Welcome Sophia Hope Bell!!!

Welcome Sophia Hope Bell!!!
Maddy has officially become a big sister!!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

It's been a while!!!

I just wanted to provide a quick update as to what's been going on...

Madelyn is doing great! Her vocabulary grows every day and her cuteness is off the charts. She does look just like daddy!

We recently went Richmond for the 4th and visited with Erin and Corrie. I got in a round of golf while I was there (84, not too bad for never playing there before) but we got rained out on Saturday for pool time. Billy fed us like kings on Saturday...king crab legs, ribeye, lobster tails, bacon wrapped shrimp, and I think there were vegetables too. Rick (Erin's dad) made homemade ice cream cake. It was better than the store bought stuff!!! We fought the traffic coming home and a good time was had by all.

Sheila's real estate business is picking up despite the gloom and doom reports of the state of the real estate market. Work for me is going OK, as always, it's day to day. Kaitlyn HAS A JOB!!!!! We are very proud of her. She is working at store at Tanger Outlet in Myrtle Beach. She hasn't been up to visit yet this summer, but we're hoping for her to be here in a week or two.

Madelyn had a monthly checkup a week or so ago and we scheduled her MRI for 7/30. We got her VMA/HVA results back and they were higher than the month before. Immediately we were concerned, but many of you will recall the false levels we got last year in June and earlier this year in March. We are getting a repeat test and should have that back before the MRI.

So, that's a little blurb about what's been going on. My apologies for not posting more often. When things are going well, we tend to post very little and when we get a scare, suddenly we post like professionals.

If you are reading this, chances are you are a special person to our family. We appreciate you thinking about us (maybe just Maddy, who can blame you) and if we can do something for you, please let us know.

Love,
The Bell Family

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear all is well with everyone. We are sorry we missed you guys when you were in NY, but maybe next time. I check the blog page often to see how Maddy is growing, she just look just like her daddy. It is actually scary LOL. Our love to everyone, hopefully we will see you guys soon. Love you all,

Cheryl & Tim Furman

Jennifer Starnes said...

Hi, Madelyn and Rick and Sheila! We need to get together again soon. Love, Jennifer, Haley, Kendall, Kevin

Deqlan said...

hello all, praying that the higher results are false and that gorgeous little madelyn continue to remain as cute and ned forever! God Bless and prayers continue
Samm mom to Deqlan
www.deqlanhiggins.blogspot.com

Stacey said...

Maddy is so precious! She is growing up so fast. I'm glad to hear that things are going well. Hope to see you soon.
Love Stacey, Jason, and Jackson

Michelle said...

Hi Bell family,

Just thinking about you guys and I just love Maddy's picture with the pony tails just love the new hair on our girls. Maddy's birthday is coming up soon and can't believe how fast our girls have grown. Hope to see you guys soon.

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