tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31869285468415129552024-02-19T01:16:05.641-08:00The Sweet Life-Caroline and BellaCaroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-52237235049049267432011-12-15T18:48:00.000-08:002011-12-15T18:48:25.151-08:00Bella-Christmas 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqEySuNnVrxZSzD486O7ktVi_puM9nlaT1qNZumJuEZWzP_rejBMaGgDsneVoc_pQaWEIDwOHooW1hSJJbjesJeNVHzjCd5HgpAognoYdz-r2CCk5L5k-ssZm89xDXjcmpwAMT3TY_fs/s1600/Bella+Santa+December+2011+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqEySuNnVrxZSzD486O7ktVi_puM9nlaT1qNZumJuEZWzP_rejBMaGgDsneVoc_pQaWEIDwOHooW1hSJJbjesJeNVHzjCd5HgpAognoYdz-r2CCk5L5k-ssZm89xDXjcmpwAMT3TY_fs/s320/Bella+Santa+December+2011+2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Bella and I went for a little ride last weekend to see the 1 and only Santa Claus! We had a ball. Despite being in line, and a little boy who couldn't have been older than 4, telling her that Santa Claus was not real. I thought they were literally going to get in an argument. Bella kept saying that he was wrong, and that it was not true. I was like, "Why the h_ll are you in line to see him then???" Anyway, she bought her little Elfie (Elf on the Shelf) and told him everything she wanted. Of course what she told him she wanted was not what she told me she wanted, and this Santa has already gone shopping. Oh well!<span class="fcg"><span style="color: grey;"> — at </span><a class="pronoun-link " href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pentagon-City-Mall/153626714651908"><span style="color: #3b5998;">Pentagon City Mall</span></a><span style="color: grey;">.</span></span></span></div>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-23072136515197155812011-10-07T18:08:00.000-07:002011-10-07T18:08:31.695-07:00Big Milestone!<span style="color: purple;"><strong>Well, besides Bella starting kindergarten a month ago today!!! She also tied her shoe for the first time tonight! I would have never thought it would have been tonight, given the fact that she literally was super sassy, tired, and crying most of the evening b/c she hasn't been feeling well and missed her dad who is in Canada and has been for over a week. We got home and ate dinner, and she was so upset that i told her she could not have junk food, that she pitched a fit and literally cried for about a half hour.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><strong>We took a bath, we changed clothes, we brushed our teeth, the whole time she was still crying all b/c i would not let her her a treat. Finally, we were getting ready to go to bed, and she started trying to tie my pajama pants and got really angry that she was having a hard time. She stomped her feet and curled up in the floor, and said she would never learn... I just kept saying that she had to try and that i knew it was hard, but she would figure it out if she kept trying. She gave up and got in the bed. We just happened to get back up b/c she had to go to the bathroom, and she started trying to tie my pants again since she had calmed down, and literally did it right away!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><strong>We squeeled and high fived, and laughed... and she was so excited. The look on her face when she saw me laughing and so proud of her was beautiful. She was so proud of herself and you could see it. She is such an amazingly wonderful girl... I am so lucky and blessed. Congrats Bella on tying for the first time!!!! Many more milestones to come!</strong></span>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-56838468781705701472011-08-29T19:10:00.000-07:002011-08-29T19:10:45.497-07:00Bella's Fifth BirthdayWell, my sweet little girl turned 5 this past weekend! It was great! She was so excited to have all of her friends over to the house. We were originally supposed to have a pool party, but Hurricane Irene decided that Bella would be better suited to have about 30 people over to our place. Those in attendance were Jack, Charlotte, Nina, Rache, Tom, Daniella, Ava, Eve, and Paolo. Lots of fun!<br />
She got her first make up, and boy daddy was not happy. She got tons of toys, shoes, a big map of the world from me, and all of her family has been in town all week. <br />
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Thank you to all of our friends and family for making this special. Bella marched around telling everyone to "line up" behind her, and that they could "help her open gifts if they were nice to her". It was hilarious... Happy 5th Birthday my sweet girl!<br />
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Bella is so excited to see them and we will be celebrating Kathy's birthday. I actually got pretty emotional on the drive in this morning, as I was listening to some old school music by Elton John, and thinking about how lucky I am to have such an amazing set of parents who love Bella and I so much.<br />
Thank you Dad and Kathy who have been so wonderful to us, helped us through the roughest years of my life for sure, and been so supportive the whole time. I could not have done it without you.<br />
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Stay tuned for some cute pictures... as this Saturday is Bella's first dance class at Buffa's Dance Studio, where she will take her first tap lesson, and second ballet lesson! Can't wait!<br />
CarolineCaroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-3476501840487427312011-06-28T18:34:00.001-07:002011-06-28T18:34:58.842-07:00Sweet words from BellaBella wrote me a note on her stationary last night that said "Bella love Mommy." She said "Mommy, whenever you are thinking about me and you want to see me, but I am with daddy, you can read this." <br />
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I just got teary, and said, "You have no idea how much I miss you and that is ok. What a perfect idea."Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-64097991949600570032011-06-19T19:19:00.000-07:002011-06-19T19:19:27.380-07:00Our New House-A new chapterWell, Bella and I just moved into our new house in Springfield and it is amazing. So much more space, lovely neighbors, safe, a little park next door at the little elementary school. We went bike riding today and of course Bella was zooming through the neighborhood. She loves riding over the speed bumps in the street- of course Mommy isn't a huge fan. She doesn't understand that speed bumps are for cars, and we need to be on the sidewalk:) But I guess that comes with time. She seems so happy here<br />
I am blessed to have such a wonderful daughter and to be in such a wonderful home that is filled with her laughter and smiles.<br />
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Jack and Grace and Dana came over yesterday to visit and to see it, and of course Jack and Bella were racing down the hill outside and Jack got hurt.... Grace fell down a few stairs.. They are all ok! But I guess someone had to break in the house. I am sure many more bruises to come.Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-20083486112963479742011-04-15T18:03:00.000-07:002011-04-15T18:03:52.780-07:00<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I never feel like I see Bella enough. I miss her the minute she walks out the door to go with her dad. Last night, while we were laying in her bed, and I was literally rocking her to sleep (don't normally do that anymore but she fell yesterday and hurt her leg very bad so she was upset and couldn't sleep), she told me that she loved me so much. She told me she never wants to be away from me, and that when she is with daddy she misses me so much. She rubbed my face, like what I usually do to her. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She is so amazing. She is so soft, and gentle, and caring. I love her more than I can even explain.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the news, I heard that a lady in New York, 25 years old, was so distressed in her relationship that she drove her four kids of a bridge and into the Hudson River. The oldest, the 10 year old survived, but the other three kids were killed. One was 11 months, 5, and 8. I can't stop thinking about it. When I heard it, i grabbed Bella and just held her. Children are so precious. I don't deserve to have such a wonderful amazing daughter. She just takes my breath away. I love her.</span>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-37128978406511237492011-04-10T18:59:00.000-07:002011-04-10T18:59:32.187-07:00A Wonderful WeekendBella and I had an amazing weekend! Yesterday we had a playdate with Paolo and Ro, went to a pizza shop in Old Town and then to "Hooray for Books" on King Street. That is one of Bella and I's favorite spots to go! Then today was awesome as well. We spent some good quality time chasing eachother around the house this morning, playing dollhouse- you know, the usual. Then went for a bike ride in the overcast weather in Old Town. Yes-we actually rented a bike with a trailor and hopped on! It was a blast. Stopped at the candy store on the way back and Bella filled up her basket of candy.<br />
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Tonight was great-we met Charlotte her long time friend at Fort Ward park and ran around. What a nice weekend. We hugged a lot, told eachother we loved eachother, and just spent great quality time. I wouldn't trade a minute for the world.Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-58351498997961232942011-03-30T18:34:00.000-07:002011-03-30T18:34:02.033-07:00Trip to Moms- Summer 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUmwG5kAwVuY7ALqX66T-F320eVfRzisowkW8Cr2u71rxgKVLY-J7CCC5Dz61qy47W3bBoNvl-z2AQTtHfAP0ockqyPQi7R0ePj70et9LWQ5atSDufhn3ERqHPMaI5TI3PuCIUtELKVg/s1600/Susan%2527s+Pictures+11+041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUmwG5kAwVuY7ALqX66T-F320eVfRzisowkW8Cr2u71rxgKVLY-J7CCC5Dz61qy47W3bBoNvl-z2AQTtHfAP0ockqyPQi7R0ePj70et9LWQ5atSDufhn3ERqHPMaI5TI3PuCIUtELKVg/s320/Susan%2527s+Pictures+11+041.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WuK5gfhB1GJDN3HwySko_tEserHp27D1352IppKtgo-vmBIfPCAJBVRXeltwzof9-qZWBf61pTbpMoxXk9TahLvzcGoqx77zQ4KjW0tuh8NL3ICU9PgPP1NcDaHhkoC_ejWrv6fVoE4/s1600/Susan%2527s+Pictures+11+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WuK5gfhB1GJDN3HwySko_tEserHp27D1352IppKtgo-vmBIfPCAJBVRXeltwzof9-qZWBf61pTbpMoxXk9TahLvzcGoqx77zQ4KjW0tuh8NL3ICU9PgPP1NcDaHhkoC_ejWrv6fVoE4/s320/Susan%2527s+Pictures+11+001.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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Coloring our new Dora pictures as well for Grandma Susu and Grandma Hutton to cheer them up. Not sure Grandma Susu knows she needs cheered up, but Grandma Hutton has been hurting a bit with her broken wrist and arthritus so she might could use a nice scribbled Dora picture!<br />
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Yesterday, we had a ball going swimming at the YMCA on Monroe Ave. Bella is a little fish! We are still working on getting her face under the water, but we got goggles so that is a step in the right direction!Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-42276338628884053912011-03-07T20:06:00.000-08:002011-03-07T20:06:07.993-08:00Monday March 7th 2011Today I picked Bella up and we listened to Alabama on the way home from school. When we got home, she wanted to bring in the CD and dance to it. So we did... Very cute. Dancing around our little house to Dixieland Delight. She kept saying... "mommy can you do this?" and she would hop on one leg.... Or "Mommy can you do that?" and do a Michael Jackson looking move. It was great! Then we had the most random dinner. Couscous, veggies, and she insisted on instant Gritts. Ha! I threw in some fruit to make it healthier. She is growing by the minute. It is so hard to believe how big she is, and all she wants to do is eat!<br />
I love her so much, she is my "miracle baby."Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-23100960432391483222011-02-22T18:05:00.000-08:002011-02-22T18:05:57.429-08:00Playdate with EvanSo my old boss Caroline Holt watched Bella for me yesterday since she was out of school for Presidents Day. They had a ball! Well, at least Bella did. She was sooo obsessed with Evan's little sister Susanna who is less than 10 months old, that she somewhat forgot anyone else existed! Kind of hurt Evan's feelings a bit.<br />
They played, read books, ran outside, and Bella of course followed Susanna around the house trying to pick her up every second. Then she got a crash course in breastfeeding when Caroline went to feed Susanna. Bella had never really seen that before, so when we got home and got ready for her to sleep, she asked if Mommy could feed her like that! Quite an interesting scene here at the Allred house in Del Ray. I had to explain to her that I could not and would not do that. Then she asked me if I did when she was a baby, and talk about a hard explanation there! "Well honey, mommy was on a lot of drugs so no she couldn't do that." Bella left the conversation and drifted off to sleep with nothing but a puzzled look on her face. Who knows what she was thinking!Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-41031978549665643752011-01-25T17:57:00.000-08:002011-01-25T17:57:01.544-08:00Martin Luther King "I have a dream"Well so does Bella Martin! She told her teachers on the MLK holiday that her dream was to be a mommy and have four babies! This was posted on the bullitan board at school. So while the other kids wrote what they wanted to be when the grow up or that they want to eat limitless amounts of icecream, Bella wrote she wants to be a mommy. How sweet. She will make such a great one. She is so giving, and caring. Her mommy is so lucky to have her.<br />
I love you Bella with all my heart.<br />
Mommy.Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-21172366504079052242010-12-25T21:46:00.000-08:002010-12-25T21:46:29.953-08:00Christmas DayBella had a blast today playing with EVERYTHING Santa brought her! She started this morning opening her stocking and digging out the chocolate and candy that Santa brought her so she was on a sugar high by the time I got to Glenn's. She was so excited for me to get there so I could open my present, SMORES.... just what I need:)<br />
She showed me her new tent with the tunnel, her new easal, her new books, legos, games, you name it... I wonder if the other kids in the world got anything for Christmas? I think Santa emptied out his sleigh at Bella's dads house.<br />
Anyway, we had a ball playing with everything and having a nice lunch with Susie, Jimmy, Kara, and Grandma Feder. Bella was running around like crazy, in and out of her tent, telling everyone she could run faster that us, eat more than us, she got a bigger piece of pie than us, really anything to one up everyone. I think she might have some self confidence:)<br />
Merry Christmas Bella. I love you with my whole heart. I can't wait to see you on Monday so you can open what Santa brought to our house while you were at daddies. And... I don't think it is candy!Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-4362384963453456682010-12-18T18:38:00.000-08:002010-12-18T18:38:26.558-08:007 More Days and Counting!<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bella is getting so excited about Santa coming. Tonight we made Christmas cookies and she wanted to go ahead and put them out for Santa because she thought that might mean he would come early. So cute! She couldn't keep her hands out of them either. Of course Mommy let her have two, and somehow she convinced me that it would be ok if she had a third, if it was small. I am such a sucker. We took a bath together and filled the water up pretty high and had fun blowing bubbles and putting our faces under the water. It was great. Then she wanted to break out the old "Pez" candy holder in the shape of Santa that Grandma Kathy got her. She was amazing at the fact that you could put the candy inside and pop Santa's head back and it would shoot out the candy. She put the Santa Pez dispenser on her shelf above her bed and said that "Santa was watching her" and if she was good he would have the elves put extra surprises in her angel advent calander. Hilarious.</span>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-54986755019189740892010-12-15T19:28:00.000-08:002010-12-15T19:28:18.865-08:00Our new favorite pizzeriaSo Del Ray opened a new pizzeria, and Bella told me the minute I picked her up tonight she wanted to go. I told her, but what about the yummy spaghetti mommy made for us to eat, or the pizza that we have in the freezer! Lets make that and we can have a special night, eating dinner on the floor in front of the tv watching Rudolph! And she said, "no mama, I want to go to the pizza restaurant b/c that is better than your pizza...." I was heartbroken! But we wen to Del Ray Pizzeria and had a ball. Bella and I sat right next to the giant chalkboard where they write the menu up and specials, and Bella proceded to erase it to play and rewrite her own menu of scribbles and scrabbles..... Great night for us... and the elves should be here shortly to fill her advent angel with a surprise... so I better run...Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-25679507541533407002010-12-15T19:22:00.000-08:002010-12-15T19:25:02.536-08:00Bella in the park-November 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM4CF1PSpWunKGAFeBjCDcTSnmvePRiP0InyVnPzH5zZy7HNyfcTSByz1ejH1n-maEZCvJKg8FfM95u-aWS6z50WAvJm6yGm6dSUEzEXgMXi9kILRino8I0nLbFh8TxCdA2EkMX6F7uA/s1600/New+12-15+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKM4CF1PSpWunKGAFeBjCDcTSnmvePRiP0InyVnPzH5zZy7HNyfcTSByz1ejH1n-maEZCvJKg8FfM95u-aWS6z50WAvJm6yGm6dSUEzEXgMXi9kILRino8I0nLbFh8TxCdA2EkMX6F7uA/s200/New+12-15+003.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-29526926616652119812010-12-11T18:11:00.000-08:002010-12-15T19:19:12.404-08:00Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwu5anM_7M0KSAXgjwjGtkeSinX5DFtN6htWViIwVvgiX36rs5sCm2xMDAroaHfCVsvlsKqig3XFHMSDwjq6BgIRz87FpZcjHud_OlT3Id6iwc-MUCnTVDXPIpBdRQuVGiKeHxnIs-BI/s1600/New+12-15+050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwu5anM_7M0KSAXgjwjGtkeSinX5DFtN6htWViIwVvgiX36rs5sCm2xMDAroaHfCVsvlsKqig3XFHMSDwjq6BgIRz87FpZcjHud_OlT3Id6iwc-MUCnTVDXPIpBdRQuVGiKeHxnIs-BI/s320/New+12-15+050.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So excited Christmas is finally here! My favorite time of the year because of the lights and the feeling of magic around me....Bella is excited too. She is loving her advent angel that was mine as a kid. Every night, the elves bring her something new, a sweet surprise. So far, her favorite has been som glittery lotion the elves brought her. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">Her Grandpa Curtis and Grandma Kathy picked her up from school on Friday and Grandpa said she jumped into his arms and showed him around the class and said, "This is my Grandpa!" We got the tree set up on Friday night and then went to get lights for it today, as one set weren't working. Bella has asked Santa for furniture for her dollhouse for Christmas. She had said that was all she wanted but when we went to Target tonight for a quick trip for more lights, she literally pointed to everything she saw from a playdough farm to barbies saying, "I want that! I want that!" So not sure what all Santa will be able to fit in his sleigh.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">The Christmas holiday is so wonderful, and reminds me how thankful I should be and how lucky I am to have such an amazing, bright, sweet daughter to call my own. I love her so much and she is the only Christmas present I would ever ask for.</span>Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-82805463001156876642010-11-23T18:40:00.000-08:002010-11-23T18:40:50.719-08:00So today, Bella told me that she loves me a hundred thousand and twenty five and twenty five-it made my day.<br />
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I have been telling her she is my miracle baby every night before she sleeps. When she asks what that means... I just say... well lets just say mommy had a bit of a rough time when you were in my tummy and when you came out, and you were so healthy and beautiful and sweet... it was an absolute miracle.<br />
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On this Thanksgiving, I am so thankful for my beautiful amazing miracle baby Bella, and the rest of my wonderful and loving family. There is nothing that I would not do for you.Caroline Allredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015960764353209848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186928546841512955.post-16398510079231256082010-11-13T05:08:00.000-08:002010-11-13T05:08:14.620-08:00Bella and Hudson-2010We went down to NC to visit Aunt Ginger and Deron and Baby Hudson and Bella had a blast! Though she is not used to being at someone else's house really that is not family and she made herself quite at home! Going into Aunt Gingers pantry, running in and out the door, acting like a wild child! <br />
But Aunt Ging made homeade pizza and cinamon rolls and Bella was in love!<br />
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