Bella's Christmas Videa

my first holiday season

dad says i'm really going to dig this time of year. so far, i can tell that "the holidays" means that we get this big prickly green tree sitting in the middle of our hallway. at night something happens and it lights up real pretty (see picture of my aunt florence and i - that's our tree behind her). actually, i have to agree with dad that our tree seems sort of wimpy. there's the nice tall 13 foot ceilings in the hallway and we have this little wimpy 7 foot tree. dad says that when i get bigger we can get a bigger tree. i can't wait.

as for the other pics, that's my grandma and grandpa wu in the colorful picture. that's a cool jumpetdy jump from my cousin's kate's bday party. they wouldn't let me go in the jumpetdy cause they said i was too small. what a jippo! (yes, see my earlier rant on smallism).

and finally there's a picture of my great grandma. she turned 90 last month. how crazy is that! that's like 154 times as long as i've been alive (well, that was quick mental math on my part, so i might have missed a few decimal points, but you get my drift, right). but she's a darn impressive 90. she still refuses to have help around the house, she plays with us kids, she cooks and bakes . . . very impressive. congrats to great grandma!

that's about it for now . . . stay tuned and happy holidays everyone.

my first turkey day

whoo hoo. i think i'm going to like this time of year. i love having visitors, and i got to see almost the whole clan - see pic - (i missed my uncle todd, auntie jenn and my cousies kate and trent as they are on the every other year rotation). but this was a special treat because i got to see my auntie joyce, susan and lynne . . . so i was VERY happy.

the big people had quite a feast and mom slaved away for the entire week. but check it out. doesn't it look yummy. that's a pic of cousin krissie carving the turkey. that used to be grandpa wus job, but i think krissie has taken over.

uncle jj

yippee . . . at long last my uncle jonathan came to visit me! He complains that he never gets his picture on the blog, but i pointed out to him the fundamental flaw in his protest . . . i mean i know there's modern technology and all and that in theory i could use my vast adobe cs3 (no, i haven't learned cs4 yet . . . i know, you're very disappointed, but my schedule is chaulk full between my milk sessions which are now supplemented by 2-3 real people food sessions, let alone my appointments with my play mat, my walks and my beckham-like soccer playing) to edit him into a picture . . . but come on . . . that's basically lying. and i've decided i want to grow up in a better world . . . one where people tell the truth, are honest to themselves and to others.

and so it starts here. if you don't come to visit me, you don't get no pictures on my blog. i suppose i could come visit you, but that's a bit hard for me because the dmv won't give me my driver's license yet, and if you've ever seen ai-yeee (my nanny) squint at objects across the room, we should all be thankful she doesn't drive. and so, except for when grandma and grandpa come over on thursdays, the weekdays are out for me. but i do get out all weekend, but i'm on a rotation because apparently (though i can't really understand why), mom and dad feel a need to see some of their friends, so I don't always get to fit in all of my social plans.

but in any case, i digress. so, uncle jonathan finally came over. in fact, i saw him multiple times in the week. he even fed me my favorite yummy mushed up fruit (mom thinks i like it better when she puts everything in that vitamix thing), but seriously, did you see my two teeth? i can handle the real stuff! try me!

so . . . here he is! for some reason i got no pix of auntie abby, but next time. she did come visit too, though not the three times i saw uncle jonathan.