Bed Head

This is how Stella looked after waking up from her nap yesterday. She had a serious case of bed head!

a visit to the pool

We went to the pool yesterday. It was a great day. The water was a bit cold yet. Stella was very friendly to everyone and enjoyed her cute new bathing suit!

Hello!

Stella loves to carry around her toy phone, or my cell phone and pretend to talk to someone. Sometimes she'll even 'talk' on the t.v. remote. Really she's just mimicking what she sees. And that is so cute. Please note: I do not talk on the phone all day, nor do I talk to the t.v. remote for that matter. On this day she carried that phone around 'talking' to someone for quite a while. I am a little concerned about why she screamed at them. I was only able to catch the tale end of her conversation, but I'd better increase the minutes on her plan; she always has so much to say.

from the weekend

It was good weekend. Saturday we went to Paris Mountain State Park, which is very close to where we live. There was a great hiking trail. The way back was very much uphill, it was a great little workout, especially for Randy with an extra 22 lbs. on his back. Stella really enjoyed the ride. She was being very cute today, as always, carrying around her easter basket and toy bag. She just loves to put things on her arm like that. Goodbye to two naps a day!! Today was the first day for that and she did really well, skipping her morning nap and taking a long afternoon one. Feeling both happy and sad about that. Our days will no longer be so chopped up, but I will miss the extra quiet time. :)

Wednesday

Stella has a special visit with our cousin Nick, in town for work. She was sizing him up and was amazed by the beard. She really liked him right of the bat!

Who doesn't love a good bucket hat. We have fun making things into hats. This was Dad's easter bucket! The spiderman thing was a little joke. He'd rather have had a Green Bay one.

Look Mom no hands! That's one way to take a drink I guess.

Headed to get the mail with Dad in our new/borrowed carrier. Thanks Chris and Laura; Randy and Stella like this!

All in a day's work. These are all photos from today. Stella is feeling MUCH better and is back to her usual, very busy, magnificent self. I can't stop taking pictures. I think everything she does is photo-worthy and wonderful!

First trip to the zoo

We took our first trip to the zoo with Stella this weekend. She did seem to enjoy seeing some animals. The elephants were great. It was a very nice day with lots of little kids out and about which Stella really loved!

frustration/learning to pout

Stella's first molar is coming through; she might be getting more in. I'm not sure. I do know that she has been very cranky several days this week. It might be a combination of that and trying to figure out how to work her mom! I had to share this video of her complaining to me about something...

Stella has had a couple big weeks too. She's no longer getting a bottle, she's now on whole milk and she had her 1 year appointment where she recieved 3 shots and they pricked her finger for blood! Ouch. The bubble machine nor the sucker worked to distract her.

Playtime

Stella's enjoying some of her birthday gifts

The chair is very versatile

Shopping for some DVD's with her new purse

Caught her nearly running with two of her favorite things...purse and blankie