Stella Turns Two!

Hi, Everyone! Well, it's taken me a while (again!) to get some new pictures posted of Stella for you all to see...But, hopefully you will think these are worth the wait! We had these pictures taken two days before Stella's second birthday. We think they turned out adorable.

It was so nice to see all of you in May. It felt just like going to a family party or family reunion for us. So, thank you for making Stella and I feel so at-home with your families and for being so gracious and providing us with a couple of great meals!

Stella's second birthday has now come and gone...Cameron and I have grieved the idea for the past week, that another year of her childhood is already past. It's a strange thing that we never realized until we became parents that while you relish watching your children grow up, it also breaks your heart to know that with each passing day, it is another day with them that you will never have back. At this age, she changes so much each day and week, it just feels like time is fleeting! Anyway - other than that, her birthday was a great day. She had a swimming party with all her cousins. It was a princess party - and we decorated all in Pink and Silver with crowns and cupcakes as the theme. It turned out really cute...and since Stella is such a fish this summer, it was a perfect setting for her!

She's been in swimming lessons since the end of May and is getting pretty good! She loves it and thinks that she can swim on her own. She even pushes my hands away sometimes and tries to take off! She is such an independent little thing - sometimes I think that if I let her go, she probably would just start swimming!

She is also still in her tumbling class, which she loves. She is a dancer by nature, already, and loves the bars and the trampoline too.

Stella got tubes in her ears two Fridays ago. It was a little traumatic for me and Cameron to see our baby go into the hospital to have 'surgery' so to speak. But, she did great and was back to her usual vivacious self within a few hours afterward! We are very grateful for the fact that there will be no more ear infections anytime soon.

Other than that, we are just trying to keep out of the heat! We may still be getting a new baby this summer, in July. So, while it may be a long-shot, we are hoping and praying it might work out that Stella can have a new little brother! :)

We hope everyone is doing well and is happy and healthy. Talk to you soon!