London the newest member of our family.

Basking in the sun.





Miss princess dog.....


Oh isn't she funny....

Exciting news!! We got a dog last month. Not just any dog, but an english bull dog. She is the sweestest thing ever. How it happened. Alex was looking on line like he always does for a dog. Now he knew we couldn't get a dog right now but he sends me links to look at what he has found. He sent me this link of this sweet bull dog who just looked like she wanted a good home. She is a rescued bull dog. We got her from these people who rescues all sorts of animals but their specialty are bull dogs. London was rescued from a person who use to beat her and leave her outside all winter long in a dog house. They took her in and help rehabilate her for 7 months. We then called asked if she was still available and she was. We drove 3 1/2 hours to get her but she is worth it. She is so good with Stella and us. She was already potty trained. She love's LOVES car rides and going for walks. She has quite the personality and sometimes attitude. A little stubern sometimes but she fits right into our little family. :) We love her and we are glad she is ours now.

Hmmm what can I do now??

Getting ready to clap!!

Hmmm which one should I wear to eat?

I am favoring the pink one with the lady bug.

London with Stella. Best friends!!

Stella is 8 months old now. You can clap. Wave good bye, talk (in baby talk) when someone talks to you. You are trying to walk but can't do it on your own just yet. You like to scoot around on the floor. Not really crawling yet but you get to the places you want to go. I am not sure if you will crawl before you walk. You're quite eager to be on your legs. :) You can stand for sometime holding on to things. You think it's funny to fake cough. You love to hold things and then drop them so we will pick them up for you. It has turned into quite a game. You have 1 tooth coming through right now. The rest haven't followed but it's fun to see one pearly white. You're hair is starting to grow more. Everyone thinks I have given you a hair cut but it's really because you're hair is starting to come in. You love taking walks outside in your stroller. You love it when I run when you're in the stroller. You have discovered that you can make different noises with your mouth. Right now you favor the smacking sound. You also love playing with London (our english bull dog.) You like to scoot to her and try to pet her and play with her face. It's quite cute to watch.

swimming along

She was all tuckered out after her fun day at the pool.

Here are some of the pictures that I took of her day at the pool.

Stella is such a water baby. She loves the water. She was kicking and splashing and playing with it. She was having such a good time. Can't wait to start on swim lessons. :)

So Alex, Stella and I were able to go swimming this last weekend at our friend's house. We had such good time. We had pizza, hung out by the pool and then we went to Alex soccer game and Stella got to watch her daddy play soccer. What a great time we had.

Lions, Tigers and Bears OH MY!!

Stella took her first trip to the zoo this last weekend. She loved it! Well I think she did. She may have been more interested in the fences than the actual animals.. That's ok though. We all had a great day. My favorites were the giraffs and the peacock. It was a beautiful day to be outside.

MOVED IN

Well it's official we are moved into our new home!! It's super exciting and I love our new place! There are some things still in boxes but for the most part everything is out and done. It is so nice to have so much more space to live in. We love it! Stella is loving it also. She loves the fact that she can be on the floor in the living room and still see me while I am in the kitchen. It is wonderful! I will post some pictures here shortly of the house. Oh! We also got a dog! Her name is London and she is an English Bulldog. She is soo dang cute! She is such a sweet and good dog. Stella is having so much fun with her and London is good being with her also. Our little family just got a little bigger. It's fun to have her with us. :)

Washington pictures

Better late than never...

What are you going to do? I know I am a little slow at this blogging but I will get there. So just a few things to catch up to date. I went home to WA Feb 19th and was there for 4 days. It was great to go home to Mom and Dad's. It was Stella's first trip and she did quite well for her first time travelling. While being there I was able to catch up with my 2 very good friends. We went out to eat and then chatted for over 3 hours at the restaurant. Our server was a good sport for letting stay there that long. :) I was also able to spend time with my other sister Rebecca and our other sister from another mother Dee Dee. It was wonderful. We also had our family on my dad's side over that Sunday night for dinner and good company. Our cousin Victor is in the hospital right now recovering from a horrible accident. He is doing so great now! Still a long ways to go but he's getting there!! So we had everyone over to kinda de stress out. It had been such a long time since we had all seen each other. I also was finally able to meet Brooke's baby Ryan. He is such a babe!! So chucky and so very cute! It was a lot of fun getting our babies together for the first time. I must say I wish I could've had more time there, but I am glad that I was able to go at all.

Also very exciting news!! Stella finally rolled from her tummy to her back just 2 days ago on the 9th!! I was eccstatic! She is growing up so fast! She is laughing a lot more and trying to speak. She loves to walk while we are holding her hands and is into eskimo kisses. She is a doll. Now she is trying to learn to roll from her back to her tummy. Time is just flying. I just love having a baby and an awesome husband to share her with! Life is wonderful.