a quick trip home

Well, it was a great trip back to Indiana.  Though it went by very fast we sure did make the rounds and got lots of visiting in with family.  We even made to a couple of the nieces and nephews ball games. 

  Stella loved playing with her cousins' cars at Grandpa and Grandma Kruse's house. 

Dylan and Gavin are so great with her and love to play with her.  What a great way to swing.

Here her Grandpa and Mimi were giving her a peticure.  This is some star treatment for sure.  Mimi paints and then Grandpa blows dry.   

All dressed up to attend a family members wedding. 

Chatting it up with her Great Grandma Mac.

Me with Stella's Grandma and Great Grandma.

Ring-around-the-rosie with her girl cousins. 

On to Ft. Wayne for some more fun and time with family.  This was about the closest Stella got to her Uncle Matt.  I think it's because he gave her the freezer pop.  :)  And I love this pic of Stella swinging.  She loved the feeling of laying back.   Stella learned a new phrase which she says all the time, "pick a boogie"  It's really pretty cute and she knows it's funny.  She also becomes more and more attached to her cousin Kate who is 5.  Kate isn't quite sure if she's ready to be so well liked by Stella, but she does really well with her!  Stella either wore or carried around this one pair of Kate's flip flops all week.  It's the first thing she would talk about when she woke up from a nap or in the morning...."holding Kate's shoes", she'd say.  We slept in the same bedroom with Stella at night and quickly discovered that she talks in her sleep.  One night she even called out for Kate.