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Our New Journey

2010-05-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

Our new journey in life began April 21, 2010. We packed everything we could fit into the back of our truck and headed east for Kentucky! 1,600 Miles and 26 hours later we arrived to our temporary home. I just have to say....I LOVE it here! It is sooo beautiful! The people are soooo friendly.

BELLA is adapting very well to all the new changes in her life! She does ask on a daily basis if she can have a playdate with all of her friends that live FAR FAR AWAY! She misses them very much! Bella had an encounter with a couple of “brown” kids as she calls them. We were at the park playing and there was a particular swing she wanted and the little boy told her she couldn’t play on it. So Bella gave him her little pout and told him she was going to through him and his sister in the CHOCKY! Haha! It was been interesting to watch her react to her new surroundings! Bella’s favorite things are:

1. When her Daddy comes home from work!
2. Going to the driving range, Justin bought Bella her first iron.
3. Bath time with Walker and Emma.
4. Grocery shopping at Kroger because they have carts just her size she can push around!
5. Family Home Evening….she will not let us forget to have F.H.E!

Bella is still confused at why Justin has to go to work EVERYDAY! As he gets ready for work Bella will ask him where he is going. Justin’s reply is “Work.” Bella…..”AGAIN!?” she just doesn’t get it!

Life is Great! We would love for you to continue with us through our new journey in life!
*pictures soon to come!

Our litte "Perfect"

2010-04-01T13:31:00.000-07:00

Do you ever get small glimspes of....eternity? The past year has been a rollercoaster for Justin and I to say the least. Much chaos, aniticipation, heartache, happiness, uncertanty. But in the middle of it all I am so thankful to have been able to capture beautiful moments of pure JOY and HAPPINESS... I would have to say my perfect ETERNITY! There have been moments of being with just Bella and Justin lately that I have had to take a moment and suck it all in because those moments are so precious. I ask myself..."Is this what being a forever family feels like?" And I believe it is.... Those small moments that take our breath away!

Happy Birthday Bella!

2010-01-20T20:03:00.000-08:00

My baby is three years old! It seams as though it were just yesterday I went in for my 38 week check-up and my Dr. checked me and said, "It looks like your going to have a baby tonight!" We were so shocked and very unprepared. At 10:13 PM January 15, 2007 our whole world changed when Bella Grace entered into our crazy little life weighing a whopping 5lbs. 14 ozs. We have LOVED every minute! She has her daddy wrapped around her finger! She is totally my little side-kick! She loves to go shopping and going to lunch with just her mommy. If you were to ask Bella what her favorite store is to shop at? She will tell you its.........NORDSTROM! She is def. my little girl!

F.H.E

2009-06-29T23:06:00.000-07:00

Family Home Evening: Hallie.Peyton.Bella.BryLee

TOday was such a BEAUTIFUL day! Life is great! Here are a few pics from our day! Bella and her baby having a nap, she is so PRECIOUS and loves her babies! Tonight we had F.H.E with some of our FABULOUS friends at the park! (we missed you trisha, Bella has been asking when she can play with Ty and Camdyn!) I'm so grateful for GREAT friends that make me want to be a better person and and keep me inline! LUV you guys!

Summer Fun!

2009-06-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

Matilda Jane & M. Bellish'd Trunk Show!

2009-04-27T22:28:00.001-07:00

Matilda Jane & M. Bellish'd Trunk Show!

an unpredictable clothing company

Join us for a Matilda Jane & M. Bellish'd Trunk Show!

I've got the collection at: TRISHA JUDKIN's

For your viewing pleasure on: Thursday APRIL 30, 2009

Time: 5:30 PM

RSVP: Brooke 279-3757

Trisha 257-8965

BRING A FRIEND!

Featured COUTURE items from M. Bellish'd include:

Watches, couture tank tops, chandelier t-shirts, wristlets, hats, flower brooches, couture ruffled party dresses and appliqued shirts.

Chet's Photography

2009-04-15T20:45:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Day!

2009-04-02T20:13:00.000-07:00

What a BEAUTIFUL day it is! I know it has been snowy and rainy, but lately I have been feeled with so much gratitude! Times are so tough for so many people right now! It has been so important for me to stay positive, be grateful for what I DO have and not dwell on the material things that I DON'T have. I am so grateful to my gracious husband! I'm so thankful for our marriage, friendship and so proud of him and his accomplishments! He is such an amazing father. There is nothing greater and more rewarding than watching a father and his baby girl. I LOVE them so MUCH!

FAMILY PHOTO SHOOT
Here is our most recent photo shoot! I LOVE the Pictures! Chet did an amazing job! We couldn't have planned this situation if we tried a million times. Justin at the last min. made arrangements so that he could make our shoot and by the time we got to your destination Bella was completely OUT! Seriously, there was NO waking her! Since we only had limited time with Justin we thought we will just get what we can. And they turned out BEAUTIFUL!!

It's About time!

2009-03-20T20:14:00.001-07:00

FINALLY!! I new post! Its only been like...5 months! Where has the time gone?! Here is a little glimpse of our simple little life! Enjoy! (Halloween-Christmas)

PEARLS.....

2008-10-27T21:25:00.001-07:00

Today was such a blast! BELLA had her second photo shoot this month, thanks to Unlce CHet! This place Chet took us today was absolutley perfect! Bella did so so good! She actually enjoys having her pictures taken! I can't wait for them to be completed. As soon as they are proofed I will get them posted. We are so excited for Halloween this Friday. Bella is soposed to be a Peacock. We tried the costume on her last night and she completely wigged! She wanted nothing to do with it. Ok......Fine. We will figure something out! (I think she'd rather be NAKED, wearing her new PEARLS and a pair of my HEELS-She is such a girl!) I love it though, Bella and I always have SO much FUN!! Love ya Bella!

Sunday Night at the ER

2008-10-19T22:59:00.000-07:00

What an EVENTFUL night we have had! Bella and Grandma Christy were having a TUG of WAR with a pillow, Bella lost the tug and took a header right into the small wooden rocking chair. It was so SAD! She had blood running down her face, when we got her all cleaned up she had a pretty good sized gash on her forehead. Of course Grandpa Scooter said she'd be fine, a little butterfly bandaid would do the job! I wasn't that convinced. So Justin and I took her to the ER. Sure enough she needed stitches. She was such a TROOPER! They had to strap her down to a board, she screamed bloody murder! They numbed the wound, and put a white sheet like thing over where it needed to be stitched, so her poor little face was covered. I was holding her hand trying to comfort her and bleieve it or not she fell ASLEEP while Dr. White was stitching her up! We couldn't believe it! It was actually so fastinating to watch the whole procedure. Justin had to leave the room, it made him sick to watch. (Its a good thing us Mom's are TOUGH!) She left the hopsital a happy camper, she thanked the Dr. and Nurses, it was SOO cute!

I was so impressed with Dr. White and his staff. Before we took Bella to the Hospital I first called Brigham City Hopsital to find out who the Dr. was on call, and they told me they couldn't give me that information. (that pissed me off, I thought that was so stupid!) So reluctantly I called B.R.V Hopsital and they assured me that all Dr.'s on call on the weekend's are out of either Logan or Ogden. That made me feel so much better about taking her to our local hopsital. They were awesome!

NEW PICS!

2008-10-17T16:35:00.000-07:00

Morgan, Lacy and I enjoyed a fabulous night of dinning at the BLACK STONE in celebration of our GREAT friends that were married yesterday. CONGRATS TAREN and JASON!

ELLIE, BELLA and I had a slumber party last night! We made a nice comfy bed on BELLA's floor! We had so much fun talking, reading stories and just laughing!

BELLA and her favorite AUNTI SaRah at Grandma and Grandpa Douglas' 50th party at HAMILTON's.

New Post and Pictures coming SOON!

2008-10-14T15:45:00.001-07:00

BELLA.DRESS.SKATEBOARD

2008-09-18T22:47:00.000-07:00

Annie and I took the kids to Willow Park. Bella and Hallie LOVED feeded the ducks (dog food)
Bella and Hallie were soposed to be giving each other a hug? Hmm..... More like a choke hold!
Here is little Grace in her Peach Dress and freshly peeled local RAW corn on cob : )

Today I decided to get a start on cleaning Bella's room of her summer clothes and toys she doesn't play with. This child has more clothes and shoes than I do! (Bella and I both LOVE shoes!) As I piled her clothes in the living room to sort through them she found a fancy, peach colored dress that was her Aunt Ellie's. She insisted that Grandma Jill put it on her. I thought she would wear it around the house for a few minutes while I finished sorting clothes. But no...She refused to take it off for her nap...suprise suprise she slept in the beautiful dress. If that wasn't good enough we had a play date scheduled for early afternoon so I tried to change her into some play friendly clothes. She wanted nothing to do with what I had, she wanted her peach Sunday dress, and brown bow in her hair. She looked adorable by the time we got her hair done. She is such her own person. I love it! To top off the afternoon she thought she would try out Jaxon's skateboard in her dress....not a good idea at all. It put a nice hole in the shear fabric. Other than the skateboard incident we had a great time at the park!

This evening I finally made it to the gym! If felt so good to get back! Its amazing how much better it makes you feel!

Fall is in the air!

2008-09-07T20:19:00.000-07:00

Bella thought she was pretty cool stuff riding in Grandma's cart at Target. (We love Target!)

What BEAUTIFUL weather we have had the last week! FALL is so in the air! This is my favorite time of year. Justin, Bella and I have finally recovered from being sick this past week! Happy to have that over with. Last Friday (sept. 5) Bella participated in Good Things Utah for the store I work for, there Fall Fashion Show. The kids had such a blast and were so hilarious! HEre are a few new pics!

2008-08-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

Bella had a great time tonight at the Band Stand!

Little bathing beauty!

Look at those eyes! She is gorgous!! MUAH!

ITs been a great couple of weeks! Last weekend we went to the lake for a much needed getaway! The weather and water were absolutely beautiful! It was so hard to leave. Bella had her second hair cut last Thursday. She got it cut into a darling little bob. It is so stinkin cute! It totally grew her right up! BEing a mom is GREAT! I love it so so much! I look at my little Bella in pure amasement of how smart and BEAUTIFUL she is! She means the world to both Justin and I. WE LOVE YOU BELLA! TOngith Justin and I took Bells out to the County Fair. We had a great time looking at animals and seeing everyone. (The fair brings people out of the woodwork...where do they come from?!) Bella entertained us by dancing and running around the dance floor at the band stand. Here are a few pics the last few weeks. ENJOY!

SLEEP OVER!

2008-08-06T14:56:00.000-07:00

Jaxon, Taylor and Bella had a sleepover last night. We all played Guitar Hero till our
eyes hurt! Bella even attempted to play her own little gig!

The last 2 weeks has been absolutely crazy! I have been working to meet a deadline for my bedding company. I am so excited that my new line of bedding is now in Little Cherry BLossoms on 25th street in Ogden. I can't believe how much work it has been but its all totally been worth it! I love my job and you should all come check out the store!

Last weekend Justin, Bella and I went down to Ogden and had dinner with our great friends Audra and Matt. They are awesome and we love to spend time with them! Saturday evening Justin and I finally found an hour to go golfing together. It was really good to get back on the course after missing it for 2 weeks. Women's club championship is this weekend and i'm pretty stoked about that! Bella started swimming lessons on Monday, she is quite the dare devil. We are having such a great time. Her favorite things to do are count to 3 and jump off the side of the pool and believe it or not go off of the diving board! She is so so brave. I love her so much!!! Today Bella and I had to drive out to the golf course and as soon as we turned the corner she knew exactly where we were and got so excited!! I can't believe at 18 months old she can identify locations. She thought because we were going to the golf course she was going to see her daddy! She was screaming DADDY, DADDY!! It was so funny! Here are a few pictures! ENJOY!!

High Heels.Baby Stroller.Derby

2008-07-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

Bella thinks she is a BIG GIRL on her new skate board Grandma Jill got her!

MMMM!!!! GOOD STUFF!

Bella's new favorite pair of shoes are a pair of Ellie's old church SHOES that are about 3 sizes too big! She refuses to take them off so she has even slept with them on during nap time! SHE LOVES SHOES!! Her second favorite pair of SHOES are Aunt Ellie's princess dress up SHOES. Its a crack up! She puts them on, along with her purse and off she goes with her baby and doll stroller.

Bella and Skylee watched intentely at the Tremonton DERBY last Saturday! I was really surprised that she sat through the whole thing. The girls LOVED it!!!

shoes + shoes = Bella

2008-07-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

Look at those EYES! Isn't she beautiful!
Bella was in her glory last night at Dillards. By the time we left she had the place in shambles.
Nice shoes Grace! Bella LOVES shoes! She would take a pair from the display, put them on and come to me just a jabbering! What can I say....She has been taught by the best!
Say...CHEESE!

2008-07-22T09:47:00.000-07:00

Bella and I at Grandma Jill's.
Bella with a mouth full of who knows what?!
Aunt Ellie and Bella riding in Ellie's princess convertable!! Bella loved it!
Bella sitting at Grandpa Todd's desk at the office. She is a natural when it comes to the phone and a computer!

Bella and aunt Ellie pose of a picture while eating there favorite..Mac & Cheese!

2008-07-14T22:27:00.000-07:00

Salmon Damask pattern accented with a soft coordinating stripe. Four piece crib set includes: Bumper pads with hand sewn ruffle, ruffled bedskirt, hand tied crib blanket and cream fitted crib sheet.

Salmon Damask recieving blanket with luxurious soft minkee on reverse side can be purchased seperatly.

2008-07-14T22:15:00.000-07:00

Pink Damask crib pillow with hot pink minkee on reverse side

4 piece crib set includes: bumper pads, crib skirt, hand tied crib blanket and fitted crib sheet.

2008-07-08T21:44:00.000-07:00

EMME LOU DESIGNS

-Luxuriously hand crafted crib bedding with a contemporary twist-

I am so excited to introduce my first line of crib bedding. There are four different beautiful styles to choose from. Emme Lou bedding will be available at "Little Cherry Blossoms" in Ogden Utah on 25th Street next weekend. I hope to have emmeloudesigns.com up in the next two weeks. Here is a sneak peek!

2008-07-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

Little Bella Grace can't go any where without her purse!

This is Bella's say "CHEESE!" smile! We LOVE it!

2008-07-07T15:14:00.000-07:00

Bella loves her stroller!

Bella and Mom

2008-07-07T15:10:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from a recent photo shoot done by AMANDA LAING PHOTOGRAPHY! She did an awesome job!

our family...

2008-05-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

JUSTIN and I have been married for 2 1/2 years! We have a beautiful little girl that is 16 months old, BELLA GRACE whom we absolutely adore! Things are going well for us. Justin has been with Lish Realty for almost two years and we have been buying homes, fixing them up and flipping them. It has been alot of work but worth every second. When Justin isn't at the office you will find him at the FARM playing in the DIRT or at the GOLF COURSE. I have been working for my dad and selling Real Estate. Within the last month I have started my own business, "EMME LOU." I specialize in infant bedding. It has been so much fun! I recieved my fabric about 3 weeks ago and have been bussy, bussy, bussy! Today I was in "LITTLE CHERRY BLOSSOMS" exchanging Bella a pair of shoes. By the way this little children's boutique is absolutley DARLING! They have thee most beatiful apparel for the little ones. It is a must see! I have been in a few times recently and chatted with the owner. Today while I was in the store the owner (who is a sweetheart!) offered me a part time job! I was very surprised but honored. We are still in the negotiating process but I am so excited!
As for now.. that's our DOUGLAS FAMILY in a nutshell...

justin . brooke. bella

2008-05-10T23:31:00.000-07:00