Monday, May 25, 2009

Long Overdue for a Post

Why on earth did I spend all morning searching for my camera to take pictures today and only end up with this ONE picture that Joe took before we left the house? I have to admit it is one cute pic!! I really need to get better at taking pictures and blogging! We had a great Memorial Day - we went to my parents house and had a BBQ with my family.. then we headed to Kjirsten's and had a BBQ with her family.

Other happenings... my plants are growing into enormous beasts.. which i am excited about since I've never attempted to grow anything. Here are some pictures of Stella watering the plants (back when they were just tiny) - she loves to water the plants more than anything. She cries when we have to go back inside. I'm pretty sure she would live outside if I would let her. I will take some updated pictures of my plants tomorrow so you can see how big they are... I have managed to nearly kill one of my pea plants - I'm hoping to revive it so it we can eat fresh peas all summer long!


Here is the long over due shadow picture... she loves her shadow. She loves to wave at it then and she laughs and laughs. I think we'll be outside again tomorrow - please come and visit!


On a side note. Work for me has been insanely busy - but its been so good for us! My mom is an angel and has taken Stella every day for five weeks straight from 8 - 5. I've missed having her home with me but she loves Mimi so much!! She also gets to play with her best friend (and cousin) Kaya, they love each other too! My work finally seems to be to a manageable level so I am hoping that Stella can stay home with me all week so we can go on walks, to the park and to the pool. We need some Mama/Stella time - just like the "old" days.

Joe and I took Stella to the pool for the first time this season. It took her all of five minutes before she was jumping into they water from the side. It scares me that she is so brave - but I'm so happy she loves the water! We will be having lots and lots of pool days this summer let me know if you want to join us!


Joe is starting back to school this week to get his MBA. I'm so proud of him and his endeavours to continue his education - maybe I'll go back one day... but I'm not committing to anything right now. He starts on Wednesday at the University of Phoenix. His program is 18 months long and he will be graduated November 2010. He will only have to go to class one night a week (that will be so nice) but he'll be doing lots of homework the rest of the week. He is such a good student I know he is going to do great!!

I'm going to work hard to take some cute pictures this week and update my blog more. Stella gets cuter everyday and I don't want you to miss out on any part of it!

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10 comments:

Dan and Michelle said...

I'm so glad to have an update on you guys. Can we join you at the pool? Yeah for growing things. We planted tomatoes for the first time and they are doing awesome too.I was a little worried when Jake pointed at my tomatoes and said ball! I hope they survive him.Keep posting, we're always happy to see cute Stella's face.

Kristina P. said...

I can't believe how big Stella is! It was great to see you guys the other night.

Congrats to Joe on getting his MBA!

Anonymous said...

good for joe, and stella is way to cute....it must be alot different taking care of stella everyday than getting slammed and having your mom get to see her, i know your mom loves it to death, Lucky for you you have a great mom who is also a great grandma.

Hope everything is great, maybe we can talk sometime about the after life even though joe has been home for awhile and tim has been home for a year now its kind of hard and i really don't have anyone to talk to

Unknown said...

I am also growing a garden this year. But I had some nasty snails eat my Zucchini plant! I hope your peas make it and you can eat fresh delicious peas all summer long! Stella looks so darn cute! It's amazing how big they are getting.

Hayward Family said...

Nice update! How exciting that Joe is getting his MBA! Good for him! :) You all sound so busy! Good luck with everything!! LOVIN the shadow thing! haha.. That's hilarious!

Natalie said...

Good for you Joe!

R.B. and Cyndee Probert said...

I can't believe how big Stella is getting!! We really need to plan a girls night this summer! Love you and miss you!

amylynne said...

You finally made my comment list... it just takes a few minutes to refresh... congrats on your achievement! haha! :)

Unknown said...

I didn't know little Stella had to get stitches! Where were hers at? It's so awful when your baby gets hurt. I'm sure it hurts you as a parent way more than it hurts the baby just because it breaks your heart.

We should get the girls together to play sometime soon. I'm sure Stella will be annoyed with Zoe because 6 months is an amazingly long time when you are a year and a half.

Krista Miller said...

i told whitney today that I wanted to come to your pool day next wednesday....i want to see your cute face!! and maybe have you look at me over your computer monitor just for old times sake. ;)