Sunday Dress

Stella looked so cute all dressed up for church last week

I tried to get a picture

but getting this girl to hold still and smile for the camera

is next to impossible

especially when she is playing with a

"princess wand"

she's not lacking personality

that's for sure

General Conference Weekend

 I needed a getaway

so we packed up

and rented a condo

in St. George for the weekend

we laid around and watched conference

so good by the way--

thought there was so many great talks

can't wait for the Ensign to come out

AND

Elder Don R. Clarke from the 70 spoke on the sacrament

that is Andrew's mission president

he loves Andrew

In between sessions we did lots of fun stuff

shopping

eating

swimming

and

playing in Snow Canyon

maybe we should make this a tradition.

~L~O~V~E~

Some things that Stella LOVES right now...

SHOES

Stella loves to play with shoes.

In this pic she has her dad's shoe (in the back)

and her shoe (in her hands).

Sometimes she'll try to take your shoes right off your feet.

The other day she went into my closet and got my flip flop

She came out holding it and I looked just in time

to see her lick it

top to bottom
yummmy

BALLS

We might have a soccer player on our hands

Stella loves to play with all balls

but she really loves to kick them lately

She's a pretty good dribbler

---a tear is shedding

from both Andrew's and my eye

because soccer is NOT our favorite sport to watch--

GARDENING

or should I say dirt

She loves to play in the dirt and get messy

And surprisingly she loves to wear her sunglasses

she looks too cute in them

WHEN DADDY COMES HOME

Stella loves when daddy come homes to play with her

they are great buddies

and Stella has Andrew wrapped around her finger

MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE

finally

Stella will watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for a bit each day

She would never watch Baby Einsteins

so this is the first time I can get a couple moments of relief each day

FRUIT

Stella stopped eating baby food a while ago

She is a big girl and thinks she can eat anything anyone else can

In fact, yesterday we were eating Mother's Day dinner

and she was dying for a pork rib

Andrew finally gave in an let her suck on one

She loved it!!

But by far her favorite food is fruit

We had some pears the other day

and when she would spot them on the counter she HAD to have them

This night she got the whole pear

and was loving every bite

Then when we tried to take it away

she would tuck it under her arm like a football

and run away

(She likes to run away now when we try to take something

from her that she wants to keep)

Oh my little Stella!!!

Such a huge personality

wrapped up in a tiny package

She finds a way to make me laugh

(and want to pull my hair out)

everyday

Indoor Playground

We had to go to Mesa for an interview.

We stopped on the way at the Flagstaff Mall

They had a cute indoor playground

Stella was far more interested in playing than posing for us.

But the playground did the trick

(well that, and her walking the entire length of the mall

on her own while pushing her stroller)

It tired her out.

So she slept for the last leg of the drive to Mesa.