Happy 9th Birthday Isabelle!

My niece's 9th birthday is today! I met up with her for her birthday party at the Build-A-Bear in Springfield, along with my sis, Livy, mom, and 5 of Isabelle's friends. It was fun! Of course I couldn't resist making Baby C 'her' first bear!!!!! I even got to push the pedal for the stuffing myself. Isn't she cute?? Aunt Bridgett named her Cocoa. I thought she'll match the nursery perfectly, which I plan to do in pink and brown once I get 100% confirmation baby is really a girl! :)

Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner

Last weekend some of the 'Bettis Babes' (as we like to call ourselves) went up to Chi-town to see Dirty Dancing. It was so fun!! In the large picture from left to right it's my mom's friend Dawn, my Aunt Sheri, me, my mom, my uncle's wife Lori--ok so she's my new aunt :), and my cousin's wife Megan, who I really consider my own cousin! We always have WAY too much fun wherever we go and we don't always follow all the rules! My mom's motto: It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

My mom printed out Dirty Dancing trivia for us to play on the train ride up. I won (hence the picture with the $5) only because I had just watched the movie the night before. Do you know Baby's real name?