~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

My Little Laundry Helper

draaaaaaaaggggggging

Does anybody else feel like this week is dragging?

I swear each day at work has felt like 2.

So since it's Thursday--I feel like it's about the 8th day of work this week.

To make things worse...

Last night I went with my friends to see

Wow!  What a boring movie.

Seriously......soooooooooo long and slow and lame and boring.

I love Julia Roberts.

So despite the fact that everyone hated the book

And despite the fact that I've heard nothing {good} about this movie

I was still optiminstic.

Worst mistake ever!!!!!!

Each location in the movie (NYC, Italy, India, and Bali)

Felt like it's own movie.

It really felt like an 8 hour movie.

Do NOT waste $8.25 like me!

Do NOT even waste $1 to redbox it!!!

I am SERIOUS!

Hopefully tomorrow picks up a bit.

Laugh at Life

Our computer is still in the shop getting fixed,

so I have to keep posting pictureless enteries. 

Seriously how did we live without computers before?????

I had to pay $100 to save my photos

plus pay for the computer repair.

So please don't make the same mistake as me.....

Back up your photos that are saved on your computer!!!!!

In other random Monday news...

For the past year,

I've had to fill up my car with gas every 100 miles

To keep it running.

With my schedule that puts me at the gas station

AT LEAST

every other day.

I've only driven off once without the gas cap.

Luckily a new one is only like $10.

We have a St. George get-a-way planned.

I'm pretty sure it's far longer than 100 miles to St. George.

It must be Monday...

Last night before we went to bed, one of our neighbors set off the panic button on their car and managed to let it honk ferociously for at least 5 minutes before they turned it off. Little did I know at the time....that this would continue to happen ALL night long. Seriously over and over and over again we were woken up all the live long night by this car's panic attack. Rough night ...can't imagine why this kept happening but I hope the problem is solved by tonight. Otherwise I'll be sleeping in earplugs with 10 pillows on top of my head instead of just 3 like last night.

Speaking of car problems, when we got up at 6 a.m. this morning so Andrew could go to class, we go out to the truck to find out that it's apparently locked in the E-brake position. E-brake is off, car starts, but it doesn't move.....(this is my non-car-girl diagnosis). We spend some time trying to roll it out of the stall and then give up and Andrew ends up taking my car and dropping me off at work carless.

Then I get to work and go into the bathroom to blow my nose. I get a little bit of toilet paper and walk away to blow my nose. Then all of the sudden I say, "What is that noise?" Come to find out the ENTIRE roll of TP has just completed unrolled into a humungo pile on the floor and I get to spend the next 10 minutes rolling it back up.

And I've still got the majority of the day to go...including finishing work and then going to calculus for 3 hours tonight. I'm sure my troubles are not over...I'll try to hang in there.