

Made one past the goalie!

So for those of you that don't know...or having nothing to do with facebook, then you might have missed this information

WE'RE EXPECTING!!! March 24 is the magic date for this little one which is nice because I get to be pregnant during the winter, there is no one on my side of the family with a birthday in March...but March is a busy one for Dan's side. We are very excited and have been waiting to add a new little one to our family for a while. It is finally time.....which is great since Bella will be 4 this December!...Bella will be a great big sister and already talks to my belly and asks if the baby is happy. Looking forward to another adventure in our family!

John Deere for Life!

For those of you who don't know, I was born and raised on a farm and we saw "green" no matter where we were at. We had a little John Deere tractor that we would even ride around. I actually think it was ran over a couple of times. :) So my Dad had it restored for the next generation. Since Bella was really little, my Dad, (Grandpa Ellsworth) has bought Bella pink John Deere things...hats, shirts....but this time he took it to the next level. As Bella gets older, now 3 1/2, she was ready for a real bike. Dan and I had been looking at a few and then a couple of weeks ago, my Dad calls after leaving the JD plant and says, "Hey, don't get Bella a bike. I was just at John Deere and they had a pink and white JD bike that I got for her while I was there." I think that it got thrown into the mix or given the " G. Ellsworth discount". So when we went to go and visit the family over the 4th, there was her pretty JD bike ready for her to ride. She LOVES it! and was really excited to ride it.....Can you tell?

"For me?"

Grandpa and Bella....THANK YOU PAPA! XOXO


It even has a little John Deere purse

"NOTHING RUNS LIKE A DEERE.....OR A BELLA"

BellA the WAter BabY

At the beginning of the summer, we asked Bella what she would like to do...dance classes, swim classes, whatever sounded fun. She of course chose swimming because she can't get enough of it. First time swimming at 5 months

She just finished her first session and is starting her second. She went from being a Pike to an Eel. She is doing so great. At the end of the first session she even went off the diving board. Some encouragement was needed though. :)
Kickin it poolside

"Monkey, Airplane, Soldier, Monkey, Airplane, Soldier"

"MOM, watch me!"

Her favorite...the slide

Not quite jumping off the diving board XOXO