Pumpkins, witches, halloween! OH MY!

We had such a good time taking our lil Stella to the pumpkin patch. She picked her own pumpkin, got to ride in a wheel barrow and sit on a tractor. Our good friend Tahnie took some adorable pictures of us and her in her little witch costume. She was the cutest witch I had ever seen. :)

here are some pictures from her lil b day party

To our baby girl on her 1st birthday.

On Sept. 25, 2008 at 2:55 am Stella Elizabeth De La Torre was born. You came into this world and life as we know it has never been the same. You dazzle us with your big brown eyes and make us laugh with your silly facial expressions and words. Your heart is bigger than you are. We are amazed about how much you are learing and can understand. You don't say too many words but you find ways to communicate what you want to us. You started to walk around 11 months and now you are cruising and there are no brakes. :) You would rather walk than be held but you still love to snuggle with us. You have charmed your way into our hearts and anyone you meet. We are extremely blessed to have you as our daughter and little girl. We are looking forward to this next year and what it will bring.

Stella's 1st Birthday!

Look at you now!! Just your own little person at year!!

You really do look like a little pretty princess here at 9 mo.

Christy took your 6mo. pictures. She did an amazing job! Just look how cute you are!!

You are about 3 months in this picture. Bath time is one of your favorites now.

This is the moment you were first born. Only a couple of minutes old.

FAMILY PICTURES

Well it has been a really long time since my last post. I thought I would just start over once again and catch you up on the things that have been happening with our little family. Back in Augest we had our good friend Christy take some family photos of us. She did such a good job considering all that she had to work with. My busy working husband and his spur of the moments disapearing act. My lil one and her tiredness and my fun dog that couldn't stand still to save her life. All in all it went pretty well. :) The pictures turned out beautifully and now I have some wonderful memories on my wall at home. Here are a few that Christy took for us...

Bear Lake for the day...

On Saturday 7.10.09 we went to Bear Lake with our friends Lauri and Anthony and their neice Jackie. We had such a fun time. Kinda funny though because it was over cast when we got there and the part of the beach that we went to had sort of flooded on one side and the tide was so far up on the other that we had very little beach. It didn't even matter though. We set up our chairs, had our yummy food and awesome company. It was sooo nice just to have the enitre day to relax, eat, play in the water and to hang with friends.

Pretty Pretty Princess 9 months old

At 9 month check up...

Stella and I waiting for her MD.

Hmmm.. how much did I really get into my mouth..

Food painting... well dinner... :)

Stella loving her jumpy toy!

Stella is 9 months old!! and couple days past. :) She had her 9 month check up and everythig is looking great. Weighing in at 17 1/2 lbs and 27 1/2 inches long! SHe's my lengthy peanut! At this stage she is starting to eat some regular food besides the baby stuff. She can stand up to 5 seconds. Not always consistantly but sometimes. It's a good start. She's not crawling but she has decided that scooting gets her around just fine. She has 2 teeth on the bottom of her mouth. She has just got the concept of drinking out of a straw. It's pretty funny to watch her get some juice that way. It's a surprise to her everytime she does it. She can wave bye bye to her mommy and daddy pretty good now. She understands her name and when it's called. She likes to scoot down backwards off our bed and onto the ground. (As long as we are there to catch her) Da da is still her favorite thing to say and sometimes she will say Ba ba no mama yet but that's ok. :) We are getting ready to take our first road trip with her to WA. We are excited and nervous to see how she will do.

We are headed to WA to celebrate our parents 40th wedding anniversiry. I will post pics when we get back!