Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Day 142 Fri Dec 25




Enjoying Christmas at Granny Joy and Grandpa Tim's house.
Stella is opening presents with Dad and Auntie Chelsie (and Elmo).
Cousin, Sean, smiling and crawling around.
Mark and Chelsie.
Chase opening his Xmas present from his favorite sister (sorry Chels!)

Day 141 Thurs Dec 24



Christmas Eve! Stella was very good during the drive to Grammy's house. We also opened a few gifts before we left in the morning. We asked Stella who came in the night and brought her presents and she said, "Brookie?" No. The next guess was, "Whitney?" (our babysitter from next door) Too funny!

Day 140 Wed Dec 23

Enjoying a chocolate sucker from Abdallah Candies. I should have taken an after picture because it looked like she had a chocolate beard.

Day 139 Tues Dec 22

Trying on Granny Joy's xmas present. She said it had a "fluffy" collar.

Day 138 Mon Dec 21



All dressed up for the Staywell Holiday Party.

Day 137 Sun Dec 20

Very happy after she has a belly full of IHOP strawberry/banana pancakes!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Day 136 Sat Dec 19



More drumming!

Day 135 Fri Dec 18


Whoa! 18 weeks and my stomach popped out!

Day 134 Thurs Dec 17

Markers are much more fun than crayons.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Day 133 Wed Dec 16

Stella's first time painting at Kid's Create Studio. As soon as her brush hit the paper with red paint, she had wide eyes and said, "wow - look!"

Day 132 Tues Dec 15


Tinkering with RC car stuff.

Day 131 Mon Dec 14

Copying Dad's walrus face.

Day 130 Sun Dec 13

Drumming!

Day 129 Sat Dec 12

Walking through the Macy's 'A Day In the Life of an Elf' holiday display.

Day 128 Fri Dec 11

This is how Stella entertains herself when her Dad drags her to Northern Tool.

Day 127 Thurs Dec 10

High heels!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Day 126 Wed Dec 9


I wish I would've been able to get a picture of her looking at me...long underwear, boots, snowsuit, scarf, hat, and mittens up to her elbows...what movie does this remind you of?

Day 125 Tues Dec 8

Before the rest of the snow came....

Day 124 Mon Dec 7

Enjoying a banana.

Day 123 Sun Dec 6

Hanging out with cousins, Gracie and Scarlett, after playing and baking cookies.

Day 122 Sat Dec 5


Hanging out with the snowmen.

Day 121 Fri Dec 4

Brookie is covering Stella up with 'blankets' so she can go to bed.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Day 120 Thurs Dec 3

Stella and Brookie doing a little jet-skiing at the E.P. Mall.

Day 119 Wed Dec 2

I think Stella has developed a love for snowmen...here, she's singing rock-a-bye-baby to it as she hugs and kisses it.

Day 118 Tues Dec 1

I can't believe it's December and we're STILL walking outside and playing at the park.

Day 117 Mon Nov 30


Drawing a picture on her new easel - thanks Grammy Chris! Elmo is still her number one guy, but as you can see, Mickey Mouse is next in line.

Day 116 Sun Nov 29



Please return all of Stella's Xmas presents....all she needs is her buddy, Brookie and this box! LOL!

Day 115 Sat Nov 28

Stella is trying a bite of lime from Nate at Chipotle . You can't tell from her face, but she actually liked it and kept coming back for more!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Day 114 Fri Nov 27

Facing the crowds on Black Friday. Who wouldn't want to whistle AND try out a new bike at the same time?!

Day 113 Thurs Nov 26


Happy Thanksgiving! Hanging out with cousin, Scarlett.

Day 112 Wed Nov 25

Reading lots of books with Grammy Chris.

Day 111 Tues Nov 24

Publish Post

Kinda cold, but at least the sun is out so we can enjoy the swings at the park.

Day 110 Mon Nov 23

One of her favorite activities....Mark is pulling her on her stuffed puppy across the kitchen floor.

Day 109 Sun Nov 22

Painting!

Day 108 Sat Nov 21



Stella is eating her cupcake like a puppy.
Chelsie and I sharing the mini-booth at Culver's and taking a break from shopping at outlet mall.

Day 107 Fri Nov 20

Playing airplane with Granny Joy.

Day 106 Thurs Nov 19

Pretty long hair...it's very rare that she has her hair down. She looks totally different when it's not in a pony tail.

Day 105 Wed Nov 18

Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 104 Tues Nov 17


At the park.

Day 103 Monday Nov 16

Bedtime stories.

Day 102 Sunday Nov 15

Trying out the saddle at the OK Corral.

Day 101 Saturday Nov 14

Grandpa Darrell and Stella at the park. Stella proceeded to make Grandpa also crawl through that same hole!