Holiday Plans Finalized - MARK YOUR CALENDARS

For those of you who will be in the Alice, Austin, or New England regions over the next couple of months, here is the schedule for The Family Needham.

Thanksgiving:
* Weekend before Thanksgiving: Tiffany and Bella fly to Alice, TX
* Tuesday of Thanksgiving Week: Tiffany, Bella, Welly, and Uncle Bobby Ray drive to Austin, TX
* Tuesday of Thanksgiving Week (LATE): Paul drives to Austin, TX
* Thanksgiving: Attend the Owens' World-Famous tailgate and (hopefully) the UT/A&M game.
* Weekend after Thanksgiving: Tiffany, Paul, and Bella drive to Tulsa, OK

Christmas:
* December 22: Tiffany, Paul, and Bella fly to Connecticut
* December 26: Attend the Fedors' World-Famous Christmas Party
* December 30: Tiffany, Paul, and Bella fly to Tulsa, OK
~ You'll notice this trip has much less solidified but there is a long list of people we want to see and introduce to the Tiny One. We might do a day in NYC and/or a day in Boston to accomplish this. If you'd like to schedule something, post a message here or give one of us a call. Here's a little motivation to do so:

Thanks for visiting! (See you soon?)

Aunt Jen's Visit!

Two great things happened recently.
1) Aunt Jen came to visit Isabella on Halloween weekend!
2) We figured out how to attach more than just 5 pictures in a single post!

Jen came in late Friday night so she didn't get to see Bella until Saturday morning. While Mommy slept in, Daddy and Aunt Jen played in Bella's room until nap time. One of the highlights was Bella's first ride on her elephant! The elephant was exactly a year old that day because we got it when Aunt Sara visited last Halloween weekend. The thing can hold 120 lbs so the Tiny One will be riding it for some time!


That afternoon was Bella's first experience playing dress up!!! Welly got her this amazing jack-0-lantern costume and Mommy matched it with some tights, a turtleneck and some really cute shoes. We went to a neighborhood in Tulsa where storefronts were giving away candy and there was going to be a Halloween Parade. It was one of the few things that started before Bella's bedtime and it was a lot of fun!


Bella is holding the top to our real jack-0-lantern in this picture! This was taken before we left.


This is from outside a coffee shop at the end of the street and is Bella's first treat ever! It's kind of anti-climactic that it was just a strawberry short-cake Dum-Dum, but we let her suck on it for a minute before we took it away.


This is our Punkin Princess waiting for the parade to start. This was well after her regular nap time and we were at the very end of the parade route so we actually didn't even get to see it because we ducked out early. We think she enjoyed herself though - we certainly did!

Sunday morning Bella was put in her OTHER Halloween outfit and she went to the zoo with Aunt Jen and Mom while Dad did some work at home with one of his teachers. Before Dad drove Aunt Jen to the airport later that afternoon, Bella granted her one final kiss (and as far as we know, the first one where she actually closed her eyes). As you can see, Bella is still figuring out what a kiss actually is - currently she's just opening her mouth and pressing it against your face. Either way, it's cute as all get out and you can have one too if you visit us here in Tulsa!


Cuddles and kisses!
Thanks for visiting!

More Baptism Photos

Dad realized that he did not put up enough pictures of Bella's godparents during the previous posts so he has taken this opportunity to rectify that situation! Both Uncle Dave and Aunt Emma did a wonderful job during the ceremony and Bella obviously loves the two of them to death!

The Tiny One can't wait to see both of them again (Aunt Emma at Thanksgiving and Uncle Dave over the Holidays hopefully). Thanks for visiting!