Easter 2013

Stella loved Easter this year!!

We've been practicing finding eggs for about a month

every time we went to my grandparents this past month

Stella would make me hide all her decorative eggs

and then she'd hunt for them

So by the time the real thing rolled around....we were ready.

We had a big Easter Egg Hunt at Mindy's house

Stella found one of the $5 eggs all on her own

I literally didn't see it.

It was way low....so being short paid off for her!

This is my favorite shot of Stella in her Easter dress

She was giving a dirty look to Brooke

(don't mind all the treasures in the background...

my mom went a little crazy with the Easter baskets this year...

Jordan actually ended up asking

"What holiday is it again? Christmas?")

The Easter Bunny came to our house and hid more eggs

Gotta love the bedhead hair

She got many other surprises in her basket

a  princess crown

books

 pjs

a doll

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

Stella's Birthday Party

Stella's party was a hit.

 We did a cupcake bar so there was lots of

cakes, frostings and toppings to choose from.

 A little picture timelime of her first year.

 The birthday girl loved playing with the balloons and her cousins.

Some of the party guests...

 Stella had SOOO many helpers to get those presents unwrapped.

It was nice to have the help

because Stella didn't really get the unwrapping thing

and she was spoiled rotten with presents

Cake Time!!!

She started out very dainty.

But by the end,

she had quite a mess going on.

She even gave me a HUGE hug when I was getting her out of the high chair

and I was covered in cake and frosting for the rest of the night.

All cleaned up and chilling in her princess chair

Riding her bike again...

this time backwards.

It's very fun to celebrate these special moments

and we feel so lucky

to have such great family around to share these times with.



February 14th...A Valentine Surprise

After I took these pictures

I realized I probably should have

got her ready for the day

in her cute Valentines outfit

before I took pictures. 

Oops!  Next time.

May 24th

What the crap????

Our poor poor vegtables!!

It's my mom's bday tomorrow

I was going to buy her flowers to plant in the garden

But due to her recent surgery

and due to the weather today.......

Now I'm thinking maybe I should  get her something else.

To prevent this....