HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITTLE MISS STELLA!

Stella's birthday was a lot of fun. I have to admit, though, that the whole day, I was a little weepy...I don't know if that is something that is going to happen to me every time she has a birthday or if it's just because it was her first one! I just could not believe all day that it had been one year since her birth. It seems like no time at all has gone by - and on the other hand, it sort-of seems like we've known her and loved her forever!

The day of her actual birthday, Cameron and I took her out to have waffles at our favorite little breakfast place. She loves waffles. Then we met her cousins for lunch and just had a relaxing day. Her actual party was the next day, Saturday, which was a Luau party (sort-of a Hawaiian theme since it was a pool party!). We had Hawaiian food, lots of fruit, hawaiian punch, popcicles, pink and green hawaiian / flower decorations and I made her cake with Hawaiian flowers all over it (above! Sorry - for some reason, on my new computer I have no control over which pictures end up where on the page. They just go where they want and I can't move them!).

She got lots of cute little gifts and all her cousins and a few little friends came to the party.

It was a great day!

Eleven Months - Pool Days!

Hello there! Well - it's been a little over a month since I posted. Stella has continued to grow and become more and more beautiful and funny and her latest craze is going to the pool. She loves the water and loves hanging out with her little cousins who join us there on many days. She especially loves her younger cousin (who is three months old). She won't stop trying to see in his carrier and trying to give him his binky. (Usually she ends up sticking it in his eye or something - but she really makes an effort!).

Let's see - what else is new with her...she now has four molars which she just cut this week. She - as you know - is turning one at the end of this week. We are having a pool party for her with all her little cousins and a couple little neighborhood friends. We have mixed feelings about her turning a year old!...it's so fun to see her grow - but we are sad that she is passing such a big milestone already! We have just truly enjoyed each and every day we've had with her over the past year.

Here are a few recent pool pictures of her! :)