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!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Stella Turns Two!
Friday, February 19, 2010
18 - 20 months
Hello, Everyone! I just realized that I hadn't posted any Christmas Day pictures for you of Stella and that it had been a while since I updated this blog. So, I thought I'd post a few. This picture (above), as you can see is at the end of Christmas Day! Poor little Santa's Helper had a big and fun day that day, but she had 'had it' by about 5 pm that night after all the festivities at our families houses! :) (See she's cute even when she cries!).
Stella is doing great and is maturing every day. She is a great talker and can say just about anything now. Almost every day she surprises me by saying a word that I didn't even know she knew! She's now speaking in 2 and 3 word sentences which is really good for her age.
She is about 33 inches tall and about 21 - 22 pounds. She still doesn't have a lot of hair, but it is growing (slowly but surely!). It's cute and curly.
She loves to play in her 'kitchen' that she got for Christmas, she loves to read books (that's probably her very favorite activity, which we're glad for!), and she likes to watch Elmo, Curious George and Tinkerbell. She also likes to play outside and is just getting brave enough to go down the slide at the park.
For Christmas, my parents gave all the grandkids tickets to Disneyland. So, we used them a couple weeks ago. Stella loved it! (I wasn't sure if she really would yet or not...). She had a great time looking at everything, riding the little kid rides and just running around with her cousins.
She is taking a little tumbling / dance class (it's a mommy and me class, so really she runs around like crazy and I chase her around and try to help her do summersaults, hang on the bars, jump on the trampoline, etc.). It's great fun and she likes it.
She is also beginning to love nursery. At first, it was like torture for both her and me, leaving her in there! But, now when we ask her if she wants to go to church, she says 'Toys? Bubbles? Fun?" It's cute. It's also nice that I can attend Sunday School again instead of roaming the halls. (My Young Women are sad, though, that she never comes there anymore to entertain them!).
Anyway, here are a few pictures. Some are of Christmas Day and then it pretty much skips to our trip to Disneyland. Apparently we didn't have much going on in January, because I didn't take any pictures!
We hope everyone is doing well.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
November and December...
Hello, Everyone! We hope that this season finds you all happy, healthy and warm! :) I had some good pictures to share with you, so I thought I'd send a few on through. These are from Thanksgiving Day (the ones where Stella is wearing the brown shirt and orange skirt), a few from decorating our house for Christmas and then there are some we took today with her in her Christmas Dress.
Stella continues to grow and amaze us every day. She is so funny and has her own little personality. She is officially approaching the 'terrible twos' we've decided. She is determined to have things 'her way'!..and if she doesn't get that, then beware, a 'fit' may ensue! :) The bad news for us is that she is so dang cute, even when throwing a fit, that we can't help but just laugh and give her kisses!
She is talking a lot now - she can pretty much say anything you ask her to. She is learning her letters and numbers and is loving all the books that the Simons sent her! She is 32 inches tall and 20 pounds now (at her 18 month well-check).
She has been loving all the Christmas decorations, lights, etc. She knows that Santa says 'Ho, ho, ho' and although I don't think she really understands the present concept yet, she is definitely having fun with the whole season!
She is so beautiful and such a blessing. We are amazed by her every day - in so many ways.
Enjoy the pictures and we wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween happy fall, from Stella! Stella has been loving the fall season. She is obsessed with pumpkins which she pronounces 'kinkins'. She sees them everywhere and points each one out to me all day! It's so cute. So, you can imagine she loved pumpkin carving with some of her cousins. For Halloween she was Tinkerbell. It was such a cute little outfit on her although she didn't really like wearing it! She kept pulling on it and saying 'oss'? 'oss?' (off). But she did have fun seeing the other kids at our neighborhood Halloween party and trick-or-treating! Most of all, as you can see below - she loved the candy!
She is doing great, by the way. She weighs 19.5 pounds and is about 29 inches long. She had an ear infection last month, but other than that has been very healthy even through the fall season so far. She loves to play outside and is looking and acting older every day! She's talking really well for her age and can even sing little bits of the Alphabet song.
Enjoy the pics!
